Ustad Masit Khan Sahib - Sarangi Wizard - Raag Desi

The Grand Master and one of the greatest wielders of the Anicient Sarangi. Ustad Masit Khan Sahib was born around 1888-89. Influenced by Ustad Bundu Khan Sahib, he came to Mumbai in 1920 and accompanied leading vocalists like Kesarbai, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and Mallikarjun Mansur, He was loved for his style. Ustad Faiyaz Khan was enamored of his playing. Pt Omkarnath Thakur called him his right hand and said whenever he sang; he imagined Masit Khan was present.

In Raag Desi, Ustad Masit Khan Sahib gives us a true glimpse of eternity. How pure his music, and charming his style. Such wizardry is rare on the Sarangi.

The Sarangi is a bowed, short-necked lute of the Indian subcontinent. It is an important bowed string instrument of India's Hindustani classical music tradition. Of all Indian instruments, it is said to most resemble the sound of the human voice able to imitate vocal ornaments such as gamakas (shakes) and meend (sliding movements).
The word sarangi is derived from two words: sau (meaning "hundred") and rang (meaning "colour"). This is because the sound of the sarangi is said to be as expressive and evocative as hundred colours.

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[shabaash]

Excellent! By the way...where is the collection of antique sarangis located?

[hammerguy1512]

Honestly most of them are just pictures I have collected from various places on the net. A few that I saw available on ebay some time ago. Though some are available for sale through online antique instrument dealers. I can email you their websites if you like. I do warn you though, they are not cheap.

[thievesofkarachi]

Desi is a very sweet melodious Raag that has almost become extinct.... I have no idea why most artists never present it in their concerts or come out with cds....

[SMADHAV701]

Flawless (very tough on this instrument), sounds almost like Kesarbai, and fantastic.

[nayakikanada]

@krazybubbler

yes it is...the famous mhare dhere aao and perhaps sung best by pt omkarnath thakur

[VVKY10]

@krazybubbler yes.

[ambindia]

@shabaash i believe, subject to confirmation, that one mr joep bor has a fine collection of sarangis in holland.if you go a website called sarangi.info you sould find a reprint of a booklet he wrote for the national centre for the performing arts bombay in 1986.

[ambindia]

@shabaash i believe, subject to confirmation, that one mr joep bor has a fine collection of sarangis in holland

[shankyxyz]

@thievesofkarachi suprising, how he plays the komal dhivat with much more importance than most presentations of desi. maybe it was played differently in his gharana. but very nice comment indeed. desi is a beautiful raag and if not for the baiju bawra song, it definitely has lost a lot of its popularity.

[wadineelum]

superb sarangi

[krazybubbler]

is this Mhare Dere Aao ?

[sitarjeet]

@thievesofkarachi

i think it's because it's a 'difficult' raga to present convincingly...in lesser hands it degrades into stale Kafi (excuse the pun)

[vinaypande]

your write-up is about abdul majid khan. masit khan was his student and brother-in-law. but thank you for posting this lovely recording of desi.

[mnfaridi]

i thank u for giving some moments of pleausre to my soul.