Topic started by Raghu (@ 212.2.14.241) on Wed Feb 20 08:17:57 EST 2002.
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 What is the main difference between “ghazzal” & “Carnatic”, I have added all the list of both Ghazzal & Carnatic singers in India, Can we please discuss about the difference between these two types of singing.
	Ghazzal singers
1.	Abdul Karim Khan 
2.	Ajoy Chakrabarty 
3.	Amir Khan 
4.	Amit Muherjee 
5.	Aneeta Sen, Dr. 
6.	Ashwini Bhide 
7.	Badi Moti Bai 
8.	Barkat Ali Khan 
9.	Basavaraj Rajguru 
10.	Begum Akhtar 
11.	Bhimsen Joshi 
12.	Dagar Brothers 
13.	Dinkar Kaikini, Pt. 
14.	Faiyaz Khan 
15.	Faiyyazuddin & Zahiruddin Dagar 
16.	Gangubai Hangal 
17.	Gauhar Jaan 
18.	Ghulam Sadiq Khan 
19.	Girija Devi 
20.	Hirabar Barodekar 
21.	Kesarbai Kerkar 
22.	Kishori Amonkar 
23.	Krishnarao Shankar Pandit 
24.	Lakshmi Shankar 
25.	Lalith Rao 
26.	Malabika Kanan 
27.	Malini Rajurkar 
28.	Mallikarjun Mansur 
29.	Manik Verma 
30.	Master Krishnarao 
31.	Mogubai Kurdekar 
32.	Moinuddin & Aminuddin Dagar 
33.	Naina Devi 
34.	Narayan Das Vyas & Vinayak Rao Patwardhan 
35.	Nazakat & Salamat Ali Khan 
36.	Niaz & Faiyaz Ahmed Khan 
37.	Nirmala Devi 
38.	Nissar Hussain Khan 
39.	Omkarnath Thakur 
40.	Paluskar, D. V 
41.	Pandit Jasraj 
42.	Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki 
43.	Categories: 
44.	Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki 
45.	Pandit Kumar Gandharva 
46.	Pandit Vyas 
47.	Parween Sultana 
48.	Prabha Atre 
49.	Prabhakar Karekar 
50.	Pt. Ajay Pohankar 
51.	Pt. Rajan Sajan Mishra 
52.	Raghunandan Panshikar 
53.	Rahimuddin Dagar 
54.	Rajan & Sajan Mishra 
55.	Ramakrishnabua Vaze - Gwalior Gharana 
56.	Rasoolan Bai 
57.	Roshanara Begum 
58.	Sanjeev Abhyankar 
59.	Sawai Gandharva 
60.	Siddeshwari Devi 
61.	Sipra Bose 
62.	Smt. Shobha Gurtu 
63.	Subha Mudgal 
64.	Ulhas Kashalkar - Gwalior Gharana 
65.	Ulhas Kashalkar - Gwalior Gharana 
66.	Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan 
67.	Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan 
68.	Ustad Rashid Khan 
69.	Vasundhara Komkali 
70.	Veena Sahasrabuddhe 
71.	Vidyadhar Vyas 
Carnatic Singers
1.	Alathur Brothers 
2.	Ariyagudi Ramanuja Aiyengar 
3.	Arun, O.S. 
4.	Aruna Sayeeram 
5.	Balaji Shankar 
6.	Balamuralikrishna, Dr. 
7.	Balasubramanian. G. N. 
8.	Bharathiar Songs 
9.	Bombay Jayashree 
10.	Bombay Sisters 
11.	Chandrika, R 
12.	Charumathi Ramachandran 
13.	Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar 
14.	Chinmaya Sisters 
15.	Chitra, K.S. 
16.	Divine Unison - Dr.Semmangudi.R. Srinivasa Iyer & Dr.M.S. Subbulakshmi 
17.	Ganesh R.Dr 
18.	Gayathri, S. 
19.	Geetha Rajashekar 
20.	Hyderabad Sisters 
21.	Hydrabad Brothers 
22.	Janakiraman, S.R. 
23.	Jayaraman, D.K. 
24.	John Higgins 
25.	Kasthuri Rangan, S. 
26.	Kittapa, S.G. 
27.	Krishna Kumar Varma 
28.	Krishna, T.M. 
29.	Krishnan, V.R. 
30.	Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi 
31.	Madurai Mani Iyer 
32.	Madurai R.Sundar 
33.	Madurai Somasundaram 
34.	Maharajapuram Nagarajan 
35.	Maharajapuram Ramachandran, S. 
36.	Maharajapuram Santhanam 
37.	Maharajapuram Santhanam & M.S. Viswanathan 
38.	Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer 
39.	Malladi Brothers 
40.	Marriage Songs by Sudha Raghunathan 
41.	Musiri Subramania Iyer 
42.	Mysore Ramarathnam, V. 
43.	Mysore Ramarathnam, V. 
44.	Narayanaswamy, K.V. 
45.	Nedunuri Krishnamurthy 
46.	Neyveli Santhana Gopalan 
47.	Neyyattikara Vasudevan 
48.	Nityasree 
49.	Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana, Dr. 
