Swami Haridas has a highly significant place in the music of north India, for the era in which he lived was an extremely active and productive one. Therefore, Haridas found a fecund environment to give of his best to society. He may not be considered a pioneer in creating new forms of music, but was certainly a strong force in the spread of dhrupad. Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article: Music MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia The Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Distionary, with definitions, pronunciations, examples... For the song by the California punk band Pennywise, see Society (song). ... A pioneer is someone who is first at doing something, or someone who is among a group of such people. ... Dhrupad is the oldest surviving genre of classical singing in northern India; its name, from dhruva-pada, seems to mean fixed verse. Its foremost characteristics are a somber, dignified, devotional mood, its very slow tempo and slow melodic development. ...

Near the brija land of Mathura and Brindavan, at Gwalior, Rajan Man Singh Tomar, one of the most respected and generous patrons of dhrupad, reigned for nearly three decades from 1486. Under his enlightened support, Haridas found a creative atmosphere for growth and his efforts were the cause of the production of many songs in the brij dialect, modelled on those of Vidyapati. In Tomar's court were a galaxy of musicians such as Bakshu, Bhanu and Baiju and he was eulogised by Tansen of whom he was a patron. Mathura (मथुरा) is a city in India, located approximately 50 km north of Agra, and south of Delhi. ... Jump to: navigation, search Vrindavana is the name of a mythic forest or forested region in Northern India, in which the Hindu deity Krishna spent his childhood. ... Teli-ka-Mandir Gwalior is a city in Madhya Pradesh, India. ... // Events Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies of poisoning. ... A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ... Vidyapati (1352? – 1448?) was born in the village of Bisapi, Madhubani district, Bihar state, India. ... Tansen (1506-1589) was a North Indian musician. ...

The details of Haridas's life are not well known. There are two schools of thought. According to one, he was born in 1480 in Rajpur, near Brindavan. His father's name was Gangadhar and his mother's name was Chitra Devi. At the age of twenty-five, the youth was initiated into sanyasa (a form of wandering aesceticism) by a man named Asudhir, who belonged to the Nimbarka tradition. In this version of his life story, Haridas is said to have died in 1575. Events March 6 - Treaty of Toledo - Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain recognize African conquests of Afonso of Portugal and he cedes the Canary Islands to Spain Great standing on the Ugra river - Muscovy becomes independent from the Golden Horde. ... Jump to: navigation, search Vrindavana is the name of a mythic forest or forested region in Northern India, in which the Hindu deity Krishna spent his childhood. ... Sanyasa (pronounced sanyaas) symbolises the conception of the mystic life in Hinduism where a person is now integrated into the spiritual world after wholly giving up material life. ... Nimbarka, is known for propagating the Vaishnava Theology of Dvaitaadvaita, duality in unity. ... Events February 13 - Henry III of France is crowned at Reims February 14 - Henry III of France marries Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont June 28 - Oda Nobunaga defeats Takeda Katsuyori in the battle of Nagashino, which has been called Japans first modern battle. ...

The second school holds that Haridas's father was a Saraswat Brahmin from Multan and that his mother's name was Ganga Devi. The family migrated to a village called Khairwali Sarak,near Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. Haridas was born there in 1512 and the village is now called Haridaspur in his honor. The schools agree that at the age of twenty-five the young man became a sanyasi, but this school holds that he died in 1607. The Sarasvati River is a river that is mentioned in Hindu texts like the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata. ... A Brahmin is a member of the Hindu priestly caste. ... Multan is a city in Pakistan and capital of Multan District in the Punjab Province. ... Victoria gate, a part of Aligarh University campus Aligarh (Hindi: अलीगढ़) is a city in the Uttar Pradesh state of India. ... Jump to: navigation, search Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its acronym UP, is the fifth largest and the most populous state in India. ... Events April 11 - Battle of Ravenna. ... Sanyasa (pronounced sanyaas) symbolises the conception of the mystic life in Hinduism where a person is now integrated into the spiritual world after wholly giving up material life. ... Events January 20 - Tidal wave swept along the Bristol Channel, killing 2000 people. ...

In any case, the significant fact was that from a very young age Haridas was drawn to a life of a hermit and became a sanyasi. He shifted his residence to Brindavan, the playground of the Immortal Cowherd, Krishna and his lover, Radha. There he built his asram (hermitage) in Nidhuvan and sang his songs of the love of Radha-Krishna. Jump to: navigation, search Lord Krishna Krishna (कृष्ण, Sanskrit for black or dark blue), is according to common Hindu tradition the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Swami Haridas's compositions may strictly be classed as Vishnupadas, that is, songs in praise of Lord Vishnu and of Vishnu's popular eighth avatar, Lord Krishna. But even his prabhandas which do not refer to Krishna have come to be known as Vishnupadas, perhaps because of the mystic source of his music; but also because they are musically constructed in a manner similar to dhrupads. He is also said to have written tirvats, ragamalas and such other forms. There are about 128 songs attributed to him, of which eighteen are philosophical and a hundred and ten devotional. The former are known as Siddhanta pada and the latter as Keli mala. Swami playing the Harmonium Swami is a primarily Hindu honorific, loosely akin to master. It is derived from the Sanskrit language and means owner of oneself, denoting complete mastery over instinctive and lower urges. ... Jump to: navigation, search For other uses of the name Vishnu, see Vishnu (disambiguation). ... In Hinduism, an avatar is the incarnation (bodily manifestation) of an Immortal Being, or of the Ultimate Supreme Being. ... Mysticism (ancient Greek mysticon = secret) is meditation, prayer, or theology focused on the direct experience of union with divinity, God, or Ultimate Reality, or the belief that such experience is a genuine and important source of knowledge. ... Jump to: navigation, search Philosophy is a discipline or field of study involving the investigation, analysis, and development of ideas at a general, abstract, or fundamental level. ...

