Rajan Parrikar Music Archive

Lost Voices

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 the book Mazha Sangeet Vyasang authored by Govindrao Tembe.

My thanks to Dr. Vishwesh Kulkarni for sending me the recordings.

Alladiya Khan
Alladiya Khan, Atrauli-Jaipur

Alladiya Khan, Atrauli-Jaipur

 
 

Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar

Vishnu Digambar Paluskar

 
 

Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale
Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale

Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale

 
 

Bhaurao Kolhatkar
Bhaurao Kolhatkar

Bhaurao Kolhatkar

 
 

A modern version of panchatunda nararundamaladhara by Vasantrao Deshpande is here.