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Tānsen was a composer, musician and vocalist, to whom many compositions have been attributed in northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. He was also an instrumentalist who popularized and improved musical instruments. He is among the most influential personalities in the North Indian tradition of
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style of singing. His talent was recognised early and it was the ruler of Gwalior who conferred upon the maestro the honorific title 'Tansen'. Haridas was considered to be a legendary teacher in that time. It is said that Tansen had no equal apart from his teacher. From Haridas, Tansen acquired not
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is said to have influenced Tansen. According to Bonnie Wade – a professor of Music specializing in South Asia Studies, Swami Haridas is widely accepted to have been Tansen's teacher, and it is clear that Tansen connected with Muhammad Ghaus as well, but the evidence suggests that Tansen is less
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Tansen's date of birth is unclear, but most sources place his birth about 1493 CE, or between 1493 and 1506. His biography is also unclear and many conflicting accounts exist, with some common elements. Historical facts about Tansen are difficult to extract from the extensive and contradictory
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Tansen married to a girl named Hussaini who was from Gwalior, and from this marriage he had four sons and one daughter namely: Surat Sen, Sarat Sen, Tarang Khan, Bilas Khan and Saraswati. All five became proficient musicians of Gwalior in their own right, with the latter also marrying
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According to the common elements in the various stories, Tansen's name as a child was Ramtanu. His father Mukund Ram (also known as Mukund Pande or Mukund Misra) was a wealthy poet and accomplished musician of Gwalior, who for some time was a Hindu temple priest in
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is strongly associated with Tansen's tenure at Akbar's court. Near the emperor's chambers, a pond was built on a small island in the middle, where musical performances were given. Today, this tank, called
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The presence of musicians like Tansen in Akbar's court was an attempt to accept and integrate the Hindu and Muslim traditions within the Mughal Empire. Tansen became one of the treasured
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and lighting lamps by performing Raga Deepak. Raga Megh Malhar is still in the mainstream repertoire, but raga Deepak is no longer known; three different variants exist in the
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Tansen's influence was central to create the Hindustani classical ethos as we know today. A number of descendants and disciples trace him to be their lineage founder. Many
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A national music festival known as 'Tansen Samaroh' is held every year in December, near the tomb of Tansen at Behat as a mark of respect to his memory. The
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Numerous legends have been written about Tānsen, mixing facts and fiction, and the historicity of these stories is doubtful. Akbar considered him one of the
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The year of the death of Tansen, like much of his biography, is unclear. According to one version, written by Islamic historians, Tansen died in 1586 in
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The legendary oral versions about Tansen's early life and schooling particularly differ depending on whether the story has origins in Hindu legends (
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literature consists of inconsistent and miraculous legends. Among the legends about Tansen are stories of his bringing down the rains with
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only his love for dhrupad but also his interest in compositions in the local language. This was the time when the
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Several Hindi films have been made on Tansen's life, with mostly anecdotal story lines. Some of them are
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musician Tānsen joined Akbar's court, and his performances became the subject of many court historians.
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Nine Ministers (the nine jewels) and gave him the title Mian, an honorific, meaning learned man.
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Tansen showed musical talent at the age of 6. At some point, he was discipled for some time to
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was the major influence on Tansen. In Islamic biographies, the Sufi Muslim mystic named
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family in Gwalior, he learnt and perfected his art in the northwest region of modern
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Tânsen et la tradition des chants dhrupad en langue braj, du XVIe siècle à nos jours
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The bulk of Tansen's biography as found in Akbar court historians' accounts and
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Tansen's musical compositions covered many themes, and employed
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musician, arrived for the first time in Akbar's court.
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Stuart Cary Welch; Metropolitan Museum of Art (1985).
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Hagiographies mention that Tansen met the Sufi mystic
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Hindustani musician and composer (c. 1493 1500–1589)
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Index

Miyan Tansen
Tansen (disambiguation)
Mian
Portrait of Mian Tansen, c. 1585–90
Gwalior
Tomar Kingdom
Madhya Pradesh
India
Gwalior
Mughal Empire
India
Hindustani Classical Music
Rewah
Akbar
Hindustani classical musician
Gaur Brahmin
Madhya Pradesh
Rewa
Akbar
Vaishnav
Navaratnas
Indian classical music
Dhrupad
rāgs
Ganesh
Stotra
Varanasi
Gwalior
Madhya Pradesh
Rewa

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