Sarod
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| - | '''Ali Akbar Khan''' (April 14, 1922 – June 19, 2009) was an [[India|Indian]] [[sarod]] player. Khan was the first Indian musician to record an [[LP album]] of [[Indian classical music]] in the [[United States]] and to play sarod on American television. | + | The '''sarod''' is a stringed musical instrument, used mainly in [[Indian classical music]]. Along with the [[sitar]], it is the most popular and prominent instrument in Hindustani (north Indian) classical music. The sarod is known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound (contrast with the sweet, extremely rich texture of the sitar) with [[sympathetic string]]s that give it a resonant, reverberant quality. It is a fretless instrument able to produce the continuous slides between notes known as meend ([[glissandi]]), which are very important to Indian music. |
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| - | Ali Akbar Khan performed in India and traveled the world extensively in the West. In 1956, Khan founded the [[Ali Akbar College of Music]] in [[Calcutta]], with the mission to teach and spread Indian classical music. Two years later, he founded another school of the same name in [[Berkeley, California]]; it moved to its present location in [[San Rafael, California]] in 1968. Khan was based in the United States since the foundation of the [[San Rafael school]], although he toured extensively. However, ill health in the period prior to his death curtailed this. In 1985 he founded another branch of the [[Ali Akbar College of Music]] in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]]. | + | |
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| - | Khan has participated in a number of classic [[jugalbandi]] pairings, most notably with [[Ravi Shankar]], the late [[Nikhil Banerjee]] and violinist [[L. Subramaniam]]. A few recordings of duets with [[Vilayat Khan]] also exist. He also collaborated with Western musicians. | + | |
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A sarod
The sarod is a stringed musical instrument, used mainly in Indian classical music. Along with the sitar, it is the most popular and prominent instrument in Hindustani (north Indian) classical music. The sarod is known for a deep, weighty, introspective sound (contrast with the sweet, extremely rich texture of the sitar) with sympathetic strings that give it a resonant, reverberant quality. It is a fretless instrument able to produce the continuous slides between notes known as meend (glissandi), which are very important to Indian music.
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