50.	Omana Kutty, Dr. 
51.	Palai Ramachandran 
52.	Papanasam Ashok Ramani 
53.	Pattammal, D.K. 
54.	Priya Sisters 
55.	Radha Jayalakshmi 
56.	Rajeshwari, S. 
57.	Rajkumar Bharathi 
58.	Ramamurthy, N. 
59.	Raman, B. V. & Lakshmanan, B.V. 
60.	Ramanathan, M.D. 
61.	Ramanathan, S. Dr. 
62.	Ramh, S.P. 
63.	Ramnad Krishnan 
64.	Ramnad Krishnan 
65.	Ramya, S - Annamacharya Krithis 
66.	Rasika, R. 
67.	Sangeetha Sivakumar 
68.	Sanjay Subrahmanyan 
69.	Sankaran Namboodiri 
70.	Sankaranarayanan, T.V. 
71.	Sankari Krishnan 
72.	Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer 
73.	Seshagopalan, T.N. 
74.	Sheela, M.S. 
75.	Sirkhazi Govindarajan 
76.	Sowmya 
77.	Sri Vidyabhushana - Dasara Padagalu 
78.	Srikantan, R.K. 
79.	Sriram Gangadharan 
80.	Subbulakshmi, M.S. 
81.	Sudha Raghunathan 
82.	Sugandha Kalamegham 
83.	Sulamangalam Sisters 
84.	Sulochana Pattabhiraman 
85.	Sulochana Pattabhiraman 
86.	Sundarambal, K.B. 
87.	Thalaatu Songs 
88.	Thyagarajan, O.S. 
89.	Tiruchur V.Ramachandran 
90.	Unnikrishnan, P. 
91.	Vaidyanathan, T.P. 
92.	Vasanthakokilam, N.C. 
93.	Vasanthakumari, M.L. 
94.	Vijay Siva 
95.	Yesudas, K.J. 
 
Responses:
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 -  From: O_IS_G (@ 193.188.97.152)
on: Thu Feb 21 09:14:21 EST 2002
Synopsis of findings : Part I
1.Carnatic singers prefer to prefix their name with their native place.Gazal singers dont.
2.Gazal singers(Hindustani singers) prefer the Ustad prefix where as Carnatic singers do not prefer to prefix titles like "Sangeetha Kalanidhi" etc
3.The carnatic singers list include Dr where the gazal singers list include Pt.
4.Carnatic list has the "Priya sisters" where Gazal (Hindustani) females prefer to sing alone.
5.While everyone alive(listed) stand a chance to sing in AR rehmans music none of the gazal (Hindustani) singers stand a chance to sing in IR's music.
Appada enemela saba kalai kattitudum.Etharkuthane aasaipattai Balakumara .. er..er Raghu?
 -  From: Raghu (@ 212.2.14.241)
on: Thu Feb 21 09:18:56 EST 2002
Neel D;
oops sorry, thanks 4 pointing it out, but wasn't SJ carnatically trained?, I think "Pithugudi Murugadas", is also a carntaic artist, wasn't he?
 -  From: Isaipriyan (@ 157.95.211.50)
on: Thu Feb 21 09:59:40 EST 2002
"pithigudi"-----is that something like malgudi?!?!
I only know of pithukuli murugadas.(yes his songs are carnatic based mostly on Lord krishna)
ragu is he a srilankan that I am not aware of?
just kidding!!
 -  From: O_IS_G (@ 193.188.97.152)
on: Thu Feb 21 10:14:28 EST 2002
Isaipriyan
Pithukuli Murugadas, as the name suggests sang mostly on Lord Muruga.His "Pachaimayil vaganane "was a regular AIR bakthi padal.He sang in Devarin " Deivam" movie (Swami malai padal).
Raghu, you seem to be a very interesting person.Lets meet frequently on the threads.
(Aid Al Adha /Aid Al Kebir)
 -  From: Rolled Gold (@ 210.186.51.49)
on: Thu Feb 21 10:24:37 EST 2002
Naadariyum nooru malai, naan ariven swami malai
Kanthan oru manthirathai thanthayidam sonna malai
Swami malai swami malai
 -  From: Raghu (@ 212.2.14.241)
on: Thu Feb 21 10:56:04 EST 2002
Isai Priyan & O_IS_GOLD;
yah, I meant "pithukuli" Murugadas, but he often had his own way of singing, he often changed the raaga's slightly @ pallavi's, which KJY, BMK never do!
 -  From: Udhaya (@ 63.89.188.222)
on: Thu Feb 21 11:14:48 EST 2002
Let me translate this thread to pure TFM page standards.
Hariharan or Yesudas? Who is (fill in your choicest misspelled variable here)?
 -  From: Raghu (@ 212.2.14.241)
on: Thu Feb 21 11:34:36 EST 2002
What!!!!
how on Earth can u compare normal nasal singer like Hariharan with a sangeetha pooshanam like Dr.KJY, these people nowadays are loosing their senses, god save them.
what next Deva is better than MSV???
Ramarajan is better than Kamal???
