Qasem Jo

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Ustad Qasim in his younger years.
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Qasem Jo (* 1878 in Gozar e Barana, neighboring village to the Kabul Charabat music district ; † 1957 ) was an Afghan musician .

Life

Qasem Jo is the son of Nawab Sitar jo. The term Sitarjo ( Persian ستارجو) literally means sitar student , but here sitar player. Sitarjo was a friend of Amir Azam Khan and came to Kabul at his invitation. In Kashmir , Sitarjo was a well-known sitar player and a nawab at the same time.

Sitarjo Nawab, who spoke Urdu and Hindi, settled in Barana in the old town of Kabul and ran his business Nawabi. His mother spoke Dari , so that the child Qasem grew up bilingual, bilingual, and was given the nickname Qasem Jo .

Qasem Jo attended the Koran school, Madrasa in the old town in the morning , while in the afternoon he worked in his father's shop and learned music and singing from him.

In addition to these lessons, he learned musical instruments such as sitar, tabla and harmonia, especially since the famous music district of Charabat was located near Barana . Qasem Jo was initially strongly influenced by the music style of the Patia School . His father sent him to the Ustad Qurban Ali Khan in Charabat to "kneel down with the master of classical music" (terminus-technicus in the Indo-Iranian language area), d. H. To get music and singing lessons (including raga ). Songs of the Ghazal poets of the Indo-Iranian poets of the languages ​​Hindi, Farsi and Pashtu were included.

From the symbiosis , union, classical Indian music and Afghan folklore, Qasim Jo developed his own musical style, which the Afghan court promoted. So he sang and composed mainly songs of the poets of the Dari language , which was also the language of the court in the Iranian highlands and in northern India. But also songs in Urdo and Hindi as well as in Pashto.

Emir Abdur Rahman Khan , known by Afghans as "Bismarck of Afghanistan", made him the singer of the court. This funding is said to have consisted of a rubab and 200 afghanis , which were then called rupees .

During Amir Habibullah Khan's reign, Qasim Jo was in Kabul. Here he was given a harmonium, an accordion , a mandolin and a violin . So he soon opened a music school and was given the title "Ustad" (master) by Emir Habibullah Khan on the basis of his skills.

Ustad Qasem Jo's career peaked during the time of Amanullah Khan . The reform king continued to promote the music of Qasim Jo after his father was murdered. Qasem Jo became famous everywhere. Its popularity rose because from that time Kabul received a radio. Amanullah Khan is said to have been so enthusiastic about his voice and songs that he even played some of his gramophone- compatible nipper (sitting dog) records on his state visits to Asia and Europe , which were in Kabul restaurants and teahouses until the 1970s Use were.

Ustad Qasim is known as the "father of Afghan music". He was also head of Charabat . Qasem Jo and his students made a great contribution to music and the construction of musical instruments in Afghanistan, especially for the rehabilitation of musicians and artists who were still discriminated against because of the anti-music rulers in Afghanistan. B. not only in the times of the Taliban .

The famous students of the first and second generation of Qasem Jo are:

and like Ustad Yaqob Qasimi , Esa Qasimi , Yusuf Qasimi , Asef Qasimi , Musa Qasimi , Ustad Breshna , Zahir Howaida and Nashenas .

Awards in Afghanistan

  • Award of an ivory rubab
  • The title Ustad
  • Medal for music at the independence concert
  • Title "Star of The East"
  • Man of the Year 1929
  • 20 hectares of land awarded by Mohammed Nadir Shah
  • Gold medal and a new Chevrolet
  • A bust of Ustad Qasim in front of the radio station in Kabul
  • A tombstone from the Kabul residence after his death

Remarks

  1. ↑ Azam Khan, from the Sadozai dynasty was a successor to Dost Mohammad Khan, was king for only one year (1867–1868)
  2. ↑ see also the Great Empire of Ahmad Shah Durrani , and there were no limits as in the present-day sense.
  3. ↑ Owners of his own shop selling everything from musical instruments to food.
  4. ↑ Qasem , one of God's many names, means distributor ; Jo means seeker or researcher .
  5. ↑ ustad qasim songs - YouTube. Retrieved October 2, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME Yeah, Qasem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ustad Qasim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Afghan musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Gozar e Barana , Kabul
DATE OF DEATH 1957