Famous Songs & Their Inspiration, Original song & later better-known version |
Famous Songs & Their Inspiration, Original song & later better-known version |
Faraaj73 |
Nov 29 2008, 07:39 AM
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Dedicated Member Group: Members Posts: 2198 Joined: 1-July 08 From: Sydney, Australia Member No.: 58864 |
I'm uploading 2-3 famous songs which most music-lovers are familiar with and the original (and lesser known) song that inspired them. The audio of the extremely rare originals is quite good even if the bit rate is low.
Please note, there is no knowing how old some original tunes are. The original song that I attach may very well be inspired by an original dating back to the 19th century. Credit is certainly due to the later composer for the re-packaging and presentation of the song. For nearly everyone Mohe Panghat Pe Nandlal equals Mughal e Azam as rendered by Lata. I attach below at 192 kbps mp3 the Mughal e Azam song as well as the original Indubala version of the 1920s. Indubala, now forgotten was a great name of the 1920s and was trained by Gauhar Jaan. Enjoy! And members having similar examples are welcome to share them here. Kind Regards Faraaj Kind Regards Faraaj Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. - Victor Hugo There is only one better thing than music - live music. - Jacek Bukowski I hate music, especially when it's played. - Jimmy Durante No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. - W. H. Auden |
abhayp |
Dec 8 2008, 03:00 PM
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Regular Member Group: Members Posts: 982 Joined: 13-March 04 Member No.: 335 |
A perfect example of a classical composition being adapted for 'light' music is Sachin Dev Burman's skillful re-working of the canonical bandish in raaga Nat Bihag, "jhan jhan jhan jhan paayal [morii] baaje" - not once but twice over!
The original bandish, sung most commonly in drut laya and sometimes in madhya-laya, has been recorded by many classical singers. For the purpose of our theme, I have chosen two of my favourite renditions: a short recording by 'aaftaab-e-mausiiqii' Faiyaz Khan of the Agra gharana and a longer one by the redoubtable Mallikarjun Mansur of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. (Given that Mansur started out with the Gwalior gharana, one can say that we are seeing three gharana-s represented here!) Both renditions are being uploaded in their entirety on the Raag Rang forum (link given at the end of this post); in this post, I am uploading a short extract (1:34 minutes, mp3 encoding @ 128 kbps) from Mansur's virtuoso rendition taken from the published recording of a live concert. The senior Burman took the same bandish and converted it into two delightful songs: one in Bengali that he sang himself (jhan jhan jhan jhan manjiraa baaje), the other (and better-known) one sung by Lata for the 1951 film 'Buzdil'. Shailendra wrote the lyrics for the Hindi version. I don't know who the wrote the Bengali adaptation; any information about this is welcome. It is not easy to turn a classical bandish into a light song. One cannot just cut out the improvisation and keep the kernel, nor can one try to retain the classical-length improvisation. The composer has to know exactly how much of the elaboration of the original bandish to include in the song. Burman has done this brilliantly. His own rendition in Bengali closely follows the traditional interpretation. The recording is 3:08 minutes long and is encoded in mp3 @ 160 kbps. The 'Buzdil' song follows the traditional bandish in the tuning of the mukhaDaa, but the antaraa-s are Burman's own creation: the changes in tempo and the differing patterns of percussion add to the beauty of the song, taking it beyond just a down-sized reproduction of the original bandish and making it a great song in its own right. Lata's rendition makes the song truly memorable. The duration of this song is 3:18 minutes and the version uploaded here is encoded in mp3 @ 160 kbps. The two classical renditions referred to above can be accessed in post #7 at this link: http://www.hamaraforums.com/index.php?show...&st=0&# Warm regards, Abhay This post has been edited by abhayp: Dec 8 2008, 04:17 PM |
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