Music of Rajasthan

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Tyagaraju known for his extensive contributions to Carnatic music.

Music of India
Genres

Traditional

* Classical
* Carnatic
* Odissi
* Hindustani
* Folk
* Borgeet
* Baul
* Bhajan
* Kirtana
* Shyama Sangeet
* Ramprasadi
* Rabindra Sangeet
* Nazrul Geeti
* Dwijendrageeti
* Atulprasadi
* Prabhat Samgiita
* Thumri
* Dadra
* Chaiti
* Kajari
* Sufi
* Ghazal
* Qawwali
* Sikh

Modern

* Bhangra
* Bhangragga
* Filmi
* Bollywood
* Ghazal
* Qawwali
* Goa trance
* Dance
* Indi-pop
* Asian Underground
* Jazz
* Rock
* Bengali
* Raga
* Hip hop

Media and performance
|  Music awards

* Filmfare Awards
* Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Music festivals

* Saptak Festival of Music
* Chennai Music Season
* Dover Lane music festival
* Purandaradasa Aradhana
* Tyagaraja Aradhana
* Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan

Music media

* Sruti
* The Record

Nationalistic and patriotic songs
|  National anthem

Jana Gana Mana
Other
Vande Mataram
Regional music

* Andaman and Nicobar Islands
* Andhra Pradesh
* Arunachal Pradesh
* Assam
* Bihar (Maithili)
* Chhattisgarh
* Goa
* Gujarat
* Haryana
* Himachal Pradesh
* Jammu and Kashmir
* Ladakh
* Jharkhand
* Karnataka
* Kerala
* Madhya Pradesh
* Maharashtra
* Manipur
* Meghalaya
* Mizoram
* Nagaland
* Odisha
* Punjab (Folk)
* Rajasthan
* Sikkim
* Tamil Nadu
* Ancient
* Tripura
* Uttar Pradesh
* Uttarakhand
* West Bengal

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This type of music originates from the Rajasthan, one of the states of India and home to several important centers of Indian musical development, including Udaipur, Jodhpur and Jaipur. The region's music shares similarities both with nearby areas of India and the other side of the border, in the Pakistani province of Sindh.

## Overview[edit]

Rajasthan has a diverse collection of musician castes, including langas, sapera, bhopa, and Manganiar. There are two traditional classes of musicians: the Langas, who stuck mostly exclusively to Muslim audiences and styles, and the Manganiars, who had a more liberal approach.

Rajasthani artists

Traditional music includes the women's Panihari songs, which lyrically describes chores, especially centered on water and wells, both of which are an integral part of Rajasthan's desert culture. Other songs, played by various castes, normally begin with the alap, which sets the tune and is followed by a recital of a couplet (dooba). Epic ballads tell tales of heroes like Devnarayan Bhagwan, Gogaji, Ramdeoji, Pabuji and Tejaji. The celebration of changing seasons is also very central to folk music of Rajasthan. Celebration of the coming of the Monsoon or the harvest season are central to most traditional folk songs. Songs also revolve around daily activities of the local people-- for instance, a song about not sowing Jeera (Cumin) as it is difficult to tend. Or, for instance, another song about Podina (Mint) and how it is liked by various members of the family (an allegorical reference to a local liquor extracted from mint is also made). Every day common themes are the center of traditional rajasthani folk music.

One of the most famous Rajasthani Maand singers is Allah Jilai Bai of the Bikaner Gharana.

## Notable musicians[edit]

* Allah Jilai Bai
* Kheta Khan
* Mame Khan
* Seema Mishra
* Prakash Mali
* Chotu Singh Rawna
* Anupriya Lakhawat
* Hemraj Goyal
* Dapu Khan
* Ila Arun

## See also[edit]

* Jaipur-Atrauli gharana
* Rapperiya Baalam
* Musical Instruments of Rajasthan
* Veena Music

## References[edit]

* Monograph on Langas: a folk musician caste of Rajasthan. by Komal Kothari. 1960.
* Folk musical instruments of Rajasthan: a folio, by Komal Kothari. Rajasthan Institute of Folklore, 1977.
* Bards, ballads and boundaries: an ethnographic atlas of music traditions in West Rajasthan, by Daniel Neuman, Shubha Chaudhuri, Komal Kothari. Seagull, 2007. ISBN 1-905422-07-5.

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