Ustad Inayet Hussain Khan : A Gracious Musician of Bygone Days
Bhabani Shankar Dasgupta 1 During the later decades of the 20th Century music gradually turned into a lucrative trade for some performers who became top ranking artistes. They demanded exorbitant remunerations for their recitals and impresarios were forced to satisfy their demands only to draw a large audience to their concerts. The young maestros of the 21st Century are demanding even greater amounts and concert organizers cannot but pay such fabulous sums to them. They are doing so, only because they want a large number of listeners who are so infatuated with these maestros that they are ready to squander all their savings only to hear them. But during the later decade of the 18th century and the early decades of the 20th Century the scenario was totally different. Eminent virtuoso never hankered after wealth or property. They wanted musically educated listeners who had the grey matter to appreciate their recitals. While my grandfather was Read More …