Sumati Mutatkar

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Sumati Mutatkar
Birth nameSumati Amberdekar
Born(1916-09-10)10 September 1916
musicologist

Sumati Mutatkar (10 September 1916 – 28 February 2007) was an Indian

University of Delhi.[1]

She was awarded the highest award of the

Early life and training

She was born in Balaghat in the then province of C.P. and Berar, the oldest child of Gajanan Amberdekar, a judge, and Sundari Subedar.

She received training in Hindustani classical music from various teachers, including Pandit Rajabhaiya Poochwale of

Bhatkhande Music Institute
—earlier known as the Marris College—in Lucknow.

Career

In 1953, she joined as the Director of Music at the All India Radio (AIR) and subsequently became Deputy Chief Producer of Music. Later, in 1968 she joined the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, at the Delhi University, eventually retiring in September 1981 as the Dean of the Faculty. During her tenure, she supervised numerous research programs in the field of music, as well published several books on the subject.[1]

She died on 28 February 2007, at a private hospital in Kolkata, after a brief bronchial illness at the age of 91; she was survived by her daughter.[8]

Bibliography

  • Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar 'Sujan': a many splendoured genius. Lotus Collection, 2001. .
  • Geet Nijhari : Sumit Mutakar Rachit Bandisho Ka Sangrah ( Hindi) . Kanishka Publishiners, 2002.
  • Aspects of Indian music. Sangeet Natak Akademi, 2006. .
  • Sumati-Sangitabharanam: Gems of Indian Music and Musicology (Prof. Sumati Mutatkar Felicitation Volume), by Abha Kulshreshtha, Sumati Mutatkar, Jagdish Sahai. 1994. .

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