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Bhai Avtar Singh (1926-2006) and his elder brother, Bhai Gurcharan Singh Ragi (1915-2017), were the greatest masters of Gurbani Sangeet of their generation. Direct descendants of Bhai Sadharan, one of Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s foremost disciples, the brothers were 11th-generation exponents of one of the most illustrious Sikh families. They started training at an early age under their legendary father, Bhai Jwala Singh of Thatta Tibba, who, besides acquiring the musical heritage from his father, Bhai Deva Singh, had the benefit of learning from two famous maestros of the nineteenth century, Bhai Sarda Singh and Bhai Vasava Singh (Baba Rangi Ram).
The families had been in close association with the Gurus themselves. Their ancestral lineage starts from a Gursikh, Sant Sadharan, a classmate of Bhai Lehna (Guru Angad Dev Ji) during the time of Guru Nanak. His repertoire of old compositions (Reets) bears the stamp of the style and structure of the singing practised during the times of the Gurus. He is perhaps the sole exponent of the true style of rendering the 'Partaals,' a unique variant of Dhrupad singing. His singing is marked by an emotionally intense spiritual yearning (Pukar), rooted in a deep spiritual longing for the Eternal, Timeless (Akaal Purukh), having an affect of intense 'Virha' - so essential in Shabad Kirtan in Gurmat Sangeet tradition.
His father, Baba Jwala Singh Ragi, was also closely associated with Bhai Sahib Bhai Randhir Singh Ji. As a key member of the Singh Sabha movement, Baba Jawala Singh was arrested while trying to recover the keys to the Golden Temple from the British Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar. He was also a member of the first and last jatha in the Jaito morcha. He was also present at the cremation of the martyrs of Nankana Sahib where seated amongst the pools of blood beside the heaps of corpses, he sang the shabad "ਖੂਨ ਕੇ ਸੋਹਿਲੇ ਗਾਵੀਅਹਿ ਨਾਨਕ ਰਤ ਕਾ ਕੰਗੂ ਪਾਇ ਵੇ ਲਾਲੋ ॥1॥" (Nanak, the eulogies of a massacre are sung, and the saffron of blood is sprinkled, O Lalo).
Apart from rigorous Swar Saadhana and correct rendition of intricate 'Reets' (old compositions - Kirtees), Bhai Avtar Singh mastered the rare bow and string instrument, the 'Taus,' taught by his father.
Both brothers studied Jori and Pakhawaj from the iconic Ustad, Bhai Arjan Singh ‘Tarangar.’ Bhai Avtar Singh and Bhai Gurcharan also studied with legendary classical vocalists and Gurbani Sangeet exponents, Ustad Batan Singh of Mehli (Kapurthala) and Bhai Dal Singh of Lasara, both close friends of their illustrious father.
Bhai Avtar Singh and Bhai Gurcharan Singh belonged to a rare category of Sikh Kirtankars who were fully conversant and adept in singing all the ragas, lores, and variants of the music such as Chantt, Vars, Partaal, and Dhurpad contained in the Gurbani, first compiled by the fifth Sikh Guru, Arjan Dev, in 1604 AD. They received national and international recognition and were conferred many state and national awards. Bhai Gurcharan Singh was also conferred the Shiromani Sahitkar Award by the Punjab Languages Department. Both brothers were senior fellows of Punjabi University, Patiala. They made one of the most significant contributions to the world of musicology when they painstakingly put together 492 notations of the original Shabadrītas or compositions, dating back to the times of the Gurus.
This groundbreaking research was published by Punjabi University in two volumes titled Gurbani Sangeet: Prācīna Rīta Ratnāvalī (1979) and has since acquired near-iconic status, bearing eloquent testimony to the musical genius of the great gurus. A 2011 Tagore fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, Bhai Gurcharan Singh continued to write and had to his credit 12 books. In continuation of his earlier work, he zealously devoted himself to further compile notations of nearly 200 compositions, which had remained undocumented. By April 2008, Bhai Gurcharan Singh had finished teaching and notating 215 compositions in 50 ragas for his grandnephew, Bhai Baldeep Singh, at the ripe age of 94.
Bhai Avtar Singh Ji's son, Bhai Kultar Singh Ji, and his grandnephew, Bhai Baldeep Singh Ji, are still continuing the Guru Vidya, spreading it in the Panth through singing and conservation.
KIRTAN AUDIO RETRIEVED FROM THE RUclips CHANNEL "Gurmat Keertan"
Bhai Avtar Singh JI - Main Vocal
Bhai Kultar Singh ji ( Son ) - Vocal support
Bhai Swaran Singh ji - Jori
INFO ABOUT BHAI SAHIB JI RETRIEVED FROM THE RUclips CHANNEL " Bhai Baldeep Singh"
& SOME OF IT WAS WRITTEN BY THE UPLOADER HIMSELF.
PHOTO OF BHAI SAHIB JI RETRIEVED FROM THE ARTICLE " WHAT IS KIRTAN" BY "BALDEEP SINGH" Singh, B. B. (2011). WHAT IS KĪRTAN? Sikh Formations, 7(3), 245-295. doi.org/10.108...