Classical Music of Rajasthan: Patrons, Treatises, Gunijankhana, Gharana, Musicians Notes

At a glance

Maharana Kumbha of Mewar wrote the music books Sangitraj, Sangit Mimansa and Sud Prabandh.
Pundarik Vitthal wrote Ragamanjari for Madho Singh, Kachhwaha prince of Amber and brother of Raja Man Singh.
At Bikaner, Maharaja Anup Singh's musicologist Bhavbhatt wrote Anup Sangeet Vilas, Anup Sangeet Ratnakar and Anup Sangeetankush.
Jaipur's court department of musicians and dancers was the Gunijankhana; its court musician Chand Khan wrote Swar Sagar.
Ustad Alladiya Khan founded the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana of khyal singing.
Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt of Jaipur, creator of the Mohan veena, won a Grammy for 'A Meeting by the River'.

Court / ruler	Work or person	Note
Mewar: Maharana Kumbha (1433-1468)	Rasikpriya, his commentary on Jayadeva's Gita Govinda	Sangitraj is in five parts (ratnakosh): pathya, geet, vadya, nritya and rasa
Amber Kachhwahas: Madho Singh	Pundarik Vitthal	A musicologist from Karnataka; later wrote Ragamala and Nartan Nirnay at Akbar's court
Bikaner: Maharaja Anup Singh	Bhavbhatt	Anup Singh also had a full set of Kumbha's music books collected
Jaipur	Gunijankhana; Radha Govind Sangeet Sar	Radha Govind Sangeet Sar was compiled under Sawai Pratap Singh (1778-1803)

Founder	Ustad Alladiya Khan (1855-1946)
Name	His family came from Atrauli, near Aligarh, and later settled at Uniara; so the gharana is called Jaipur, Atrauli or Jaipur-Atrauli
Style	Khyal singing

Jaipur also has a Kathak gharana, which is dance; Rajasthan's folk music, folk instruments and folk dances are on their own pages.

City	Jaipur
Instrument	Mohan veena, a guitar he redesigned and gave 14 more strings
Grammy	Best World Music Album at the 36th Grammy Awards (1994), with Ry Cooder
Other honours	Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1998), Padma Shri (2002) and Padma Bhushan (2017)

Treatise writersKumbha, Mewar · Pundarik Vitthal, Madho Singh of Amber, then Akbar · Bhavbhatt, Anup Singh of Bikaner · Chand Khan, Jaipur.
Gita Govinda commentariesRasikpriya is Kumbha's · Anupoday is Anup Singh's.
Three Jaipursthe Gunijankhana is the court's department of artists · Jaipur-Atrauli is a khyal gharana · the Jaipur gharana of Kathak is dance.
Grammy yearthe 36th Grammys were held in 1994; some books give 1993. The 1994 award for the album was a Grammy; his Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1998) and Padma Shri (2002) came later.