Indian ghazals
The phrases and nuances are precariously balanced some times with double entendre bringing an unexpected appreciation form the audience. Unlike in classical music or art music where music is of utmost importance, in Ghazals lyrical beauty has equal footing.
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Gazelles are too shifty, fickle and quick in movement, so are the Ghazals with full of twists and turns.
Thus original Qasida of Persia became a Ghazal –‘The dialogue with the beloved'-albeit one sided! The poetic content is always romance, more often than not unfulfilled hence there is always an undercurrent of black humour throughout each Ghazal. Thus poems written in praise of their rulers and masters evolved into romantic songs of unreciprocated love, madness and what is more at times of mystical reflections. Naturally thus, Ghazals became the offshoots of Indian ragas like Thumris and Dadras. The credit of making more recitation of poems into musical form goes to the It is often said that Amir Khusrow in the 13th century experimented writing Ghazals in Urdu and later over the centuries Urdu became the chosen language. In those days each Ghazal had more than 100 couplets and were written in Persian. Romantic journey through Serveral centuries, and traveled across Afghanistan, Sindh, Punjab to Bijapur in the deccan and go back again to Delhi in its present Avatar! In the 12th century, Ghazals were merely known as a literary form of poems written in praise of the rulers. Subcontinent of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.įrom "Qasida" of Persian origin to the present day poetic and musical form, Ghazals made a Is today one of the most popular form of Hindustani music of the Indian It is extremely interesting to note that Ghazals originated in Persia, Page Last Updated: DecemGhazals as Popular Form of Hinustani Music