लाखा खां

Title: लाखा खां
Alternative title: Songs sung by Lakha Khan Manganiar with Sarangi accompaniment.
Creator: Kothari, Komal
Artist: Khan, Lakha
Date Created: 1981-12-06
Date: 1981-12-06
Language: English
Marwari
Hindi
Collection: Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan
Program: Modern Endangered Archives Program

Description: Recording of songs sung by Lakha Khan Manganiar. Lakha accompanies himself on the Sarangi and also playes several instrumental pieces on the Sarangi. The tape also contains discussions about the Sarangi between Lakha and Komal Kothari.
Contents note: 1. A series of nursery rhymes in English, recited by a child in front of two adults. 2. 'Jhini chadar jhini', a Meera Bhajan sung by Lakha Khan Manganiar with Sarangi accompaniment. 3. A conversation among Komal Kothari and Lakha Khan Manganiar about the instrument Sarangi and the process of playing it. 4. A series of demonstrations of different tunes including 'Jalo', 'Jangro' and 'Duha' played on the Sarangi by Lakha Khan Manganiar with intermittent requests by Komal Kothari. 5. 'Sakhi mai toh ram diwani', a short duha interrupted by Komal Kothari requesting Lakha Khan to play 'Kalyan ra Duha'. 6. Duha in Sindhi rag Kalyan followed by a song 'Panjo tamaso surat jo sumiya', sung by Lakha Khan Manganiar with Sarangi accompaniment. This is followed by recitation and explanation of the lyrics of the song by Lakha Khan Manganiar fo Komal Kothari. 7. 'Kaddi ja pir parvat', a Sufi devotional song sung by Lakha Khan Manganiar with Sarangi accompaniment. 8. 'Padharo mhara gada maru sa', a song dedicated to the patron, sung by Lakha Khan Manganiar with Sarangi accompaniment. 9. An instrumental melody played on the Sarangi by Lakha Khan Manganiar.

Genre: sound recordings
Subject Geographic: Raneri, Tehsil Bap, District Jodhpur, Rajasthan (India)
India
Longitude: 27.4167
Latitude: 72.1148
Resource type: sound recording
Subjects: Sufi music
Stringed instruments
Sufi poetry, Sindhi
Stringed instrument players
Folk songs, Rajasthani--India--Rajasthan
Music and Children
Devotional poetry
Demonstrations in art
Oral tradition
Musicians--Interviews
Bowed stringed instruments--Bowing

Rights statement: unknown
Rights Holder: Rupayan Sansthan, rupayansansthan@gmail.com
Funding Note: Digitization for the Recordings of Hereditary Musicians of Western Rajasthan collection was sponsored by the Modern Endangered Archives Program with funding from Arcadia.