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Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan (1878–1964) was an
When the
Indian classical
Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as '' Hindustani'' and the South Indian expression known as '' Carnatic''. These traditions were not ...
vocalist. He belonged to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana
Rampur-Sahaswan gharana is a gharana (musical heritage) of Hindustani classical music centred in the North-Uttar Pradesh towns of Rampur and Sahaswan. Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan (1849–1919) was the founder of this gharana.
History
The gharan ...
.
Early life
Mushtaq Hussain was born in a family of traditional musicians inSahaswan
Sahaswan is a city and a municipal board in Budaun district in the Indian state of western Uttar Pradesh. It is also an administrative Block, 0177 is the block code.
Demographics
According to 2011 Census of India the total area of the Sahaswan ...
, a small town in Budaun
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District of Uttar Pradesh
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. It is where he grew up and spent his boyhood. He lisped musical notes almost before learned to speak.
Although music came to him quite early in life, he was only 10 when his father Ustad Kallan Khan held his hand and began giving him regular lessons, or rather introduced him into this art.
Mushtaq Hussain Khan was twelve when he became a disciple of Ustad Haider Khan and went with him to Kathmandu
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, Nepal
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. He then began taking minimal music training from Haider Khan. Finally, after two years, Mushtaq Hussain came under the tutelage of Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan
Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan (1849–1919) was an Indian classical vocalist, and the founder of Rampur-Sahaswan gharana.
Early life
Career
He first married the daughter of Haddu Khan of the Gwalior gharana. His singing style has influences of the ...
, the founder of Rampur-Sahaswan gharana
Rampur-Sahaswan gharana is a gharana (musical heritage) of Hindustani classical music centred in the North-Uttar Pradesh towns of Rampur and Sahaswan. Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan (1849–1919) was the founder of this gharana.
History
The gharan ...
. Collectively, he spent eighteen years of his life with his master, and these years were not spent in vain.
Musical career
Mushtaq Hussain, at the age of thirty-five, was enlisted as one of the court musicians in Rampur. Later, he became the chief court musician of Rampur. In the twenties, when the vogue of music conferences were started in the country, Mushtaq Hussain was invited to participate in them. No music conference was considered complete without him.Disciples
During his long career, Mushtaq Hussain Khan trained many disciples includingBharat Ratna
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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi BR (; ; 4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011), also known by the honorific prefix Pandit, was one of the greatest Indian vocalists from Karnataka, in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the '' khaya ...
, Padma Bhushan
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Smt. Shanno Khurana
Shanno Khurana (born 23 December 1927) is a noted Indian classical vocalist and composer, from the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana of Hindustani classical music. A disciple of the doyen of the gharana, Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan (d. 1964), she is know ...
, his son-in-law Padma Shri
Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...
Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan
Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan (22 August 1939 – 15 May 2016) was an Indian classical vocalist. He belonged to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana.
Musical career
He was initiated into music at the age of nine by his father Ustad Ghulam Jafar Khan, who wa ...
, Padma Shri
Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...
Smt. Naina Devi
Mata Naina Devi is a town and a municipal council in Bilaspur district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
Demographics
As of the 2001 India census, Naina Devi had a population of 1161. Males constitute 63% of the population and females 3 ...
, Smt. Sulochana Brahaspati
Sulochana Brahaspati (born 1937, in Allahabad) is one of the noted vocalist of Hindustani classical music.
In 1994, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, given by the Sangee ...
, Padma Shri
Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...
Smt. Sumati Mutatkar
Sumati Mutatkar (10 September 1916 – 28 February 2007) was an Indian classical music vocalist and musicologist from the Agra gharana of Hindustani classical music, and a Professor of Department of Music in University of Delhi.
She was awarded ...
, Ustad Afzal Hussain Khan Nizami, as well as his own sons.
Awards and Achievements
When the Government of India
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decided to honour outstanding exponents of the arts, he was the first vocalist to receive the Rashtrapati Award
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in 1952. He was also the first recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in English) is the national level academy for performing arts set up by the Government of India.
History
It was set up by the Indian education ministry on 31 May 1952 and be ...
award. In 1956, he retired from Rampur and joined the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra
Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra (SBKK) is an Indian cultural institution which runs a school for music, dance and performing arts in New Delhi. It was founded by Sumitra Charat Ram in 1952, and imparts training in Indian classical dance styles ...
, New Delhi
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the following year and became the first Indian classical vocalist to receive the Padma Bhushan
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...
in 1957.
Discography
* ''"Great Master, Great Music"'' (AnAll India Radio
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* ''All'' (All a ...
Recording)
* ''"Khayal Gunkari"'' (All India Radio)
* ''"Khayal & Tarana-Bihag"'' (All India Radio)
* ''"Rampur Sahaswan Gharana"''
* ''"Classic Gold - Rare Gems"''
* ''"Classic Gold"''
Death
Mushtaq Hussain's last concert was at the residence ofNaina Devi (singer)
Naina Devi (27 September 1917 – 1 November 1993) also known as Naina Ripjit Singh, was Indian vocalist of Hindustani classical music, most known for her thumri renditions, though she also sang dadra and ghazals. She was a music producer at Al ...
, where he had a cardiac arrest, and was brought to Irwin Hospital in Old Delhi
Old Delhi or Purani Dilli is an area in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India. It was founded as a walled city named Shahjahanabad in 1648, when Shah Jahan (the Mughal emperor at the time) decided to shift the Mughal capital from Agra. Th ...
, where he was declared dead on arrival. He died on 13 August 1964.
See also
*List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–59)
Lists of Padma Bhushan award recipients cover people who have received the Padma Bhushan award from the Republic of India for "distinguished service of a high order...without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex." The lists are organi ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, Mushtaq Hussain Hindustani singers Indian music educators 1878 births 1964 deaths Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts 20th-century Khyal singers Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award