A profile of Pannalal Ghosh written by Dr. Vishvas Kulkarni has been placed in the VPL Library. I thank the author for making it available.
A profile of Pannalal Ghosh written by Dr. Vishvas Kulkarni has been placed in the VPL Library. I thank the author for making it available.
Smt. Sahasrabuddhe passed away on June 29 in Pune. She was 67.
We never met in person although I understand she frequently sojourned in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1995 I accompanied her brother Kashinath Bodas on the harmonium in a couple of baithaks; I clearly remember his fond references to his sister (two weeks after those concerts he died of a heart attack in Canada).
I once played for Ramrang her rendition of his composition beeta gaye ri in Raga Hemant. He noted right away that she had made tweaks to the bandish. Nevertheless he expressed approval of, what he termed, her “bibeka” (Ramrang was always receptive to fresh input) and remarked that she had remained true to the “aatma” of the composition.
He lives.
In the first clip, Ramrang discusses Raga Nat Nagari –
The clips below are excerpted from Ramrang‘s concert at the Kala Academy in Panjim, Goa, on December 4, 2001. Harmonium: Rajan Parrikar, Tabla: Tulshidas Navelkar.
Composition in Raga Nat Nagari. In a separate conversation, Ramrang relates how the antara eluded him for years and then reveals the process leading to its resolution. Find it here (at the 8:25 marker). And the Lata song he refers to is here.
Raga Dhani –
Ragamala, composed by Ramrang‘s guru Bholanath Bhatt –
This entry notes the passing of Dhondutai Kulkarni on June 1 at the age of 86. She had the distinction of being the one and only pupil of Kesarbai Kerkar.
The very first time I saw Dhondutai was in 1978 at the inaugural Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar Samaroh in Panjim, Goa. As Kesarbai’s sole musical heir she was accorded the privilege of opening the conference and, if I recall correctly, she began with Raga Poorvi. It was a strong performance and the memory of her fluency still lingers in my mind well after three decades.
Occasionally I receive gifts in the form of books from appreciative readers of this website including musicians. I have been meaning to post these titles for months now. These are a few I have enjoyed over the past year or so.