Classical music forms, such as Hindustani classical music, are an
important part of the cultural wealth of the Punjab. The Muslim
musicians have contributed a large number of ragas to the repository of
classical music. The most common instruments used are the Tabla and
Harmonium.
Among the Punjabi poets, the names of Sultan Bahu, Bulleh Shah, Mian
Muhammad Baksh, and Waris Shah and folk singers like Inayat Hussain
Bhatti and Tufail Niazi, Alam Lohar, Sain Marna, Mansoor Malangi, Allah
Ditta Lona wala, Talib Hussain Dard, Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi, Gamoo
Tahliwala, Mamzoo Gha-lla, Akbar Jat, Arif Lohar, Ahmad Nawaz Cheena and
Hamid Ali Bela are well-known. In the composition of classical ragas,
there are such masters as Malika-i-Mauseequi (Queen of Music) Roshan Ara
Begum, Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, Salamat Ali Khan and Ustad Fateh Ali
Khan. Alam Lohar has made significant contributions to folklore and
Punjabi literature, by being a very influential Punjabi folk singer from
1930 until 1979.
For the popular taste however, light music, particularly Ghazals and
folk songs, which have an appeal of their own, the names of Mehdi Hasan,
Ghulam Ali, Nur Jehan, Malika Pukhraj, Farida Khanum, Roshen Ara Begum,
and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are well-known. Folk songs and dances of the
Punjab reflect a wide range of moods: the rains, sowing and harvesting
seasons. Luddi, Bhangra and Sammi depict the joy of living. Love legends
of Heer Ranjha, Mirza Sahiban, Sohni Mahenwal and Saiful Mulk are sung
in different styles.
For the most popular music from the region, bhangra, the names of
Abrar-Ul-Haq, Arif Lohar, Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi, Jawad Ahmed,
Legacy, and Malkoo are renowned.
For the popular taste however, light music, particularly Ghazals and
folk songs, which have an appeal of their own, the names of Mehdi Hasan,
Ghulam Ali, Nur Jehan, Malika Pukhraj, Farida Khanum, Roshen Ara Begum,
and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are well-known. Folk songs and dances of the
Punjab reflect a wide range of moods: the rains, sowing and harvesting
seasons. Luddi, Bhangra and Sammi depict the joy of living. Love legends
of Heer Ranjha, Mirza Sahiban, Sohni Mahenwal and Saiful Mulk are sung
in different styles.
For the most popular music from the region, bhangra, the names of
Abrar-Ul-Haq, Arif Lohar, Attaullah Khan Essa Khailwi, Jawad Ahmed,
Legacy, and Malkoo are renowned.
