Ustad Mohammad Omar - Anar Anar

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Ustad Mohammad Omar (1905-1980), "Sultan of Rubab”, is celebrated for greatly developing the art of the Afghan rubab into a soloist instrument with its own classical repertoire, as well as interpreting folk melodies from the whole country in a unique, beautiful style.

This recording of the famous folk song "Anar Anar", played with subtle improvisations in the raga Bhairavi, was digitised from a cassette belonging to Ustad Daud Khan personal archive. It originally aired on Radio Afghanistan at an unknown time, most likely in the 60s-70s. The low audio quality is but a small price to hear the Ustad’s hand. More such recordings will be presented soon at www.kharabat.art/