Haridas was deeply learned and widely acquainted with the music of his time. He describes Radha and Krishna's sporting beautifully: "Two beams of light are playing. Unique are their dance and music. Ragas and raginis of heavenly beauty are born. The two have sunk themselves in the ocean of raga". Besides such descriptions, mention is found in his works of stringed instruments like kinnari, aghouti, of drums such as mridanga, daff. He also mentions the ragas of Kedara, Gouri, Malhar and Vasant. Raga (rāg /राग (Hindi), raga (Anglicised from rāgaḥ/रागः (Sanskrit)) or rāgam /ராகம் (Tamil)) are the melodic modes used in Indian classical music. ... Kinnari are half bird half women creatures in Thai (also spelled Kinaree) and Lao mytholgy. ... The mridangam is a percussion instrument from South India. ... Jump to: navigation, search Malhar Malhar is the most happening youth festival conducted by the students of St. ...

Swami Haridas was not only a great musician but also a great teacher. The best known of his pupils was Tansen, one of the 'nine gems` of Akbar's court. Tansen's tutelage with Swami Haridas is still a matter of tradition and popular belief; there is no incontrovertible proof that this this relationship ever took place. Also, neither Tansen's life nor his style of language show the same type of religious depth posessed by Haridas. There is also a popular account that the renowned dhrupad singer and composer, Baiju, was a contemporary of Tansen and a student of the swami. This, however, is doubtful. Tansen (1506-1589) was a North Indian musician. ... Mongol commander in Persia (fl. ...

The respect that Swami Haridas has received is not merely because of his musical genius, but also due to the literary beauty and the simplicity of his dhrupads. Overall, his music and language were inspired by the mystic experience of bhakti and he is considered one of the leading figures in the bhakti movement and music. Open Directory Project: Literature World Literature Electronic Text Archives Magazines and E-zines Online Writing Writers Resources Libraries, Digital Cataloguing, Metadata Distance Learning Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Classicism in Literature The Universal Library, by Carnegie Mellon University Project Gutenberg Online Library Abacci - Project Gutenberg texts matched with Amazon... Bhakti is a Tamil or Sanskrit term from Hinduism that means intense devotion expressed by action (service). ... Bhakti movements are Hindu religious movements in which the main spiritual practice is the fostering of loving devotion to God, called bhakti. ...

Swami Haridas belonged to the tradition of madhura bhakti - Adoration expressed in erotic terms. It is said that he was deeply affected by the teachings of the Andhra philosopher and bhakta, Nimbarka (13th century), who sojourned in the north, spreading the gospel of Radha-Krishna love. He propounded the philosophy of bheda-abheda: "the simultaneous difference and non-difference". But Haridas's theology goes further and embraces not merely the Love of Krishna and Radha but also the witnessing of the Love, a state of mind called rasa . This aspect of rasa, is the theme of all his songs and teachings. In such an ecstatic condition of trance he sings of the play of Krishna among the bowers of Brindavan; that is why his Lord is known as Kunj bihari (kunj = bower, bihari = one who wanders). More than Krishna, Radha was the central personality of all his poems. He says, "Who knows of the quality of things more than Radha; if anyone has any knowledge at all, it is by her grace. None knows the beauty of raga, tala and dance, as Radha does". Andhra Pradesh (ఆంధర దేశం), a state in South India, lies between 12°41 and 22°N latitude and 77° and 84°40E longitude . ... Nimbarka, is known for propagating the Vaishnava Theology of Dvaitaadvaita, duality in unity. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... For the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. ... Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... This article should be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

Swami Haridas began the Haridasi school of mysticism and had many spiritual disciples. The better known ones were Vitthal, Vipul, Viharin Deva, and Krishna Das who fostered his tradition of devotional music. The main feature of school was that it was congregational. Groups of devotees came together and sang of the Lord of Brindavan. In the brij district, this congregation is called samaj and is like the sankeertan of Bengal and the bhajani gosti of south India. Krishna Das (born Jeffrey Kagel in Long Island, New York) is a singer who performs Indian chants called kirtans. ... Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation indepedently and autonomously runs its own affairs. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla (Bengali), is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ...