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B. R. Deodhar

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B. R. Deodhar
Born(1901-09-11)11 September 1901
Miraj,Bombay Presidency,British India
Died10 March 1990(1990-03-10)(aged 88)
Mumbai, Maharashtra
GenresHindustani classical music
Occupation(s)vocalist, musicologist, music educator
Years active1920s–1980s

ProfessorB. R. Deodhar(11 September 1901 – 10 March 1990) was an Indianclassical singer,musicologist and music educator. He was a vocalist ofKhayal-genre ofHindustani classical music.

He was awarded the 1964Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship,the highest honour conferred bySangeet Natak Akademi,India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. Thereafter in 1976, he was awarded thePadma Shri,byGovernment of India.

Early life and training[edit]

Deodhar was born inMirajin presentSangli districtof Maharashtra on 11 September 1901.[1]He started his musical training with Nilkanth Buwa Alurmath, theguru bhaiof noted singer and educatorVishnu Digambar Paluskar(1872–1931), and a disciple ofBalakrishnabuwa IchalkaranjikarofGwalior gharana.[2]Thereafter, he also received training underAbdul Karim KhanofKirana gharanaandVinayakrao Patwardhan,another disciple of Paluskar.[3]Later he joined theGandharva Mahavidyalaya,where he became a leading disciple of Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, the founder of institution. Deodhar was the only student of Paluskar who was allowed to also pursue formal education. Thus after matriculation he also pursued higher education and later received a B.A. degree. He also studied Western classical music.[3]

In the coming years, he continued his musical education from leading musicians of various traditions including those fromAgra gharana,Mohanrao Pakelar fromJaipur Gharana,sarangi-player Majeed Khan,Inayat Khan,Ganpatrao Dewaskar, Pt. Sadashivbuwa Jadhav of Gokhale gharana, Shinde Khan of Talwandi gharana, binkaar Murad Khan ofIndore gharana,and most importantly,Bade Ghulam Ali KhanofPatiala gharana,with whom he remained associated for many years, and became an important musical influence on hisgayaki,singing style. Thus, he incorporate styles of several traditions,gharanasinto his singing, and this also paved way for his career as a musicologist. In time, he also collected musical compositions, rare ragas from all the traditions he was associated with, through his career.[3]

Career[edit]

He established the Deodhar School of Music in Mumbai, breaking from the gharana tradition.

He also edited Hindi music monthly magazine,Sangeet Kala Vihar,and also published several books on music and musicians.

In 1964, he was awarded theSangeet Natak Akademi Fellowshipthe highest honour conferred bySangeet Natak Akademi,India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.[4]This was followed byPadma Shri,byGovernment of Indiain 1976.[5]

Amongst his noted disciples, were singerKumar Gandharva,Saraswati Rane,andLaxmi Ganesh Tewari.In 1993, his monthly columns, inSangeet Kala Vihar,which included biographies of 19th-century Indian musicians, were published as book,Pillars of Hindustani music.[6]

He died on 10 March 1990 in Mumbai.[1]

Works[edit]

  • B. R. Deodhar (1993).Pillars of Hindustani music.Popular Prakashan.ISBN978-81-7154-555-1.

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"B.R. Deodhar (1901—1990)".Oxford Reference.Retrieved23 July2013.
  2. ^Bonnie C. Wade (1984).Khyāl: Creativity Within North India's Classical Music Tradition.CUP Archive. pp. 46–.ISBN978-0-521-25659-9.Retrieved23 July2013.
  3. ^abcDeshpande, p. 168
  4. ^"SNA: List of Sangeet Natak AkademiRatna Puraskarwinners (Akademi Fellows) ".SNA Official website. Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.
  5. ^"Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009)"(PDF).Ministry of Home Affairs.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 10 May 2013.
  6. ^Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy (1995).The Rāgs of North Indian Music: Their Structure and Evolution.Popular Prakashan. pp. 230–.ISBN978-81-7154-395-3.Retrieved23 July2013.

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