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Modern Mastery

In the Modern Period, India was exposed to newer, more modern forms of music. Western
instruments were being adopted by musicians. At the same time, western music tradition was also
getting influenced by ours.
HaRmOnIUm HaRmOnY
West Meets East In 1875, Dwarkanath Ghose’s company realised that the

harmonium, which till then was
vIRtUOUS vIOLIn operated with a pedal, needed to
be tweaked for Indian artists who
Carnatic musician played while sitting cross-legged
Baluswami Dikshitar played on the floor. The bellows, keys and
Illustration by: Diksha
the Western instrument Illustration by: R. Tejaswini, reed were customised and thus Gupta, IX D, The SD Vidya
– the violin and adapted it IX D, Bharatiya Vidya emerged the hand-held harmonium. School, Ambala Cantt
into Carnatic music in early Bhavan’s Atmakuri Rama [Source: Mint weekend magazine - Lounge, Vol. 6 No.
Rao School, Jubilee Hills,
19 century. He was influenced Hyderabad 32, Saturday, August 11 2012]
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by Hindustani music after having
travelled to North India.

tROmBOne tRUmPetS!

Trombone is a musical instrument
made of brass. The sound on the trombone is produced mOdeRn nOteS
when the player cause the air column inside the Many newer forms of music have also
instrument to vibrate through his lips.
developed during this period:
P. Adithya, VII, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Pendurthi, Visakhapatnam
rabindra Sangeet – These are the songs
composed by Gurudev Rabindranath
mUSIC feStIvaLS Tagore. He has around 2200 songs to his

dhrupad festival is a music festival of Hindustani name.
classical genre. It is held for three days at Tulsi Ghat in Nandini Gupta, XI G, D.A.V. International School,
Amritsar
March/April every year at Varanasi. adhunik Sangeet – It literally means ‘modern music’ and
gopesh Yadav, VII d, Suditi global academy, Etawah is influenced by films as well as western music.
Sawai gandharva Bhimsen festival was celebrated in Nandini Gupta, XI G, D.A.V. International School, Amritsar
Pune. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi personally conducted this film Songs – The history of Indian music goes back to
festival in the memory of his guru, Sawai Gandharva. many centuries. This tradition has been adapted in the
Priyansha, VI d, d.a.V. Sen. Sr. Public School, Naraingarh, ambala film songs in various languages. Films with time have
Margazhi is celebrated every year in the month of evolved their own brand of music.
December. The city of Chennai holds an eight-week Masoudah Maryam, VIII lotus, Cauvery Public School, Karaikal; Hanaa Noor,
long Madras Music Season. It is one of the largest ever V e, ryan International School, Sector-40, Gurgaon
music festivals to be celebrated in India. Pop Music – Indian pop music originated with singer
adhya faldu, X C, National Hill View Public School, Bangalore Ahmed Rushidi’s song ‘ko ko korina’. This form of music
Thyagaraja aradhana is celebrated in month of then got adopted in India.
January in memory of Telugu saint poet Thyagaraja at Dhruv Karanwal, VII b, Pine Hall School, Dehra Dun
Thiruvaiyaru. fusion – Fusion compositions began with a mix of rock
K.r. Ishwarya, VIII a1, Morning Star Matriculation School, Thanjavur and roll with Indian music tradition. Pandit Ravi Shankar
began fusing Jazz music with Indian music.
The dover lane Music festival is a famous music
festival of Kolkata. It started in 1952. raga rock – This term came into being in the 1960s.
N. Sumaiya Kabir, IX C, Gokhale Memorial Girls’ School, Kolkata These songs usually have the tabla or sitar being played
in the background.

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