Imdad Khan

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Imdad Khan (* 1848 in Agra ; † 1920 ) was an Indian sitar and surbahar player, singer and composer.

Imdad Khan was the son of the leader of the Agra Gharana , a style and school of classical North Indian music, Sahabdad Khan . He transferred the Gharana to Etawah, a village near Agra, in order to subject his son to twelve years of intensive music training ( Chilla katna ) in complete isolation. Imdad Khan later received lessons from Gang Ali Khan . He became one of the most influential musicians in India in the 19th century and doyen of the Etawah Gharana (or Imdadkhani Gharana ). In contrast to the Senia tradition that prevailed in the 19th century , which focused on the dhrupad , he cultivated the more modern Khyal style. He later lived in Delhi and is the first Indian musician to be recorded on shellac records by His Master's Voice . His compositions are performed up to the present day.

Khan belonged to the fourth generation of a seven-generation family of musicians. Like him, his sons Enayat Khan and Wahid Khan , his grandsons Vilayat Khan and Imrat Khan and his great-grandchildren Shahid Parvez , Shujaat Khan , Nishat Khan , Irshad Khan , Wajahat Khan , Shafaatullah Khan and Hidayat Khan became known as musicians.

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SURNAME Khan, Imdad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian sitar and subahar player, singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Agra
DATE OF DEATH 1920