Comments on: Ustad Bismillah Khan is no more

By: razarumi

razarumi — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:34:30 +0000

Thanks Shahid - your description of the great Ustaad’s music is compelling. He was a true genius!

By: Shahid

Shahid — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:35:55 +0000

Growing up in England in the early 1970s, Khan’s hypnotic effect embedded itself into my subconscious. Played on a cheap turntable, through a crackly amp and flapping, low-rent speakers, his sustained notes of ethereal beauty still projected a richness and clarity that carried through to my blood.

His sound stays with me over three decades later and I cannot think of the word “shehnai” without associating immediately with Bismillah Khan.

May Allah (SWT) rest Khan’s soul in peace.

By: razarumi

razarumi — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:20:50 +0000

T:I will appear on DC soon. Have been in the lazy mode..
thanks for visiting ):

By: temporal

temporal — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:24:05 +0000

we are still waiting (for you to appear on DC)

By: razarumi

razarumi — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:29:46 +0000

That’s one of my favourite books- the way it captures and evokes the diversity and the blending of India’s different cultures and social groups into a unique Indianess. Not only does he bring alive Indian music in the book but the language and style of the book has a relentless musical cadence..

thanks for leaving the comment.

By: Shahnaz

Shahnaz — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:29:47 +0000

Thank you for this.

Did you ever read “A Suitable Boy” by Vikram Seth? One of the many things I love about that book is how it captures the amazing syncretism of Muslim and Hindu traditions in Hindustani music. Also has several marvelous character portraits of musicians.

By: Irving

Irving — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:45:41 +0000

We are the notes that Allah plays, and now one beautiful note has returned to the Most Sublime Musician.

May Allah grant him peace.

Ya Haqq!