GOD save these people
 -  From:   (@ 165.122.128.173)
on: Thu Feb 21 11:48:05 EST 2002
adadaaa...height of understanding and misunderstanding...on same page:-)
 -  From: AVR (@ 143.127.3.10)
on: Thu Feb 21 22:45:01 EST 2002
Neel D:
Is Vani really a professional Carnatic singer - i.e. has she regularly conducted pure Carnatic concerts? I have enquired in quite a few leading music stores and there seem to be no tapes of her pure classical performances. I dont think she can be put into the list of pure Carnatic/Hindustani classical singers then. I guess, singing classical songs in films would be very much different from conducting a pure classical concert - and that too regularly, not just one or two concerts, which becomes an exception and not the rule.
Whether her name should feature in pure Hindustani classical singers - I dont think so again. About ghazal singing, I havent heard anyhting more than Parvaaz. Which again does not make her a complete ghazal singer (to be put into the league of Msdhurani,Ghulam Ali, Hariharan, Mehndi hassan etc.)
Do correct me if I am mistaken!
 -  From: AVR (@ 143.127.3.10)
on: Thu Feb 21 23:42:24 EST 2002
Read Msdhurani as madhurani.
 -  From: Naaz (@ 24.76.127.63)
on: Fri Feb 22 12:55:46 EST 2002
VJ is a singer trained in Carnatic and Hindustani music (training period over 2 decades). However, singer who make their debut in film playback singing seldom get to traverse the "classical" arena with ease. This might have something to do with the perceived "corruption" of film music. Asha and Lata are also classical trained Hindustani singers but they have not been known to give "full" hindustani concerts. AB is at ease with "ghazals" and LM excels in "devotionals". Neither of them (and VJ)lacks anything that a "pure" carnatic/hindustani singer may claim to have. But they have to work within a "commercial" parameter (film music). Balamuralikrishna did not get too familiar with "film music" - as his reputation was made in "classical" singing. KJY had done the genre crossing - carnatic/film playback - but he is still considered (predominantly) to be a "film" musician.
The difference lies in the pre-determined genre/school where an artiste makes her/his claim. It does not necessarily mean or say anything about the artiste's cross-genre abilities. It is just market-placement, in commercial terms.
 -  From: AVR (@ 203.197.80.194)
on: Sat Feb 23 02:08:54 EST 2002
similarly is the name of KS CHITRA justified in the category of pure carnatic singers?
 -  From: O_IS_G (@ 193.188.97.152)
on: Sat Feb 23 03:02:22 EST 2002
I think the discussion is drifting towards-Who should be added to the two groups and where.
I think the comparison ,as rightly pointed out earlier,is tring match two distinct colours of music ,the result of which is going please none.( I assume that Raghu meant Hindustani music while starting this thread.Gazal in itself cannot be a music category)
If someone can really bridge the gap today it is ARR.I expect an ARR coup with an Abyankar-Sowmya duet in " Boys"
 -  From: Naaz (@ 24.76.127.63)
on: Sun Feb 24 01:11:07 EST 2002
OISG - Categorisation was, I believe, part of the prelude to this thread: The "Merger" list above. One genre - and the other a sub-genre. No wonder this thread in the throes of an identity crisis... :-)
BTW: Ithukkuthana Asaipattai... was an interesting "film" memoir, but a bit heavy on the predictable Balakumaranisms. How's it going with him and his writing these days? Have you read any of his work lately?
 -  From: O_IS_G (@ 193.188.97.152)
on: Mon Feb 25 00:20:06 EST 2002
These days Balakumaran is mainly into movies and has left "Tamil Ilakkiyam" in peace.
I think he should be III in the list after Crazy and Sujatha on the preference list for the Dialogue writers.Whenever i get the temptation to read i take Pachai vayal manathu again .The news from Chennai is that he has exhausted all Thi.Jaa novels.Lets hope that he does not become "Rayapettai Balu" again.
Coming back to the thread, someone like Neyeli Santhana Gopalan or Seshagopalan himeself could have been tried for songs like "Kannil Varum Katchi yellam".It had both the Bhajan style and the sufi style (both being sub categories).
Sriram Gangadharan, i hear , is trained in Hindustani too.A good voice for TFM.
 -  From: Zohra Khan (@ )
on: Wed Mar 10 13:56:29 EST 2004
Pleaseeeeee Ghazal singers and Hindustani Musicians are not one and the same!
Someone please help them Madrasis.
 -  From: Southie (@ 61.1.217.41)
on: Sat Mar 13 10:34:28 EST 2004
>>Pleaseeeeee Ghazal singers and Hindustani Musicians are not one and the same!
Someone please help them Madrasis<<. ZOHRA KHAN..
ZOHRA KHAN must be a Southie, because (a)he uses the word "please" (that too twice) in his mail, and (b)the short message is correctly formatted without any gram.mistake.
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On the other hand, he may be a Northie, because he has failed to realize Raghu's calling Hindustani songers Gazal singers was only (really) toungue-in cheek; a bait.
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howver i vote for the first premise.
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Southie
 
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