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Mahesh Kale performs a Raag Behag drut cheez in Ektaal 'Hridvandan dwijRam so, Man sakal tum Praman ho..' composed by him in tribute to the late Ramashreya Jha, known by his pen name Ramrang.

Pt.Ramashreya Jha (1928-2009) was one of the foremost composer,

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Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan sings the bandish 'Eri Sajani' in Raga Shankara. This is a Sabrang composition, i.e. his own! This is a clip from a Films Division documentary. For a fuller exposition see the next tweet.
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Raag Bihag by Maestros on the Sesquicentenary Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath.

Ajoy Chakraborty (Vocal), Rashid Khan (Vocal), Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (Sarod), Anindo Chatterjee (Tabla) and Pt. Bhawani Shankar (Pakhawaj) together perform a Rabindra Brahmo

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Piu Mukherjee performs a Raag Khamaj Tappa 'O Miya ve jaane wale'.

This is a Shori Miyan Tappa. Miyan Ghulam Nabi Shori (1742–92) of Multan composer to Asaf-Ud-Dowlah, Nawab of Awadh.

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A small clip from a documentary called Naad about the late great Ustad Hussain Sayeeduddin Khan Dagar, 19th generation of the Dagar clan and was the last of the Dagar Saptak when he passed away in 2017. He performs a Raag Desh Dhrupad.

Ustad Sayeedudin Dagar -

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Raag Marwa dhrupad ang composition of Baijnath Nath Mishra (popularly known as Baiju Bawra) 'Pratham Adi Shiv Shakti'. Baiju was a student of Pandit Haridas, who was also a guru of Mian Tansen. Baiju was court musician of Raja Man Singh Tomar of Gwalior.

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The late Pandit Bhimsen Joshi performs a Raag Yaman 'Aaj Muraliya Shyaam Bajae' drut composed by Ustad Bhupat Khan known by his pen name 'Manarang'. Bhupat Khan of Gwalior was a descendent of Mian Tansen and the teacher of Pt. Radhakrishna and Kartaram Mullick,

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Raag Bihagda is a Khamaj infused variation of Raag Bihag used widely in Punjab Ang compositions. Here the
Hazuri Raagis - Ragis Mohan Singh, Sukhdev Singh presenting a well known (and a favorite of mine) Guru Arjan Dev ji kirtan:

'At preetam Manmohana ghat

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A 1969 recording of a classic drut Khamaj bandish of by the late Vd. Malabika Kannan (nee Roy).

'Jhanan jhanan jhananan baaje bichua' is Rampir-Sahaswan gharana chestnut composed by Ustad Enyat Hussein Khan.

Malabika and her guru/husband Pt.A Kannan were

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Gurbani in Raag Bihag teental. A composition by Guru Nanak Dev ji performed by Bhai Gagandeep Singh of Sri Ganganagar.

'firat firat prabh aaya pariaa tau saranaae |
naanak kee prabh binati apanee bhagatee laaye II'

'After wandering and wandering,
O God, I have

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Ustad Munawar Ali Khan sings a Sabrang (ie composed by his father) bandish in Raag Sorath in drut teental.
'More piya na baire baatiyan'

Sorath is a commonly uses raag in Punjab ang compositions. It is frequently used in Gurmat Sangeet. It belongs to Khamaj