H. Sayeeduddin Dagar

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Ustad Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar | image = Sayeeduddindagarbw.jpg | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = H. Sayeeduddin Dagar in 2017 | birth_name = | alias = Saeed Bhai | birth_date = {{birth date|1939|4|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Alwar, Rajasthan, India | origin = India | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|7|30|1939|4|20|df=y}} | death_place = Pune | genre = Dhrupad | occupation = Vocalist | instrument = | years_active =  | label = | associated_acts = | website =  }} '''Ustad Hussain Sayeeduddin Dagar''' (20 April 1939 – 30 July 2017), popularly known as Saeed Bhai, was an Indian classical vocalist belonging to the Dhrupad tradition, the oldest existing form of north Indian classical music (Hindustani classical music).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2005/02/20/stories/2005022000070500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115172649/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2005/02/20/stories/2005022000070500.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=15 January 2010|title= Nuances of the notes: Ustad Fariduddin Dagar..|date=20 February 2005|work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?215920|title=Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar: One of Dhrupad's oldest exponents..|date=3 June 2002 |publisher=Outlook}}</ref> He was a part of the Dagar family of musicians.<ref>[http://www.yoga-ayurveda.org/yoga-ayurveda_dhrupad_dagar-vani.htm Dagar Family tree] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107083431/http://www.yoga-ayurveda.org/yoga-ayurveda_dhrupad_dagar-vani.htm |date=2009-01-07 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1832598/report-dhrupad-maestro-ustad-zia-fariduddin-dagar-dies|title=Dhrupad maestro Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar dies|last=Press Trust of India|author-link=Press Trust of India|date=9 May 2013|work=Daily News and Analysis|accessdate=10 May 2013}}</ref> He represented the 19th generation of Dagar Tradition. His cousins Nasir Moinuddin Dagar and Nasir Aminuddin Dagar were known as the Senior Dagar Brothers. Similarly, Nasir Zahiruddin and Nasir Faiyazuddin Dagar were known as the Younger Dagar Brothers. His other cousins were Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Zia Fariduddin Dagar, and Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhrupad.info/dagar_brothers.htm |title=The Dagar Brothers and the Dagar Family: Renowned Dhrupad Maestros |publisher=Dhrupad.info |date= |accessdate=2012-01-19}}</ref> He performed in the famous Bharat Ek Khoj.{{fact|date=May 2022}}

== Biography == Born in Alwar, Rajasthan in 1939 into the Dagar family, Hussain Sayeeduddin Khan Dagar is the son of Hussainuddin Khan Dagar who died in 1963. Among the Dagar family, also known as the 'Dagar saptak', he was the last representative of the 19th generation of the Dagar lineage. He began his training at age 6 under his father Ustad Hussainuddin Khan Dagar, and later his uncle, Ustad Rahimuddin Khan Dagar. He had been the President of Dhrupad Society Jaipur and Pune.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sinha|first1=Manjari|title=The last of the magnificent seven|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/the-last-of-the-magnificent-seven/article19426920.ece|accessdate=14 February 2018|agency=The Hindu}}</ref>

Hussain Sayeeduddin Khan Dagar resided in Pune.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/Preserving-a-tradition/article16267043.ece |title=Ustad H. Sayeeduddin Dagar gets eloquent about Dhrupad's history and the form today. |newspaper=The Hindu |publisher=thehindu.com |date= 25 June 2010|accessdate=2010-06-25|last1=Chatterjee |first1=Gautam }}</ref>

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