Gangubai Hangal Quotes

Gangubai Hangal was an Indian singer of the khyal genre of Hindustani classical music, who was known for her deep and powerful voice. Hangal belonged to the Kirana gharana. Wikipedia  

✵ 5. March 1913 – 21. July 2009
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Famous Gangubai Hangal Quotes

“He belonged to a respectable family and I wanted him to continue to belong there.”

On her relationship with her husband Shri Gururao Kaulgi who played a very significant role in her life. He proposed a civil marriage to her, but she turned it down becaus was from a Brahim family. Quoted in "On Gangubai Hangal by Sabina Sehgal Computer Science & Engineering - University of Washington".

“It was a great experience. Unfortunately those days are over. Nowadays, you seldom see an artist listening to another artiste. Also, the sangeet jalsas, would go on for hours. I remember the tickets were priced at 50 paise for sitting on the ground and a rupee for a chair! All this may sound quaint today.”

On her grand old days of the All India Music Conference, which were the best in the music world quoted in "On Gangubai Hangal by Sabina Sehgal Computer Science & Engineering - University of Washington".

“Three minutes then seemed a terribly long time limit.”

When she recorded on 78 rpm in 1959 in "Khyāl: Creativity Within North India's Classical Music" p. 193

Gangubai Hangal Quotes about music

“It’s a hard life, she said, and not everyone can bear the hardships that are part of a life of music.”

In Legacy of Two Rich Voices - Upholding tradition without being traditionalists http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100425/jsp/opinion/story_12359659.jsp

Gangubai Hangal Quotes

“I learned 60 compositions in drut laya within a year.”

When she was thirteen learned it from her first guru Krishna Acharya, in Khyāl: Creativity Within North India's Classical Music http://books.google.co.in/books?id=MiE9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA192, p. 192

“The greatness of this lady lies in her simplicity--it is this that draws her to both old and young alike.”

Shardaprasad, in "On Gangubai Hangal by Sabina Sehgal Computer Science & Engineering - University of Washington".

“Gangubai included in her performances such lighter genres as Marathi bhajans, and thumris.”

Bonnie C. Wade, in }Khyāl: Creativity Within North India's Classical Music".

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