Скачать или смотреть ASADULLAH KAUKUB KHAN | Ragas Bhopali, Brindabani Sarang, Zila, Bhairavin

Prof. A.K. Kaukub - banjo
Tabla: Abani Babu

78RPM discs:
Bhopali & Brindabani Sarang: HMV G.C.-8-15033
Zila & Bhairavin: HMV P.1434_G.C.-8-15035
From the collection of Rantideb Maitra.
Transfer, sound processing and video edits: Matyas Wolter

Kaukub Khan and his famed brother Keramatullah Khan were the sons and successors of Niyamatullah Khan (1809-1901) - the man credited with modifying the Afghan rubab into the sarod.
Asadullah Kaukub Khan (1852-1915) was known as Professor Kaukab and taught music at a private school in Calcutta. He is believed to have introduced the sarod to Bengal. Both brothers went to Paris with Motilal Nehru. They were the first Indian musicians to visit France (Umar Khan 1978). Kaukab Khans son Waliullah Khan (see our previous upload) was the first musician of the extended family to take up sitar instead of sarod or rubab and was among the leading sitarists of the first half of the 20th century.
The Kaukub-Banjo is an instrument that Kaukub Khan was famous for besides sarod. The story of the Kaukub Banjo is told in this video:

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Tabla accompaniment on all of Kaukub Khans recordings is provided by Abani Babu as indicated on the discs label (an absolute rarity in those days where accompanists remained unmetioned). His full name is Abani Mukherjee and he hailed from Murshidabad where he learned tabla from Ata Khan, who himself was the first tabaliya to travel abroad: Ata Khan accompanied sarod-virtuoso Enayat Khan on his trip to England in 1887 where they performed on the occasion of Queen Victorias jubilee celebrations.

Complete information on our LSGA website: https://matyasitar.de/musician/asadul...