Contribution of the mughals in the development of music in india with reference to tansen

Hindustani composer (c. 1493 – 1589)

For other uses, see Tansen (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Rāmtanu (c. 1493 – 26 April 1589), popularly referred to as Mian Tānsen (lit. 'the Learned One'), or Sangeet Samrāt (lit. 'Monarch of Hindustani Music'), was a Hindustani classical musician.^[4] Born into a Hindu Gaur Brahmin family in Gwalior,^[5] he learnt and perfected his art in the northwest region of modern Madhya Pradesh.

He got his first break as musician and composer in the court of Raja Man Singh Tomar of Gwalior and spent most of his adult life in the court and patronage of the Hindu king of Rewa, Raja Ramchandra Singh (r. 1555–1592), where Tānsen's musical abilities and studies gained widespread fame.^[4] This reputation brought him to the attention of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, who sent messengers to Raja Ramchandra Singh, requesting Tānsen to join the musicians at the Mughal court.

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