Santidev Ghosh
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Santidev Ghose | |
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Calcutta, West Bengal, India | |
Other names | Santideb Ghosh Shantidev Ghosh |
Occupation(s) | author, singer, maestro |
Santidev Ghose (also Santidev Ghosh, Shantidev Ghosh and Santideb Ghosh) (
Sagarmoy Ghosh, the renowned editor of Bengali literary journal Desh, was his younger brother. [1]
As a teenager, Ghosh was selected by
In 1976, he was awarded the
Biography
Santidev Ghosh was born on 24 Baisakh 1317 (7 May 1910) in the village of Bajapti near Chandpur. At that time, it was part of the British-controlled areas of India and of the province of East Bengal. Today, it is in Bangladesh.
His father was
Santidev had his school education at the Santiniketan Ashrama Vidyalaya, which Tagore had founded in 1901. This is where he acquired proficiency in music, dance and acting under the direct guidance of the poet himself and Dinendranath. As Tagore's emissary, he visited
to learn music and dance of neighbouring countries.Santidev joined Visva-Bharati University as a teacher in 1930, when he was 20 years old. He married Smt. Ila Ghosh in 1946. Later he became professor and head of the Department of Rabindra Music and Dance at Sangit Bhavana, the music department of Visva-Bharati University. He also served as the principal of the institute between 1964 and 1968 and between 1971 and 1973.
Santidev was appointed a member of the Advisory Board of Akasvani (All India Radio),
Awards and recognition
- Fellow of Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1977 – Indian National Academi of Music, Dance and Drama, New Delhi
- Sureshchandra Memorial Ananda Award in 1980 – An award by the Ananda PublishersGroup for outstanding contribution to culture
- Padmabhusan by the Central Government of India in 1984 – Third highest national award for a civilian.[5]
- Deshikottama, the highest award bestowed by the Visva-Bharati University in 1984, similar to an Honorary D.Litt.
- Honorary D.Litt. from Burdwan University
- Honorary D.Litt. Rabindra Bharati Universities in 1991
- Rabindra Tattvacharya at the Tagore Research Institute, Kolkata.
Publications
- Rabindra Sangeet (Tagore Music)
- Java O Balir Nrityageet (Music and Dance of Java and Bali)
- Rupakar Nandalal (Artist Nandalal)
- Bharatiya Gramin Sanskriti (Folk Culture of India)
- Rabindranather Sikshadarshe Sangit O Nritya (Music and Dance in the Rabindranath's Educational Philosophy)
- Gurudev Rabindranath O Adhunik Bharatiya Nritya (Rabindranath Tagore and Dances of Modern India)
- Rabindra Sangit-Vichitra (Rabindranath Tagore Music Miscellany)
- Nrityakala O Rabindranath (The Art of Dance in the Eyes of Rabindranath Tagore)
- Jiboner Dhrubata (The Polestar of Life), his autobiography.
- Shantidev"( a full-length documentary film by Shameek Siddartha produced by government of West Bengal)
Notes
- The Tribune (2 December 1999) Spotlighttribuneindia.com Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ Calcutta Yellow Pages Retrieved on 17 March 2008.
- Times of India. (1 December 2002) Stamp on Rabindra Sangeet maestro Santidev Ghosh released. indiatimes.com Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ "SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskarwinners (Akademi Fellows)". Official website. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
Sources
- Great Masters section on Visva Bharati University official site
- A tribute to Santidev Ghosh
- Sagarmoy Gosh: The Legend of a Man
External links
- Discography at AllMusic