First appeared in www.scroll.in on May 24, 2014. There are some compositions in Hindustani raagdari music that are common to all gharanas. For instance, the khayal creations of the eighteenth century composer Niamat Khan “Sadarang” are a necessary inclusion in any serious vocalist’s repertoire. There are also those khayals that have crossed gharana boundaries. The innate grandeur of such pieces and the urge to widen artistic horizons have driven musicians to add them to concert repertoire, despite their obvious