Biography
Vilayat Hussain
Effective period / Period of releases: 1997
Indian vocalist, born 1895 in Agra, died in 1962, ranks among the most prominent musicians of the Agra Gharana. He was also a composer and through his Khayal compositions he breathed new life into several uncommon ragas (his pen name as a composer was "Pranpiya").Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan was an outstanding and devoted teacher.