SOME FORMS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC OF KASHMIR

     

“MALAAL TRAAVITH  TCHE SAAL  IKH  NAA

BAA  PYAAL  MUSS  KE BARAY  HAA  LAALO.

KHAYAAL  CHAANEY  ME  DIL CHHU  TOSHAAN

BAA  MAAL   POSHAN  KARAY  HAA  LAALO”.

( Mehjoor )

(Forgetting grievances , Love! come to this invitation of mine,

 I shall fill cups of wine in your  honour.

I pain even when I just think of you love !

Come, I shall welcome you with garlands of flowers Love !"

The Hafiza Danced on this beautiful kashmiri poem of Mehjoor .I enjoyed watching two Video CDs sent to me by Tej Dhar my friend and colleague  .That was possibly a Programmee titled Dance and Music of Kashmir produced by  talented media Personality Pran Kishore . I could read the footage of the Video CD depicting its presentation in Pune. Pran Kishore , Broadcaster, actor , Theatre director , script writer for TV serials and films ,a multifaceted personality and so was his  wife late  Shanta Koul . .I also saw two ladies  singing GOONGA  NAWA  DIL  JAANE  TE MERIYE GUNGA NAWA in these Video CDs. Our elders sang this Kishtwari song. I also saw Sangeet Natak Academy Awardee Ali Mohd Sheikh singing some memorable kashmiri songs in chhakri style. Pran ji presents RAUF, CHAKRI, VANVUN , SUFIANA NAGMA, BACHAA NAGMA , HAFIZ NAGMA ,EID RAUF and many more items showcasing the best forms of kashmiri dance and music. Music composer Kishen Langoo confirmed that he had scored the music for this specific programme of Pran kishore and a lot of labour had been done by artists  in   making of this Programme a grand success .

 Thank you PRAN KISHORE JI AND KISHEN LANGOO JI for this superb artistic work. I gave a copy of this CD to a Non kashmiri General Manager of our Bank who later confirmed having enjoyed each item primarily on account of Pran Ji’s superb ENGLISH commentary all along..That confirms to me that good music has a universal language.

 What is kashmiri music ?

Essentially SUFIANA MOUSIQI ,CHAKRI , HAFIZ NAGMA , ROUF and VANVUN can be said to represent the classical music of kashmir .

Chakri

Once performed with the help of only Noet ( Matkaa), Sarangi and Rabab, Chhakri has included harmonium also in its presentation. It is one of the most popular forms of the traditional music of Kashmir. It is a form of group singing wherein the instrument players also sing along with a lead singer  .

Sufiana Mousiqi

Sufiana Mousiqi( Music ) is the classical music of Kashmir, which uses its own ragas (known as Maqaam), and is accompanied by a hundred-stringed instrument called the SANTOOR , along with the Kashmiri saaz, wasool, tabala and sitar. Sufiana Kalam has been popular in Kashmir since its  arrival  from Iran sometime in  15th century and has been the music of choice for Kashmiri Sufi mystics. The dance based on the sofiyiana kalaam is the Hafiz nagma. Woman who dances on this Sufiana Kalam is known as HAFIZA . Ustad Gh Mohd Saznawaaz is the greatest and perhaps the only singer of this style of Music in the world . I have always enjoyed 

 "Boazu Myaan Zaar - Zaaray e Paar _ Awaara Kar Thuss . "

"Listen my woes - Listen my requests . I am undone and roaming aimlessly in thy love. " From this great master  .

You get transported to another world. Ustad sings Muqaame Naorez e Sabah , Muqam e ark, Muqam e Junjoti , Muqam Asfhan ( Khamacha ) , Muqam e Awazal and Muqam Bayat in his own Unique style..

Hafiz Nagma

This is a part of the classical Sufiana Music, Hafiz Nagma makes use of Santoor-a hundred stringed instrument played with sticks. In Hafiz Nagma, there is a female dancer,

accompanied by a number of males with instruments. The dancer, known as Hafiza, moves her feet to the musical notes.

Rouf

Rouf is the oldest form of kashmiri dance and it is performed by women.Two groups of women facing each other move their steps forward and backwards in rhythm with the notes of the song accompanying this dance .

Vanvunn

This is the oldest form of singing in kashmir. Both Hindus and Muslim use this style mostly in marriages .Vanvunn is sung by ladies only.

So Long so much for this post.

CHUVV SUKRAATUNN CHUVV AKH DHAAM

TANAA  CHUVV  ASSI BOAD  DAL  AZ  TAAM..

( Dina nath Naadim )

”Socrates just drank a single gulp of the poison,

 Since then we drank equivalent to the

 volume held by bigger Dal lake ”

 (  Text and Photo  by Autar Mota  )

Saturday , 8^th December 2012 ..Time  11.15 PM … good Night

                                                                    

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