Over the past few decades, the oft-sidelined harmonium has been rising to the status of a solo instrument, worthy of the lead role in the world of music. The instrument has emerged to penetrate ...
La st week, this column featured harmonium solos by two prominent musicians from the early part of the twentieth century. But in the generation preceding theirs, it was Bhaiyya Ganpatrao, a scion of ...
Maharashtra and Bengal have perhaps produced more harmonium players than elsewhere and there are many reasons for that. For one, musicians from these regions were among the first to experiment with ...
Of all the things European imported into Indian music in the 19th century, two instruments — the harmonium and the violin — have been remarkably Indianised. Both the instruments have been used ...
CHANDIGARH, (IANS) – Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh has asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) to remove the harmonium from the holiest of Sikh shrines, Harmandir Sahib, ...
Did you know that from 1940 to 1972 the harmonium was banned by All India Radio as it was deemed inappropriate for Indian music? Although for a short two-year period, solo performances on this ...
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