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Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi was a famous Indian vocalist of which of the following classical traditions?

Bhimsen Joshi (1922–2011, Bharat Ratna 2008) was a Hindustani classical vocalist of the Kirana gharana, celebrated for khayal and devotional singing. Dhrupad is an older…

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Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi was a famous Indian vocalist of which of the following classical traditions?

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Bhimsen Joshi (1922–2011, Bharat Ratna 2008) was a Hindustani classical vocalist of the Kirana gharana, celebrated for khayal and devotional singing. Dhrupad is an older form within Hindustani music that he did not specialise in, Carnatic is the classical tradition of south India, and qawwali is Sufi devotional singing.

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