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The music was popularized outside of South Asia in the late 20th century, owing largely to its promotion by the world-music industry. One of its greatest adherents, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, became famous in Pakistan and the broader world. Moreover, a significant portion of any performance is built from traditional solmization syllables syllables assigned to specific pitches or sounds and other vocables syllables without linguistic meaning. Start Your Free Trial Today. By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Notice.

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Shaam-e-Qawali: A tribute to Ustaad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Notice. Like khayalqawwali performances feature a mixture of evenly paced metric refrains and rhythmically flexible solo vocal improvisations, which make extensive use of melisma singing of more than qwaalia pitch to a single syllable. Moreover, a significant portion of any performance is built from traditional solmization syllables syllables assigned to specific pitches or sounds and other vocables syllables without linguistic meaning.

Most notably, performances now take place in nonreligious contexts for mixed audiences of men and women. Thank you for your feedback. It draws from the same pool of melodic frameworks ragas and metric patterns talas as classical music, and it uses a formal structure similar to that of the khayal song genre. The globalization of qawwali has brought a number of significant changes to the tradition.

To the unaccustomed listener, these songs may seem antithetical to the teachings of orthodox Islambut qawwal s and their audiences readily recognize the imagery as a metaphorical expression of the euphoria brought by communion with the divine spirit.

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Learn More in these related Britannica articles: Qawwali was little known beyond South Asia until the late 20th century. A typical qawwali ensemble consists of one or two lead vocalists; a chorus of hand-clapping qawwal s who sing the refrains; a harmonium a small, hand-pumped, portable organ player, who supports the fixed melody as well as the melodic improvisations of the soloist; and a percussionist, who articulates the metric framework using a dholak double-headed drum or a tabla a pair of single-headed drums.

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History at your fingertips. Similar to the black gospel music of the United States, qawwali persists as a fundamentally religious tradition, despite its commercial and popular appeal.

Indiacountry that occupies the greater part of South Asia. This interaction between the lead singer and the audience is central to any successful qawwali performance. Using the ghazal form of Islamic poetry as well as various hymn forms, many qawwali songs praise Muslim teachers, saints, or Allah.

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It is during the improvisational sections—particularly within fast-paced passages called tarana —that the lead qawwal engages with and responds to the listeners, elevating them to a state of spiritual ecstasy through ever intensifying, accelerating repetitions of especially evocative phrases.

Songs in Urdu and Arabicwhich are fewer but increasing in number, are relatively recent additions to the repertoire. Son of the famous Pakistani qawwal Fateh Ali Khan and widely recognized as the finest qawwal of the second half of the 20th century, Nusrat eventually attracted the attention of the motion-picture and world-music industries with his virtuosic and energetic performances. As a musical genreqawwali is closely linked to the Hindustani classical tradition of the Asian subcontinent.

The music was popularized outside of South Asia in the late 20th century, owing largely to its promotion by the qawzlia industry. Start Your Free Trial Today. Qawwalia form of devotional singing associated with Sufism, is also widely practiced and has influenced a number of popular styles.

He contributed to the sound tracks of a number of popular films, collaborated with internationally recognized popular-music artists such as Peter Gabrieltoured on the world-music concert qawslia, and ultimately, garnered for qawwali a diverse and widespread listenership. One of its greatest adherents, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, became famous in Pakistan and the broader world.

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Moreover, the musical forms, instrumentation, and texts often are adjusted specifically to satisfy the tastes and expectations of international audiences. Deriving its name from the Arabic word qaulmeaning "to speak," qawwali is a musical vehicle by which a group of male musicians—called qawwal s—delivers inspirational Sufi messages to a traditionally male qawslia of devotees. Qawwali performances may also be arranged to offer spiritual nourishment on other special occasions.

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Qawwalialso spelled qavvaliin India and Pakistanan energetic musical performance of Sufi Muslim poetry that aims to lead listeners to a state of religious ecstasy—to a spiritual union with Allah God.

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However, the bulk of the repertoire addresses spiritual love in terms of worldly love and intoxication.