Sharan Rani – Raag Miya Ki Todi / Raag Malkauns – HMV 7 EPE 1211 – 1961 (Vinyl 7 inch, 45 RPM)
(1929-2008)
Born into a prominent family in Delhi, Sharan Rani overcame the strong disapproval of her social milieu, and gender biases, to embrace a life dedicated to music. Through hard work, devotion and immense talent, she honed her skills on the sarod under the expert guidance of Baba Allaudin Khan and Ali Akbar Khan to become the first major female Hindustani instrumentalist. She toured in India and abroad, became a sought-after teacher, wrote an authoritative book on the history of the sarod, and collected an impressive collection of hundreds of rare musical instruments, some dating back to the 15th century, currently exhibited at the National Museum, New Delhi. Rani liked to say “Music is the breath of my life.”
These rare recordings from 1961 exemplify the Queen of Sarod's brilliant mastery, range and emotion.
Née dans une famille éminente de Delhi, Sharan Rani a dû surmonter la désapprobation virulente de son milieu social et le fait d'être une femme pour se consacrer corps et âme à la musique. Grâce à son travail acharné, son dévouement et son immense talent, elle perfectionne sa maîtrise du sarod auprès de Baba Allaudin Khan et d'Ali Akbar Khan pour devenir la première instrumentiste de renom de la musique Hindustani. Elle donne de nombreux concerts en Inde et à l'étranger, transmet son savoir auprès des jeunes générations, écrit un livre faisant autorité sur l'histoire du sarod et créé une collection unique de centaines d'instruments de musique rares, certains datant du 15ème siècle, actuellement exposée au Musée national de New Delhi. Sharan Rani aimait à dire que « La musique est le souffle de ma vie ».
Ces enregistrements rares de 1961 illustrent la brillante virtuosité, l'intensité et l'étendue des émotions exprimées par la Reine du sarod.
The cover of this record was designed by South-Indian classical dancer and teacher Amala Devi.
The photograph below is from Indian Miniatures by G.D. Khullar, National Museum New Delhi, R & K Publishing House, New Delhi, 1967:
SUperbe, merci beaucoup pour cet album de la magnifique joueuse de sarod Sharan Rani.
ReplyDelete“Music is the shorthand of emotion.” ― Leo Tolstoy
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I didn't know that one. Also just read that Tolstoy forcefully described the power and universality of music. Thank you.
DeleteWith deep gratitude --- 1n 1996, Sharan Rani-ji so graciously led our troupe of 8 musicians from Japan (touring India 2 weeks under Japan Foundation & ICCR sponsorship) through the National Museum instrument collection, which she had stocked, arranged, documented. She also urged me to go directly to Maihar for the Allauddin Khan Sangeet Samaroh...where I was granted by Ustad Aashish Khan the unexpected honor of performing on stage Raag Jayjayavanti on my Japanese flute shakuhachi, along with late superb tabla artist Uttam Chakravorty. < Pls see Facebook page Indo-Japanese Music Exchange Association, where we have gratefully shared the post.>
ReplyDeleteBoth the FLAC and MP3 download have the ragas incorrectly labelled. Side A called Miyan Ki Todi is in fact Malkauns and vice versa
ReplyDeleteThank you !
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