Hindustani Classical Music

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  • Period: 1900 BCE to 1000 BCE

    Rig Veda - Lyrics to the songs

    The Rigveda or Rig Veda (Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, from ṛc "praise" and Veda "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns (sūktas). The sounds and texts of the Rigveda used to be orally transmitted. However, philological and linguistic evidence indicates that the bulk of the Rigveda Samhita was composed in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent most likely between c. 1900–1200 BCE.
  • 600 BCE

    Samveda- Music in forms of hymns

    The Samaveda is the Veda of Chants, or "storehouse of knowledge of chants". It is a fusion of older melodies (sāman) and the Rig verses. It is textually larger because it lists all the chant- and rituals-related score modifications of the verses. It contains notations (probably the world's oldest surviving ones) which are written usually immediately above, sometimes within, the line of text, either in syllabic or a numerical form depending on the Samavedic Sakha.
  • 300

    Yājñavalkya Smṛti

    The Yajnavalkya Smriti is dated between the 3rd to 5th century CE, and belongs to the Dharmashastra tradition. It mentions one of the oldest texts about music "The one who is well versed in veena, one who has the knowledge of srutis and one who is adept in tala, attains moksha without doubt"
  • 1300

    Agra Gharana

    The Agra gharana is a tradition of Hindustani classical vocal music descended from the Nauhar Bani. So far, Nauhar Bani has been traced back to around 1300 AD, during the reign of Emperor Allauddin Khilji of Delhi.

  • Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan

    Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan is the oldest festival of Hindustani Classical Music in the world, which is celebrated every year at the sacred seat of music, the samadhi of Baba Harballabh – a saint and an exponent of Hindustani Classical Music. The first Sammelan was held in 1875 at the Sidh Peeth-Shri Devi Talab, in Jalandhar. Since then it has been held every year.

  • Dover Lane Music Conference

    The Dover Lane Music Conference is an annual Indian classical music festival held in January at Nazrul Mancha, an outdoor auditorium in south Kolkata. The Dover Lane Music Conference is an all-night concert attended by visitors from all over the world. It typically showcases vocal recital, sitar, sarod, and violin music.

  • Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival debuted

    The first Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival debuted in Pune

  • ITC SRA Sangeet Sammelan appeared