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Roshan Ara was the daughter of Chanda Begum who was trained in the Kinara tradition by Abdul Haque, brother of Abdul Karim Khan.
Roshan Ara learnt from her mother and, after becoming an expert vocalist, went with her mother to Bombay to request Abdul Khan to give her advanced training. He only taught her between 1935 and 1936 but that short time was sufficient to polish her singing and to make of her one of the formost vocalist of the country.
Her sapat tans are the clearest and fastest of all present day vocalists and she was a truly God-gifted artist.
Unfortunately for Indian music lovers, she settled in Pakistan after her mariage.
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![]() | Adana (Roshan Ara BEGUM) | 0.8 MB | 3:24 min | |
![]() | Bageshri (Miss Roshanara) | 0.5 MB | 2:44 min | |
![]() | Kalavati (Roshan Ara BEGUM) | 0.6 MB | 3:15 min | |
![]() | Maru Bihag (Ektal) (Roshan Ara BEGUM) | 10.7 MB | 11:41 min |
Hirabai Barodekar was the daughter of the illustrious Abdul Karim Khan and Tarabai. She learnt from her mother, Balkrishna Buwa Kapileshwari, Shankar Buwa, Faiz Mohammad Khan, Gauhar Jan, Vaze Buwa, Govindrao Tembe and from Abdul Waheed Khan Saheb for three years.
Her younger sister, Saraswati Rane, also learnt with her but she also got much training from Naththan Khan of the Jaipur gharana (although this Jaipur influence is rarely reflected in her singing). Hirabai Barodekar and her sister Saraswati Rane have been among the best vocalists of India in twentieth century.
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Janki Bai was famous for her gramophone recordings of thumrees.
According to D.M. Neuman, she received 3 000 Roupees "considered a princely sum at that time" for her recording.
78rpm archives.
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![]() | Bhairavi (Jankibai) | 0.7 MB | 2:56 min |
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![]() | Bhairavi (Kale Khan) | 0.6 MB | 2:37 min |
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![]() | Dadra (Kashibai) | 0.8 MB | 3:17 min |
Kesarbai Kerkar was born in Goa and learnt from Abdul Karim Khan Saheb (Kirana gharana), Ramkrishna Buwa Waze (Gwalior gharana), Bhaskarbuwa Bhakale (Gwalior, Agra, Jaipur gharanas) and Barkatulla Khan (the sitarist) before becoming the foremost disciple of Alladiya Khan with whom she learnt for twenty years.
She had a wonderful voice which had a great emotional appeal.
78rpm archives.
Krishnarao Shankar Pandit was the son of Shankar Rao Pandit.
He opened the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Gwalior which he renamed as Shankar Gandharva Vidyalaya after the death of his father in 1917.
Of his four sons, Narayanrao Pandit and Lakshmanrao Pandit are Radio artists.
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Kumar Gandharva's real name is Shivaputra and is the son of Sidramappa Komkali.
He was the pupil of Pandit B.R. Deodhar who taught him in his Bombay school. He was one of the greatest vocalist of this country who was able - because of his own genious and of the able and broad-minded teaching of Prof. Deodhar - to achieve a veritable fusion of the styles and so, to create a new style of his own.
He composed a number of rags and wrote an excellent book on compositions in common and rare rags : 'Anupa Rag Vilasa' (Pub. Mauj Prakashan, Bombay 4, 1965).
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![]() | Gaud Malhar (Kumar Gandharv) | 1.1 MB | 3:13 min | |
![]() | Malawati (Kumar Gandharv) | 2.5 MB | 7:19 min | |
![]() | Shankara (Kumar Gandharv) | 3.1 MB | 3:21 min | |
![]() | Sohini Bhatiyar (Kumar Gandharv) | 2.6 MB | 7:35 min |
78rpm archives.