In November 2022 the Goa Heritage Action Group released a special print edition of their magazine Parmal at a function held in Panjim. This issue is devoted entirely to Music and carries the title Aicat Mozo Tavo (Listen to My Voice).
Mogubai
by Sonia Rodrigues Sabharwal
Included in the magazine is my essay on the contributions of Goans to India’s Art music written on the request of the editors Jose Lourenço and Vivek Menezes. A draft copy of the article is here.
An impromptu rendition was uploaded to YouTube last week by his son. Kishore was not even 20 when he recorded the original, and wet behind the ears, he sounded unsure. On the other hand, this snippet from the mid-1970s reveals his voice at its most glorious.
Marne Ki Duaen Kyon Mangoon
Movie: ZIDDI (1948)
Lyricist: Professor Jazbi
Composer: Khemchand Prakash
Raga Kabiri Bhairav. Tabla support by Ganpat Parvatkar. A 1972 recording from a time when Rajshekhar* wasn’t around to soil the sheets.
* Mansur’s son and Professor of English Spelling.
These cylinder recordings were found some years ago by A.N. Sharma and Anukriti Sharma. See The Age before Vinyl for details. (In the event the link evaporates, it is archived here.)
Has anyone else confirmed these? It is curious that the only claimed recording of Vishnu Digambar has him singing baalam re and not a bhakti rasa composition, suggesting it was recorded before he turned his life entirely towards spiritual pursuits.
All the photographs below are taken from Mazha Sangeet Vyasang by Govindrao Tembe.
My thanks to Dr. Vishwesh Kulkarni for sending me the recordings.
Alladiya Khan, Atrauli-Jaipur
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale
Bhaurao Kolhatkar
A modern version of panchatunda nararundamaladhara by Vasantrao Deshpande is here.