1. SADDU

SADDU and his brother Maddu were rebeck players in attendance on Guru Gobind Singh (16661708) at Anandpur. They performed kirtan for the Guru.

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2. SAMUND SINGH, BHAI

SAMUND SINGH, BHAI (19011972), a leading Sikh musicologist of the twentieth century, trained in music under leading maestros of the art, Sikhs as well as Muslims, was born on 3 March 1901, at the village of Mulla Hamza, in Montgomery district, now in...

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3. SATTA

SATTA, also called Satta Dum because he was a du/n or miraslby birth, a rababior rebeckplayer to Guru Arjan, and cocomposer, with Rai Balvand, of Ramkall ki Var, included in the Guru Granth Sahib in the Ramkali musical measure.

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4. SHABAD

SHABAD (Sanskrit sabda, of obscure etymology) is generally rendered as sound, voice or tone. Another series of meanings includes word, utterance, speech. In distinctive Sikli usage shabad means a hymn or sacred work from the Guru Granth Sahib. In the...

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5. SUNDAR SINGH, RAGI

SUNDAR SINGH, RAGI (18921937), head musician at Sri Harimandar at Amritsar, was born at Amritsar in 1892, the son ofBhaiAmar Singh Arora, himself a musician of considerable standing. Sundar Singh served his apprenticeship with Bhai Atra, a wellknown ...

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