Lucknow thumri lineage

Type

teaching lineage

Voice or instrument

Thumri and semi-classical

Where it grew

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Earliest documented figures

Wajid Ali Shah

Musicians documented

3

Grew at the court of Wajid Ali Shah in the mid nineteenth century, closely tied to kathak dance.

Ordered oldest first, so the list reads down the generations: the earliest documented musicians of the tradition, then the players who carried it on, then those active today. The second view shows only the teacher-to-student links the archive can source.

• Wajid Ali Shah1822–1887Thumri and semi-classicalNo page yet

  The last king of Awadh, a composer under the name Akhtarpiya and a patron of thumri and kathak.

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

  Sources: Wajid Ali Shah — Wikipedia · Journey of Thumri from Lucknow to Calcutta

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• Begum Akhtar1914–1974Thumri, dadra and ghazalNo page yet

  The defining ghazal and thumri voice of twentieth-century north India.

  Taught by Abdul Waheed Khan

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

  Sources: Begum Akhtar — Wikipedia · Begum Akhtar: Guru who valued passion for music over ... · Begum Akhtar - Thumri, Dadra and Poorvi

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• Shanti Hiranand1932–2020Thumri and ghazalNo page yet

  Begum Akhtar's student and biographer.

  Taught by Begum Akhtar

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

  Sources: Shanti Hiranand — Wikipedia · About - Shanti Hiranand

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