Sunday, 11 January 2015

Gangubai Hangal (1913-2009) - Two Soulful Melodies - LP published in India in 1979


Here another great female voice from the Kirana Gharana. See our older posts on Hirabai Barodekar (1905-1989) and Roshan Ara Begum (1917-1982).






About the artist:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangubai_Hangal
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1913433/Gangubai-Hangal
http://www.parrikar.org/vpl/?page_id=267
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~mausam/gangubai.html
http://www.gangubaihangalgurukul.gov.in/
http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2304/stories/20060310000708000.htm
and many more to be found by googling her name.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wonderful web site ! Best of best ! Thnks too much ! Best wishes !

Anonymous said...

Salute's to the doyen of kirana gharana,her voice creates such a magic which leaves one in really a magical world and one can realize what really the power of hindustaani classical music is.
Gangubai Hangal and Bhimsen joshi both were true gems of Kirana Gharana.

SOTISE said...

wonderful,thank you very much!!!

Anonymous said...

Excellent Old release, Mesmerizing pure music in it's unplugged form,.. Thank you very much sir.

Unknown said...

Thanks, amazing !!!

And this one not clip,,,

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