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Bhai Baldeep Singh, an expert in Punjabi
classical music said, "there are some musicians who belonged
to the 20th century became famous and whose names are mentioned
in the texts. This however, made it clear that the Vedas and
the Shastras and the old documents regarding music and instruments
were written in Punjab. The richness of the place where the
holy texts had been written are mentioned in the records.
But the public at large are not aware of these facts, they
don't know that Dhrupad and Namdev belongs to Punjab. No body
knows that Pakhawaj, an ancient mridang, is a tradition of
Amritsar and Kapurthala. These children in the college will
be lecturers of the future and can play a great role in spreading
an awareness about the music".
Dr Ajit Singh Paintal, a retired professor of music, from
Delhi university said, that "Maharastra, Bengal and South
India were more related to classical music than Punjab. So
in order to create awareness among the people here, there
was a need to invite these classical singers to stage their
performances."
"We also need to bring ragis to revive our sufi traditions
of music," he said.
Puran Chand Wadali, the Sufi and classical singer said, "our
traditional and classical singing can only be promoted if
the youngsters in colleges show more interest. It's not easy
for villagers, but the more these youngsters learn about classical
music, they will get aware about ghazals, Thumri, Kafi, bhajans
and shabads. Pop music is like a sparkle, which is for a short
time where as classical is like the essence of the 'agarbati'
or the incense stick which is long lasting".
Enriching the tradition of the royal patronage, many music
aspirants are now coming into the stream of learning the classical
music forms.
A little more of awareness and effort can help in reviving
the glorious past of classical music.
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