Gharanas & musical lineages

A short, restless form built from quick knotted phrases; difficult to sing well and kept alive by relatively few musicians.

Type

regional style

Where it grew

Punjab, later Gwalior, Varanasi and Bengal

Voice or instrument

Semi-classical vocal

Earliest documented figures

Ghulam Nabi Shori

Ghulam Nabi Shori, known as Shori Miyan, is credited with shaping tappa from Punjabi camel-drivers' songs in the late eighteenth century.

• Ghulam Nabi Shori18th centurySemi-classical vocalNo page yet

  Also written Shori Miyan

  Credited with creating the classical tappa.

  No teaching relationship was proposed for this musician, so no relationship check was run; biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Tappa — Wikipedia · Mian Ghulam Nabi Shori · [Solved] ________ was a prominent musicians of Faizabad ...

• Ramnidhi Gupta1741–1839Semi-classical vocalNo page yet

  Also written Nidhu Babu

  Adapted tappa into Bengali as tappa-style Bengali song.

  No teaching relationship was proposed for this musician, so no relationship check was run; biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Nidhu Babu — Wikipedia · The Timeless Melody of Nidhu Babu: Introduction of Tappa ...

• Girija Devi1929–2017Thumri and tappa

  One of the last singers to perform Benares tappa regularly in concert.

  Taught by Sarju Prasad Misra

  Relationship checking is complete against the source text read for this musician; wider biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Girija Devi — Wikipedia