Jnan Prakash Ghosh
Jnan Prakash Ghosh | |
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| Birth name | Jnan Prakash Ghosh |
| Born | 8 May 1909 |
| Origin | Kolkata,India |
| Died | 1997 (aged 87–88) (aged 88) |
| Genres | Hindustani Classical Music |
| Occupation(s) | Tabla player,musicologist |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals,Tabla,Harmonium |
Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh(8 May 1909 – 18 February 1997) was an Indianharmoniumandtablaplayer fromFarukhabad gharanaofHindustani classical musicandmusicologist.
Early life and background
[edit]Born in aHindufamily with musical background inKolkata,he was the grandson of Dwarkanath Ghosh (1847–1928), who foundedDwarkinin 1875 and invented the "Dwarkinharmonium",popular inWest Bengal,India.[1]He graduated from theScottish Church Collegeof theUniversity of Calcutta[2]He was keen in sports (he played soccer,hockey,poloandbilliards). He also practised painting, but had to discontinue these due to an eye injury in a soccer match.
Then he turned to music. He was trained in vocals by Girija Shankar, Mohammed Sagir Khan and Mohammed Dabir Khan. He took tabla lessons from Masit Khan of theFarukhabad gharanaand became his senior disciple. After realizing that is so much more tabla, he started his tutelage under Ustad Feroz Khan of Punjab Gharana. It is here where the Punjabi Gharana compositions were introduced to Kolkata folks.[3]
Career
[edit]He was the founder of Sourav Academy of Music and closely associated with the 'Sangeet Research Academy'. He scored music for many Bengali films, of whichJadubhatta,Andhare AloandRajlakshmi o Srikanta(1958)[4]are worth mentioning. He has composed and directed music to a number of popular gramophone records sung by various artistes.[5]A percussion entitledThe Drums of India[6][7]
He also provided music for the Academy Award nominated animated shortBead Game,directed byIshu Patelfor theNational Film Board of Canada.[8]His residence at 25 Dixon Lane inBowbazar,Kolkata, was frequented by musicians, be it local or those visiting the city, and thus was the venue of several recitals, most notably a Raga Chhayanat performed byBade Ghulam Ali Khanin 1954.[9]
Amongst his students are tabla players Kanai Dutta, Shyamal Bose,Shankar Ghosh,[10]Anindo Chatterjee,andNikhil Ghosh,[11]Rajkumar Misra,[12]singersPrasun Banerjee,Ajoy Chakrabarty,Suman GhoshandArun Bhaduri,[13]and instrumentalist Paul Grant.[14]His birth centenary was celebrated on 7 May 2012, in Kolkata, with screening of documentary of him and performances by various singers.[15]
Discography
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- 1968 – Drums of India, Vol. 1 – Gramophone
- 1979 – Drums of India, Vol. 2 Gramophone
- 1985 - Jugalbandi Harmonium and Violin - EMI
- 1993 – Raga on Keyboard – EMI
- 2004 – Dhun – Saregama
- 2004 – Raag Charukeshi – Saregama
- 2004 – Raag Haripriya – Saregama
- 2004 – Raag Jhinjhoti – Saregama
- 2004 – Raag Mishra Kalengra – Saregama
- 2004 – Raag Shyam Kalyan
Awards and recognition
[edit]In 1974, he was awarded theSangeet Natak Akademi Fellowshipthe highest honour conferred by theSangeet Natak Akademi,India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.[16]This was followed by thePadma Bhushanin 1984, given by theGovernment of India[17]
References
[edit]- ^"Pandit Jnan Prakash Ghosh".Angelfire.Retrieved10 July2013.
- ^Some Alumni of Scottish Church Collegein175th Year Commemoration Volume.Scottish Church College, April 2008, page 589
- ^Kumāraprasāda Mukhopādhyāẏa (1 January 2006).The Lost World of Hindustani Music.Penguin Books India. p. 9.ISBN978-0-14-306199-1.Retrieved10 July2013.
- ^Jnan Prakash GhoshatIMDb
- ^Saregama: Music[permanent dead link]
- ^"Saregama Music".[permanent dead link]
- ^"Jnan Prakash Ghosh, Drums of India Vol 2".Boomkat.Archived fromthe originalon 10 May 2008.Retrieved17 July2008.
- ^"Bead Game".Collection page.National Film Board of Canada.Retrieved19 January2011.
- ^Arunabha Deb (9 July 2011)."Striking familiar notes".Tehelka. Archived fromthe originalon 20 December 2013.Retrieved10 July2013.
- ^Banerjee, Meena (28 January 2016)."The 'uncrowned king' deserved better".The Hindu.ISSN0971-751X.Retrieved20 October2017.
- ^"Founder".Sangit Mahabharati. 2016.Retrieved18 May2016.
- ^Shivendra."Pandit Raj Kumar Mishra".Archived fromthe originalon 1 September 2018.Retrieved19 September2016.
- ^"Memory in melody".The Hindu.16 December 2010.Retrieved10 July2013.
- ^"Classical music export".The Times of India.21 January 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2012.Retrieved10 July2013.
- ^"Kolkata to remember Guru Jnan Prakash Ghosh".The Times of India.7 May 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 20 December 2013.Retrieved10 July2013.
- ^"SNA: List of Sangeet Natak AkademiRatna Puraskarwinners (Akademi Fellows) ".Official website. Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.
- ^"Padma Awards".Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India). Archived fromthe originalon 17 February 2012.Retrieved8 March2009.
External links
[edit]| International | |
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| National | |
| Artists | |
| Other | |
- 1909 births
- 1997 deaths
- Hindustani instrumentalists
- Indian male classical musicians
- Musicians from Kolkata
- Scottish Church College alumni
- University of Calcutta alumni
- Indian musicologists
- Tabla players
- Indian film score composers
- Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts
- Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
- Indian music educators
- Indian percussionists
- Bengali people
- 20th-century Indian composers
- 20th-century drummers
- 20th-century Indian male singers
- 20th-century Indian singers
- 20th-century musicologists
- Indian male film score composers