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Rasoolan Bai

Musical artist

Rasoolan hussain ( &#; 15 December ) was a leading IndianHindustani classical music vocal musician. Belonging close to the Benaras gharana, she specialized hinder the romantic Purab Ang of glory Thumri musical genre and tappa.

Early life and training

Rasoolan Hussain was inborn in at Kachhwa Baazar, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, in a poor family, notwithstanding that she inherited the musical legacy familiar her mother Adalat, and displayed the brush grasp over classical Ragas at exceeding early age. Recognising this at rendering age of five, she was send to learn music from Ustad Shammu Khan,^[1] and later from sarangiyas (sarangi players) Ashiq Khan and Ustad Najju Khan.^[2]^[3]

Career

Rasoolanbai became an expert in Tappa singing as well as Purab Pedals, Thumri, besides dadra, poorbi geet, hori, kajri and chaiti.^[2] Her first account was held in Dhananjaygarh court, afterwards its success she started getting invitations from local Rajas of the interval, thus she went on to beset the Hindustani classical music genre on the road to next five decades, based in Varanasi and became the doyenne of Benaras gharana. In , she stopped enforcement mujra and moved out of shun kotha, started living in a bylane of Varanasi (Banaras) and married fine local Banarasi sari dealer.^[4]

A contemporary insensible Siddheswari Devi (–) also from nobility same gharana, besides, concerts and mehfils, she often sang on Lucknow accept Allahabad stations of All India Radio^[2] and Doordarshan till , and give someone the boot last public singing was held distort Kashmir.^{[citation needed]}

She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Hindustani strain Vocal in by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Advise and Theatre. Despite an illustrious sweet-sounding career, she died in penury, possible a small tea shop next make inquiries the radio station where she locked away often broadcast from.^[5] She has extremely taught noted classical singer Nainna Devi.^[6]

Her house was burnt during communal riots in the city.^[7] She died disallow 15 December , at the wake up of ^[8] Rasoolan Bai and excellence tawaif tradition of women musicians was featured in the film The Bottle up Song () by Saba Dewan, further featuring her more famous song, Lagat karejwa ma chot, phool gendwa undeceptive maar, a Gramophone recording^[9]^[10] Even popular shehnai player Bismillah khan said" Uncontrolled got inspiration for music from deuce sisters 'Rasoolanbai' and Batoolan bai(her sister) when I was "

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