Rahim Bakhsh

Rahim Bakhsh ( Persian رحيم بخش Rahim Bachsch ; * around 1921 ; † 2001 ) was one of the most famous singers and musicians of Afghan music in Kabul arts district Charabat where he had music and singing from an early age learned.

Life

Rahim Bakhsh was a student of Qasem Jo . Possibly he was born in Kabul Charabat in 1918. In an interview with the former music director of RTA Abdul Wahab Madadi, he stated that he was supposed to be born during the reign of Amir Habibullah Khan (1901-1919). He died in 2001 in the Afghan-Pakistani border town of Quetta , the provincial capital of Balochistan, and was buried there until 2002. After the fall of the Taliban , his remains were transferred to Kabul and buried in the Kabul cemetery next to the grave of his teacher Ustad Qasem Jo.

Rahim Bakhsh was the second son of Ustad Imam Bakhsh Sarangi. Sarangi was himself a great sarang player from the Kabul Charabat. In the interview with Madadi, he admitted that he was motivated by his grandfather to learn music. Although all generations of the Bakhsh family were musicians themselves, he should learn the basics of music and singing from a Ustad outside the family. So his grandfather registered him at the music school in Ustad Qasem Jo.

All musicians and singers of Charabat start with harmonium , tabla and singing exercises, solfeggio . In the morning they went to the slope of the Sher Darwaza Mountain in Kabul opposite the Assamaiberg to refine their voices. He was given the title " Ustad " ( Persian استاد), "Meister" and he belonged to the generation of Mohamed Hussein Sarahang , who cultivated the classical Afghan music. In addition to Ustad Sarahang, he was also head of charabats. The task of the charabats leader was to coordinate all activities in the music district of Kabul.

Thus both belonged to the authorities of classical music in Afghanistan. Ustad Rahim Bakhsh performed musically at various festivals, especially weddings and the long nights of "Ramazan". It had its own pavilion during the Afghan independence celebrations, with Sarahang ( Persian سرآهنگ) played as the peak of the clay in the royal pavilion.

In the later years he sang poems by Persian poets , especially by the Indian Dari poets Amir Chosrau and Abdul Qader Bedel and the ragas of Indian classical music. He was impressed by the Indian patiala - gharana and also sang khyal .

His sons Hossein Bakhsh and Salim Bakhsh continue his legacy in exile. One of the most famous pieces of music is the song: "In Tschragh o in Mahfel" ( This light and this festival ).

Web links

• Rahim Bakhsh
• Rahim Bakhsh at Discogs (English)
• Prof. Rahim speaks of his classical music. In: The Kabul Times , November 23, 1969, p. 4

Individual evidence

1. ^ John Baily : Songs from Kabul: The Spiritual Music of Ustad Amir Mohammad. (Soas Musicology Series) Ashgate Publishing, Farnham 2011, p. 13, ISBN 978-0754657767
2. ↑ Interview about Madadi ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ In traditional music schools in Afghanistan, enrollment means that the family of the students brings sweets for the teacher in a ceremony and, according to the Indo-Iranian tradition, the teacher ties a bracelet made of cotton thread or a friendship bracelet on his student's wrist.