In the West the Rudra Veena is mainly known through two great masters of the instrument: Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (1929-1990) and Ustad Asad Ali Khan (1937-2011) (see here).
We are starting now a series of three posts of great masters of the Rudra Veena who lived a generation earlier. As far as I know, never any recordings of these masters have been published. The recordings we present here are mostly from broadcasts by All India Radio.
For more information on the Rudra Veena, its masters and its history see:
We start with Ustad Mohammed Dabir Khan, the grandson and pupil of Wazir Khan of Rampur (the teacher of Ustad Allauddin Khan) who traces his
lineage back to Tansen. He was proficient in instrumental Rudra Been as well as
in vocal Dhrupad music. He was the recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award
in 1969. He passed away in 1972.
We are very grateful to KF, the original compiler of these recordings, who created these two CDs for his own collection and shared them generously.
Here you can find more recordings by Ustad Dabir Khan:
