Adarang
{{Short description|Indian musical composer and artist}}
Feroze Khan, who used the pen name Adarang, was a Hindustani musical composer and artist.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=11bjCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT154 |title=Introduction to Indian Music|first=B. Chaitanya|last=Deva|date=January 9, 1992|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|isbn=9788123021034 |via=Google Books}}
Career
Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah patronized Adarang, who revolutionized Hindustani classical music through propagation of Khayal with Sadarang.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XfkHAQAAMAAJ&q=adarang |title=Tradition of Hindustani music: a sociological approach|first=Nivedita|last=Singh|date=January 9, 2004|publisher=Kanishka Publishers, Distributors|isbn=9788173916533 |via=Google Books}}
In the context of Sitar the mention of Adarang deserves attention. Feroze Khan Adarang was one of the chief musicians in the royal court and is considered as the first musician who introduced sitar in the 18th century through the Delhi court. Nawab Dargah
Quli Khan's description of his mehfils in Muraqqa-e-Dehli is taken as the earliest mention yet found of Sitar in Northern India.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUagDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT364 |title=Mapping India: Transitions and Transformations, 18th–19th Century|first1=Sutapa|last1=Dutta|first2=Nilanjana|last2=Mukherjee|date=July 1, 2019|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781000186406 |via=Google Books}}
Later Sadullah Khan the son of Ali Mohammed Khan used to invite Adarang to Aonla for musical conferences.Tareekh-e-Rohilla by Nafees Siddiqui
Personal life
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Category:Indian male classical musicians
Category:Hindustani instrumentalists
Category:18th-century Mughal Empire people
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