B. R. Deodhar

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

Professor B. R. Deodhar (11 September 1901 – 10 March 1990) was an Indian

Khayal-genre of Hindustani classical music
.

He was awarded the 1964

Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. Thereafter in 1976, he was awarded the Padma Shri, by Government of India
.

Early life and training

Deodhar was born in

Gandharva 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 from

gayaki, singing style. Thus, he incorporate styles of several traditions, gharanas into 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

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 the

Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.[4] This was followed by Padma Shri, by Government of India in 1976.[5]

Amongst his noted disciples, were singer Kumar Gandharva, Saraswati Rane, and Laxmi Ganesh Tewari. In 1993, his monthly columns, in Sangeet 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

  • B. R. Deodhar (1993). Pillars of Hindustani music. Popular Prakashan.
    ISBN 978-81-7154-555-1
    .

References

  1. ^ a b "B.R. Deodhar (1901—1990)". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  2. ISBN 978-0-521-25659-9
    . Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b c Deshpande, p. 168
  4. ^ "SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskarwinners (Akademi Fellows)". SNA Official website. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013.
  6. ISBN 978-81-7154-395-3
    . Retrieved 23 July 2013.

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