Ustad Asad Ali Khan

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Asad Ali Khan (Hindi: असद अली खान) (1937 – 14 June 2011) was an Indian musician who played the plucked string instrument rudra veena. Khan performed in the style dhrupad and was described as the best living rudra veena player in India by The Hindu. He was awarded the Indian civilian honor Padma Bhushan in 2008. Life and career Khan was born 1937 in Alwar in the seventh generation of rudra veena players in his family.[1][2] His ancestors were royal musicians in the courts of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, and Jaipur, Rajasthan in the 18th century.[3][4] His great-grandfather Rajab Ali Khan was head of the court musicians in Jaipur and owned a village land holding.[4][5] His grandfather Musharraf Khan (died 1909) was court musician in Alwar, and performed in London in 1886.[4][6] Khan's father Sadiq Ali Khan worked as a musician for the Alwar court and for the Nawab of Rampur for 35 years.[6][7] Khan grew up in a musical surrounding and was taught the Beenkar gharana (stylistic school of rudra veena playing) of Jaipur and vocals for fifteen years.[2][4][6] Khan was one of a few active musicians who played the rudra veena and the last surviving master of one of the four schools of dhrupad, the Khandar school.[3][4][8] He performed in many countries, including Australia, the United States, Afghanistan, and Italy and several other European countries, and conducted music courses in the United States.[8][9] Khan worked at All India Radio, taught the sitar in the Faculty of Music and Fine

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North India

Gharanon Ki Gaiki Vol-19

North India: Instrumental Music of Mediaeval India

Rudra Bin - Raga Miyan Ki Todi

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The World's Vocal Arts

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Musical Sources

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Rudra Vina

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Rudra Veena

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Gharanon Ki Gaiki, Vol. 19

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Instrumental Music Of Medieval India

Rudra Veena Nada Veda Omkara Tara Best of Ustad Asad Ali Khan Songs

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Raag Mala Vol. 1

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