A performance recording of Shabad Kirtan, devotional singing of Gurbani, in the rababi style, sung to the rabab by Bhai Ghulam Mohammad Chand, whose family's performance lineage runs back to Bhai Mardana, the Muslim companion who accompanied Guru Nanak and received the title "Bhai" from him. Chand's own line descends from rababis who performed in the courts of Guru Tegh Bahadur and Guru Gobind Singh, and his father and uncle were the last rababis to sing at the Golden Temple before Partition forced the family to Lahore in 1947. Released by Punjabi University, Patiala's Gurmat Sangeet Chair as one of its audio-visual publications documenting and promoting the rababi tradition of Sikh sacred music worldwide.
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Subject Matter
Religious Subject MatterSikh sacred music (Gurmat Sangeet) in the rababi tradition: named outright as its purpose by the publishing university's own record. 1 Documented Liturgical UseShabad Kirtan, devotional singing of Gurbani in the rababi style traditionally performed at gurdwaras including, in earlier generations of this same family, the Golden Temple itself. 1 Production
Primary Artist / ComposerBhai Ghulam Mohammad Chand, rababi (1927 to 2015) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names Guru Tegh Bahadur directly: "rababis who performed in the courts of Guru Tegh Bahadur and Guru Gobind Singh, and his father and uncle were the last rababis to sing at the Golden Temple before Partition forced the family to..."
Lahore, Cities This source names Lahore directly: "before Partition forced the family to Lahore in 1947."
Belongs to Tradition
The publishing university's own department page names this recording as one of its own releases made specifically to promote Sikh sacred music, and the artist's own family tradition traces to Guru Nanak's companion Bhai Mardana, the first musical work the atlas holds for the tradition.
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