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{{Short description|Musician from India (1906–1993)}}
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'''Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan''' (1906 – 16 July 1993) was an [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical]] vocalist from the [[Rampur-Sahaswan gharana|Rampur-Sahaswan]] [[gharana]]. He was a disciple and son of Fida Hussain Khan and after a long and illustrious career was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1971.<ref name=PadmaAwards>{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards (see page 39 of 172 for his award in 1971) |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India website|date=2016 |access-date=1 January 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>

He was the court musician of [[Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III]] at [[Baroda]] and was featured extensively on [[All India Radio]]. He was a specialist in [[Tarana]]. His most famous disciples are his cousin [[Ghulam Mustafa Khan (singer)|Ghulam Mustafa Khan]] and [[Rashid Khan (musician)|Rashid Khan]].<ref name=SRA/>

==Career==
Nisar Hussain Khan gave his first performance at age 11 which was considered phenomenal at that time.<ref name=SRA>{{cite web|url=
http://www.itcsra.org/TributeMaestro.aspx?Tributeid=17|url-status=dead|title=Tribute to a Maestro - Nisar Hussain Khan|website=ITC Sangeet Research Academy website|archive-date=10 June 2018|access-date=1 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610175652/http://www.itcsra.org/TributeMaestro.aspx?Tributeid=17}}</ref> Then he went on to receive a scholarship from the [[Maharaja of Baroda]] who also appointed his father as a court musician to further help train his young son. By the age of 18, he had gained much more confidence as a singer in Maharaja's court and then Nisar, too, was appointed as a court musician. He remained in that position for nearly three decades.<ref name=SRA/>

By the 1940s, Nisar Hussain had become a well-known performer on the concert circuit of India and he also was broadcasting for [[All India Radio]].<ref name=SRA/>

==Vocal style==
Khansahib inherited a vast repertoire of well-known and obscure melodies from his forebears. His rich, resonant voice was cultivated through decades of training. He embellished the [[Mode (music)|modal]] form of the ragas with flashes of ''gamaks'', ''bol-taans'' and ''sargams''. As an exponent of the [[khyal]] style, he rendered [[tarana]]s with distinction.<ref name=SRA/><ref>All India Radio/Odeon LP, PMLP 3065, 1990.</ref>

==Lineage==
Khan's most famous disciple was his grandnephew Rashid Khan. He trained Rashid in the traditional master-apprentice manner, first at his own residence at [[Badaun]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], and subsequently at the [[ITC Sangeet Research Academy]] in [[Calcutta]], where he spent the last years of his life.<ref name=SRA/>

Khansahib's gharana, the [[Rampur-Sahaswan gharana]], has a revered lineage of classical vocalists, [[Inayat Hussain Khan]], Fida Hussain Khan and [[Mushtaq Hussain Khan]].<ref name=SRA/>

==Awards==
*[[Padma Bhushan]] Award by the [[Government of India]] in 1971<ref name=PadmaAwards/><ref name=SRA/>
*[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Award in 1970<ref name=SRA/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm|url-status=dead|title=Vocal Music Awards List (Nisar Hussain Khan on the LIST for 1970)|website=Sangeet Natak Akademi website|archive-date=30 May 2015|access-date=1 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm}}</ref>
*[[Tansen]] Award from the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]]<ref name=SRA/>

==Partial discography==
===78rpm recordings ([[Saregama|His Master's Voice]]: {{circa|1938}} onwards)===
* {{transliteration|hi|N 15721: Todi, Allah jane; Jaunpuri, [[tarana]]}}
* {{transliteration|hi|N 15747: Kedar, kanha re nanda nandana; Bhairavi, tarana}}
* {{transliteration|hi|N 15776: Puriya dhanashri, payaliya jhankar; Desh, tarana}}
* {{transliteration|hi|N 15809: Multani, kangana mundariya; Miya malhar, tarana}}
* {{transliteration|hi|N 15834: [[Raga Bahar]], kaliyan sanga karan; Bahar, koyalia kuk sunawe}}
* {{transliteration|hi|N 88215: Chayanat, jhanana jhanana; Malkauns, tarana}}
* {{transliteration|hi|N 88260: Basant, samana sunawe koyaliya; Pilu thumri, bake aika mori}}

===EP/LP recordings: His Master's Voice 1961===
* {{transliteration|hi|7EPE 1202: [[Gaud Sarang]], Bin deke tere; Puriya Dhanashri, tarana}}<ref name=ITC>{{cite web|url=http://www.itcsra.org/sra_story/sra_story_guru/sra_story_guru_links/sra_story_guru_gharana/gharana.asp?gharanaid=5 |archive-date=23 May 2012|access-date=1 January 2024|url-status=dead|title=Rampur Sahaswan Gharana - Nisar Hussain Khan's Tarana songs listed|website=ITC Sangeet Research Academy website
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523232017/http://www.itcsra.org/sra_story/sra_story_guru/sra_story_guru_links/sra_story_guru_gharana/gharana.asp?gharanaid=5}}</ref>
* {{transliteration|hi|7EPE 1236: Vrindabani Sarang, Achchhe Peer More; Pancham, Mohe Ataman Kaise}}
* {{transliteration|hi|7EPE 1242: Alhaiya Bilawal, Sumiran Kar Man; Jhinjhoti, Tarana: Tana Ta Tana Dere}}<ref name=ITC/>
* {{transliteration|hi|ECLP 2260: Abhogi, Vil. jhaptal: Charan Dhar Ayeri; Tarana: tintal; Gowardhani Todi. Vil. ektal: Tu Ayore Ayo, Drut tintal: Kahe Karat Mose Batiyan}}

===His Master's Voice 1972===
* {{transliteration|hi|ECSD 2489: Lalit. Tintal: Yaarda; Bhatiyar. Tintal: tarana}}
* {{transliteration|hi|ECSD 2509: Basant. Phagwa Brih Dekhan; Jaijaiwanti. Tintal: tarana}}

===Odeon Records 1990===
* {{transliteration|hi|PMLP 3065: [[Raga Kalyaan]] Ka Prakar.}} With [[Hafeez Ahmed Khan]] & Sarfaraz Hussain Khan (vocal support), Shakur Khan ([[sarangi]]) and Prem Ballabh ([[tabla]])

==References==
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{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1970–79}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian Muslims]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts]]
[[Category:Hindustani singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male classical singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Khyal singers]]
[[Category:Musicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
[[Category:All India Radio people]]

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