Bhai Lal Mohammad
Bhai Lal Mohammad or Bhai Lal Mohammad Amritsari (died 1962) was an Indian and
Early life and training
Bhai Lal Mohammad was born in Amritsar, British India.[1] His background was from a rababi family of musicians and he received his initial training from his father Bhai Ata Muhammad, a disciple of Mian Bannay Khan of the Gwalior gharana. After his father's death, Bhai Lal Mohammad started learning from Mian Mahboob Ali, a renowned sitar player of the Kapurthala gharana.[1]
Bhai Lal Mohammad also was a disciple of Pandit Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale. Bhaskarbuwa himself had learned from Ustad Faiz Mohammad Khan (
Career
Bhai Lal Mohammad received the title of Sangeet Sagar in 1927 at the Shikarpur Music Conference. In 1936, Bhai Lal's elder son, Nisar Hassan came down with tuberculosis and died at the young age of 26. Bhai Lal then decided to train his younger son, Ghulam Hassan Shaggan, to continue his musical legacy and the family tradition.[1]
After the
Death and legacy
Bhai Lal Mohammad died in 1962 at Lahore, Pakistan. His musical legacy was continued by his son Ghulam Hassan Shaggan (1928 – 3 February 2015) and now, after the son's death in 2015, by his grandsons, Qadir Hassan Shaggan and Mazhar Hassan Shaggan.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Bhai Lal Mohammad's Profile on sarangi.info website Retrieved 14 August 2019
- ^ Bhai Lal Mohammad performance on YouTube Retrieved 14 August 2019
- ^ Bhai Lal Mohammad performing at Darbar Sahib, Amritsar Retrieved 14 August 2019