World Music Day is a beautiful attempt to unite people around the world in a chain of peace, love and brotherhood through music. The discovery of musical instruments from thousands of years old archeology, mostly made of stone, proves that the history of music is as old as the human race.
The tradition of music in the subcontinent is very old. This art flourished long before the Mughal period. After Amir Khosrow, from Tan Sen and Beju Bawara, KL Sehgal and Mukhtar Begum to the recent past, hundreds of classical singers became the masters of this art. Apart from classical music, ghazal, song, folk and playback singing etc. are also very popular among the people here. – Music is also considered to be the food of the soul. Many singers including Amir Khosrow, Tan Sen, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Nazia Hassan have taken the art of music to new heights.
In the field of music after the formation of Pakistan, names like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Noor Jahan, Mehdi Hassan, Farida Khanum, Iqbal Bano, Khurshid Begum, Ghulam Ali, Pervez Mehdi, Ahmed Rushdie and Masood Rana created timeless songs and sang and their He made millions of people crazy with his melodic songs.
The mention of Thamri, Dadra, Kafi and Khayal singing in the beautiful colors of classical music can never be complete without Sham Charasi, Patiala, Gwalior and Kasur families. In folk music, Alam Lohar, Shaukat Ali, Reshmaan, Pathan Khan, Abida Parveen, Sai Akhtar, Arif Lohar and others brought this art to its peak while ghazal singing was mentioned by Mehdi Hassan, Farida Khanum, Iqbal Bano, Khurshid Begum, Ghulam.
Another aspect of music is poetry, the brightest star of which is Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Ghulam Farid Sabri and Aziz Mian and many other poets also created their fans all over the world with their singing. The beginning of pop music in Pakistan is due to Nazia Hassan who gained immense popularity in the 80’s with her songs.
In India, singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Mukesh have been making a splash in the music world and their songs still feel fresh years later. The current era of pop and other modern music genres is dominated by singers from the United States and the United Kingdom, including singers such as Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Katy Perry, who are extremely popular around the world.
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