Ustad Barey Ghulam Ali Khan's Death Anniversary Observed

A legendary folk classical singer Ustad Baray Ghulam Ali Khan's death anniversary was observed here on Wednesday

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Apr, 2019 ) :A legendary folk classical singer Ustad Baray Ghulam Ali Khan's death anniversary was observed here on Wednesday.

Baray Ghulam Ali Khan was master of Khayal singing as it was refined by the Patiala Gharana of Punjabi musicians, which came to dominate the entire sub-continental melodic scene.

Talking to APP, Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) Director General Syed Jamal Shah said Ustad Baray Ghulam Ali Khan was a great classical singer of the sub-continent adding music lovers still remember his masterly approach to the structure and unfolding of a rag.

He said the PNCA had paid tribute to the legend artist during ongoing seven-day National Music Festival.

Ustad Baray Ghulam Ali Khan was born in Kasur in 1902, a small town near Lahore, Pakistan then Punjab province in British India.

Though, he started his career by singing a few compositions of his late father Ali Baksh Khan and uncle Kale Khan, Baray Ghulam amalgamated the best of three traditions into his own Patiala-Kasur style: the Behram Khani elements of Dhrupad, the gyrations of Jaipur and the behlavas (embellishments) of Gwalior.

He died in Hyderabad Deccan in 1968, after a prolonged illness which left him partially paralyzed in his last years.