Musical Style and Training
Utd. Manji Khan was heavily influenced by Utd. Rahimat Khan, a popular vocalist at the time, of the Gwalior Gharana. The influence of Utd. Rahimat Khan's style in Utd. Bhurji Khan's singing earned him the wrath of his father, and thus gave up singing for a while. He resumed it later, under his father's conditions. but his career was cut short by his early death.
Utd. Manji Khan was noted for his serene face while singing, and earned popularity amongst younger listeners because of his choice to punctuate the more serious classical fare with exquisitely sung lighter pieces.
Manji Khan was something of a rebel, determined to widen the horizons of his gharana without compromising in the least on the fundamentals as exemplified by his great father. He lent it a refreshing quality of romanticism - as Abdul Karim Khan did to his Kirana gharana and Faiyaz Khan did to his Agra gharana. And thereby, he evolved a style which was marked not only by the discipline and purity of Alladiya Khan's music but also the subtlety and fecundity of his own imagination. —Mohan NadkarniRead more about this topic: Manji Khan
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