By MOHAN NADKARNI writing as GURUDEV SHARAN Times Weekly, August 25, 1973 KANADA KE PRAKAR By Jaisukhal Tribhuvan Shah ( Published by the author, pp 332, Rs 16) The colourful KANADA Group of ragas is a class in itself in the rich and varied repertory of north Indian music. Thanks to recent research in musicology, it is now conclusively proved that many of these...
THE State festival of music and dance held recently at the open-air Rang Bhavan in Bombay was a mammoth cultural event. By GURUDEV SHARAN* Times Weekly, March 28, 1971 The Directorate of Culture, which organized the festival, featured nearly 50 artistes. The impressive array of 17 vocalists, 12 instrumentalists and 7 dancers included many top names. The selection seemed to be largely confined to...
By MOHAN NADKARNI writing as GURUDEV SHARAN Times Weekly, February 6, 1972 Vishnu Paluskar, whose birth centenary was celebrated yesterday, was the first to rescue traditional music from the bonds of state and private patronage. INDIAN music has a fine record of development over the centuries. But the extent of neglect it suffered under British rule was truly appalling. This period marked the gradual...
Sangeet-Ratna Khansaheb Abdul Karim Khan Yaanche Jeevan Charitra by Pandit Balkrishnabuwa Kapileshwari, (Published by the author, pp 912, Rs 55) Thor Sangitkar by Prof B R Deodhar, (Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Vidyalaya Mandal, Bombay 4, pp260, Rs 12) [Both books published in Marathi] By MOHAN NADKARNI writing as GURUDEV SHARAN Times Weekly, March 10, 1974 One of the tragedies besetting India’s age-old musical tradition, particularly...
Khayal Gharanas In Hindustani Music: Book Review By MOHAN NADKARNI writing as GURUDEV SHARAN Times Weekly, October 7, 1973 Indian Musical Traditions : An Aesthetic Study Of The Gharanas In Hindustani Music : By Vamanrao Deshpande (Popular Prakashan, Bombay, pp. 120 Rs. 25) The gharana system is by far the most distinctive feature of north Indian (Hindustani) music. Indeed, its proliferation into several performing...