Jagjit Singh
![Jagjit Singh performing at Rabindra Mandap, [[Bhubaneswar]], on 7 September 2011](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Jagjit_Singh_%28Ghazal_Maestro%29.jpg)
Jagjit Singh (; born Jagmohan Singh Dhiman; 8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011) was an Indian composer, singer and musician. He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art form, by choosing poetry that was relevant to the masses and composing them in a way that laid more emphasis on the meaning of words and melody evoked by them. In terms of Indian classical music, his style of composing and ''gayaki'' (singing) is considered as ''Bol-pradhan'', one that lays emphasis on words. He highlighted this in his music for films such as ''Prem Geet'' (1981), ''Arth (1982)'', and ''''Saath Saath'''' (1982), and TV serials ''Mirza Ghalib'' (1988) and ''Kahkashan'' (1991). Singh is considered to be among the most successful ghazal singers and composers of all time in terms of critical acclaim and commercial success. With a career spanning five decades and many albums, the range and breadth of his work has been regarded as genre-defining.Born in Sri Ganganagar into a Punjabi family, he received his early education at Sri Ganganagar and Jalandhar; and higher education in Haryana. Throughout this time, Singh learned music particularly the Hindustani classical tradition. He has sung in Hindi-Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Nepali, Gujarati and Sindhi, among many other languages, throughout his 51-year career.
His 1987 album, ''Beyond Time'', was the first digitally recorded release in India. He was regarded as one of India's most influential artists. With sitar player Ravi Shankar and other leading figures of Indian classical music and literature, Singh voiced his concerns over politicisation of arts and culture in India and lack of support experienced by the practitioners of India's traditional art forms, particularly folk artists and musicians. He lent active support to several philanthropic endeavours such as the library at St. Mary's School, Mumbai, Bombay Hospital, CRY, Save the Children and ALMA.
Singh was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the government of India in 2003 and in February 2014, the government released a set of two postal stamps in his honour. Provided by Wikipedia
-
1
-
2
-
3
-
4
-
5
-
6
-
7by Anand, Jagjit Singh
Published 1975New Delhi : Sterling Publishers, [1975 or 1976]ix, 91 p. ; 23 cm. -
8by Sidhu, Jagjit Singh
Published 1980Kuala Lumpur ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1980.xvii, 227 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. -
9
-
10
-
11
-
12
-
13
-
14
-
15by Kumar, Jagjit Singh
Published 1970Amritsar, Dept. of Economics, Khalsa College, 1970.107 p. 22 cm. -
16
-
17
-
18by Anand, Jagjit Singh
Published 1970Jalandhara, Pragatīshīla Prakāshana [1970]200 p. ports. 22 cm. -
19by Anand, Jagjit Singh
Published 1968Jalandhara, Pragatīshīla Prakāshana [1968]312 p. illus. 15 x 20 cm. -
20