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{{short description|Indian singer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{distinguish|text=actor-singer [[Zohrabai Ambalewali]]}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Zohrabai
|image = Zohrabai-tanpura-with-child.jpg
|caption = Zohrabai Agrewali
|image_size =
|background = solo_singer
|birth_name =
|birth_date = 1868
|death_date = 1913 (aged 45)
|origin = [[Agra]], [[India]]
|genre = [[Hindustani classical music]], <br>[[Agra gharana]]
|occupation = [[classical music|Classical]] [[Vocalist]]
|years_active =
|label = [[Gramophone Company]]<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=3341 ]{{dead link|date=May 2014}}</ref>
|website =
}}

'''Zohrabai Agrewali''' (1868–1913), also known [[mononymous person|mononymously]] as '''Zohrabai''', was one of the most noted and influential singers of [[Hindustani Classical Music]] from the early 1900s. Along with [[Gauhar Jan]], she marks the dying phase of the [[courtesan]]<ref>{{cite news | publisher=[[India Today]] | url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/millennium/100people/faiyaz.html | title=Faiyaz Khan profile}}</ref> singing tradition in Indian classical music. Known for her masculine style of singing,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/11/24/stories/2003112401870300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031207092913/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/11/24/stories/2003112401870300.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=7 December 2003 |title=Chords & Notes |work=The Hindu |date=2003-11-24 |access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref> she recorded several songs for the [[Gramophone Company of India]].

==Early life and background==
Zohrabai was born in 1868 in [[Agra]], [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British India]]. An exponent of the [[Agra gharana]] of the [[Hindustani Classical Music]], she took on the surname ''Agrewali'' that translates to "from Agra".

During the early years of her life, Zihrabai received training from Ustad Sher Khan, Ustad [[Kallan Khan]] and the noted composer [[Mehboob Khan]] (''Daras Piya'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itcsra.org/tribute.asp?tribute=3 |title=Zohra Bai - Tribute to a Maestro |publisher=ITC Sangeet Research Academy |access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref>

==Performing career==
Zohrabai performed and recorded tracks from such forms of the [[Hindustani classical music]] as [[khayal]] as well as lighter varieties including [[thumri]] and [[ghazals]] which she learned from Ahmad Khan of [[Dhaka]].

[[File:Dadurwa Bolay Mor Shor Karat .ogg|thumb|left|"Dadurwa Bolay Mor Shor Karat", recorded by Zohrabai in 1910.]]

Zoharabai's singing influenced Ustad [[Faiyaz Khan]], the greatest name in the Agra Gharana in modern times, and even Ustad [[Bade Ghulam Ali Khan]] of the [[Patiala Gharana]] held her in high regard.

The [[Gramophone Company of India]] signed an exclusive contract with her in 1908 with a payment of Rs 2,500 per year for 25 songs. Zohrabai recorded over 60 songs during 1908–1911. In 1994, her 18 most famous songs were reissued on one audiotape followed by a compact disc in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080413/spectrum/main1.htm |title=Melodies on record |publisher=The Sunday Tribune |date=13 April 2008 |access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref>

Only a few short pieces by Zohrabai survive in the form of [[78 rpm]] recordings;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/ellpatke/Miscellany/zohrabai.htm |title=Zohrabai "Agrewali": List of 78 rpm recordings |publisher=Courses.nus.edu.sg |date=2005-11-04 |access-date=2014-05-16}}</ref> some of the notable tracks include the 1909 pieces "Matki More re Goras" in raga [[Jaunpuri (raga)|Jaunpuri]] and ''Dekhen ko Man Lalchay'' in raga ([[Sohini]]). A select few of the 78 rpm recordings were made available for streaming on [http://moutal.eu/audio-archives/vocal/s-z/316-zohra-bai.html Patrick Moutal's website].

==References==
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[[Category:People from Agra]]
[[Category:Hindustani singers]]
[[Category:1868 births]]
[[Category:1913 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian women classical singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian singers]]
[[Category:19th-century Indian singers]]
[[Category:Indian courtesans]]
[[Category:Veena players]]
[[Category:Singers from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Women Hindustani musicians]]
[[Category:19th-century Indian women singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women singers]]
[[Category:Women musicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:20th-century Khyal singers]]

==External links==
[https://soundcloud.com/archismanmozumder/zohrabai-agrewali-bhoop-tarana Zohrabai Agrewali] on [[SoundCloud]]

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