Vocal genre thumri of north india from 1870 to 1920

Abstract

In Hindustani music tradition thumri belongs to the category of light classical (or semi-classical) music. It is considered as a result of interaction between aesthetical principles of Hindustani classical vocal music and traditional local forms of Uttar-Pradesh. In articles the period 1870-1920, named as «transitive», when the genre bandish thumri started to be transformed to modern style bol-banao thumri is considered. Also the major performing schools thumri are marked, their most outstanding representatives and styles thumri on a boundary of centuries are revealed.