Ghulam Mustafa Khan

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Endowed with an exceptionally melodious and sensitively adaptable voice, Ghulam Mustafa Khan's music gives witness to the rigorous traditional training that he received from his distinguished gurus. He hails from a family steeped in North Indian ... Classical vocal music culture, his forefathers being some of the most prized court musicians honoured and celebrated by the Kings and Maharajas in a musical lineage that goes back to more than 150 years. Ghulam Mustafa Khan has brought these traditions into the present with great effect, and added his own personal traits. Born over six decades ago, on March 3, 1931, in the Badayun city of Uttar Pradesh, Ghulam Mustafa Khan was initiated into music by his father, Ustad Waris Hussain Khan. Later he was groomed under Ustad Fida Hussain Khan, and then later his son Nissar Hussain Khan. Ghulam Mustafa Khan belongs to an illustrious school of music known as Sahaswan Rampur Gharana. This gharana, or house style, has produced an abundance of khayal singers since the time of its founder Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan (1849-1919). Khayal, a Hindu word meaning imagination, is the most popular genre of North Indian classical vocal music, designed to give the singer optimum scope for improvisation. Originating in the courts of the Moghul emperors as a less rigid alternative to the Dhrupad style, it has evolved into a remarkably flexible form that allows an artist's individuality considerable rein. Even within the past five decades the form h

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Maestro's Choice - Ghulam Must

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Maestro's Choice - Ghulam Mustafa Khan

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Passage to India: Vocal India

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Celebrating the Legend - Ghulam Mustafa Khan

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Umrao Jaan

Aagaman

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Raag Ratan

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Maestro's Choice - Series Three

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Maestro's Choice

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Legends from Rampur Sahaswan Gharana, Vol. 1

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Umrao Jaan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Sur Dhwani

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