Faiyaz Khan

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Ustad Faiyaz Khan is the most well known exponent of Agra Gharana in Hindustani classical music. He was the master khayal vocalist of his time. Born at Sikandara near Agra in 1886 (contested as 1888, 1889)^[1] he was the son of Shabr Hussain who died before three months of his birth. He was brought up by his maternal grandfather, Ghulam Abbas who also taught him music up to the age of 25 years. Faiyaz Khan's musical lineage goes back to Tansen himself. He served for a long time as the court musician of Baroda where he was awarded the "Gyan Ratna". He was awarded the title "Aftab-e-Mousiqui" by the Maharaja of Mysore. Faiyaz Khan's speciality was dhrupad and khyal. If forced, he would also sometimes sing thumri and ghazal. His height was six feet. Dilip Chan Bedi, Ratajankar are some of his students. By the time he died (on 5 November 1950 at Baroda), he had earned the name of being one of the most influential vocalists of that century. One of the modern vocalists, Pandit Jasraj, holds that Faiyaz Khan and Ustad Amir Khan would remain the most important vocalists of the 20th century.

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Release No.	Raga
N 36050	Ramkali (Alap & Khayal)
H 1331	Purvi & Chhaya
HH 1	Puriya & Jaijaivanti
H 793	Jaunpuri & Kafi