Mushtaq Hussain Khan Explained

Honorific Prefix:Ustad
Mushtaq Hussain Khan
Alias:Sher-e-Mausiqi
Birth Date:1878
Birth Place:Sahaswan, North-Western Provinces, British India
Death Place:Delhi, India
Origin:Sahaswan, Budaun District, Uttar Pradesh, India
Genre:Indian classical music
Occupation:Vocalist
Years Active:1896 — 1964
Label:Saregama

Ustad Mushtaq Hussain Khan (1878 – 13 August 1964) was an Indian classical vocalist. He belonged to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana.

Early life

Mushtaq Hussain was born in a family of traditional musicians in Sahaswan, a small town in Budaun District of Uttar Pradesh. It is where he grew up and spent his boyhood.[1]

Although music came to him quite early in life, he was only 10 when his father, Ustad Kallan Khan, began giving him regular lessons, or rather introduced him into this art.[1]

Mushtaq Hussain Khan was twelve when he became a disciple of Ustad Haider Khan and went with him to Kathmandu, Nepal.[1] He then began taking minimal music training from Haider Khan. Finally, after two years, Mushtaq Hussain came under the tutelage of Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan, the founder of Rampur-Sahaswan gharana. Collectively, he spent eighteen years of his life with his trainer, Inayat Hussain Khan.[1]

Musical career

Mushtaq Hussain, at the age of thirty-five, was enlisted as one of the court musicians in Rampur. Later, he became the chief court musician of Rampur. In the 1920s, when the vogue of music conferences were started in India, Mushtaq Hussain was invited to participate in them. In addition, he started performing on All India Radio.[1]

Disciples

During his long career, Mushtaq Hussain Khan trained many disciples including Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Padma Bhushan Smt. Shanno Khurana, his son-in-law Padma Shri Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan, Padma Shri Smt. Naina Devi, Smt. Sulochana Brahaspati, Padma Shri Smt. Sumati Mutatkar, Ustad Afzal Hussain Khan Nizami, as well as his own sons.[1]

Awards and achievements

Discography

Death

Mushtaq Hussain's last concert was at the residence of Naina Devi, where he had a cardiac arrest, and was brought to Irwin Hospital in Old Delhi, where he was declared dead on arrival. He died on 13 August 1964.[5]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Khyal: Creativity Within North India's Classical Music Tradition - Profile of Mushtaq Hussain Khan (page 141). Cambridge University Press via GoogleBooks website. Bonnie C. Wade. 30 January 1984 . 9780521256599.
  2. Web site: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Mushtaq Hussain Khan in 1952. https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm . 30 May 2015. Sangeet Natak Akademi website. 4 January 2024. dead.
  3. Web site: Inayat Hussain Khan - Founder of Rampur-Sahaswan gharana (profile). 23 May 2012. 3 January 2024. dead. ITC Sangeet Research Academy website. https://web.archive.org/web/20120523232017/http://www.itcsra.org/sra_story/sra_story_guru/sra_story_guru_links/sra_story_guru_gharana/gharana.asp?gharanaid=5.
  4. Web site: Ustad Mushtaq Husain Khan albums. saregama.com. 28 November 2023.
  5. https://www.parrikar.org/vpl/catalogue/hindustani/mushtaq-hussain-khan/ Mushtaq Hussain Khan (1880-1964) profile on Vijaya Parrikar Library website