Amar Nath
Pandit Amarnath (1924-1997) was an Indian classical vocalist. He was the first and closest disciple of Ustad Amir Khan, the founder of the Indore Gharana of Hindustani classical music. While Amir Khan propagated the vilambit or the slow-style of singing, Amarnath also wrote mystic poetry as bandish for khayal singing.[1][2]
Amar Nath was born in 1924 in Jhang in Punjab, now in Pakistan. He learned music from B.N. Datta of Lahore from 1942 to 1947. He moved to Delhi after the partition of India. His first guru was B. N. Datta, who suggest him to go to Khan for further learning.[3] Subsequently after several failed attempts, he convinced Amir Khan to accept him as a disciple.
Besides devoutly following Amir Khan's style, teaching and demonstrating the style, Amar Nath also served at All India Radio for eight years, and later as Director of Kala Sangam in Delhi, and also provided music for the 1955 film Garam Coat starring Balraj Sahni,[4] and for a documentary on Mirza Ghalib.
He died March 9, 1997.[3]
In 2004, a book, Conversations with Pandit Amarnath based on conversations with him, was published by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Delhi.[5] His memoir about his guru Amir Khan were published in 2008, by Pandit Amarnath Memorial Foundation.
Bibliography
- Amarnath, Pandit (1989). Living Idioms in Hindustani Music: A Dictionary of Terms and Terminology. Vikas Publishing House. ISBN 978-0-7069-4682-6.
- Amarnath, Pandit (1997). Haṃsā ke baina (in Hindi). Radhakrishna Pub.
- Bindu Chawla (2004). Conversations with Pandit Amarnath. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. ISBN 978-81-85503-07-3.
- Amarnath, Pandit (2008). Indore ke masihā: Paṇḍita Amaranathaji dwara Ustad Amir Khan sahab ke sansmaran (in Hindi). Pandit Amarnath Memorial Foundation. ISBN 978-81-7525-934-8.
References
- ↑ Manorma Sharma (2006). Tradition of Hindustani Music. APH Publishing. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-81-7648-999-7.
- ↑ Geeti Sen (1997). Crossing Boundaries. Orient Blackswan. pp. 181–. ISBN 978-81-250-1341-9.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bindu Chawla (Mar 8, 2011). "A seamless learning experience". The Times of India. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- ↑ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1994–. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7.
- ↑ "Conversation with Pandit Amarnath". IGNCA. 2004. Retrieved 2014-08-25.