Last rendering of Ranadhir Roy, the Esraj Virtuoso

Told by Dr. Manasi Majumder
Obtained by Sukanya Sarkar
Date 22 March 2015
Place Bengal Music College, CIT Scheme, Kolkata-700029
On Manasi Majumdar Dr. Manasi Majumdar is a disciple of the Vidushi Girija Devi and is a dedicated vocalist. She is currently serving as an Associate Professor at the Bengal Music College, Kolkata.
Tags 1989-90, Sujata Sadan, Ashim Bandhu Bhattacherjee, Ranadhir Roy, Marwa, Mian Mallar, esraj, Rabindrasangeet
Language Bengali

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Little Rasid Khan on stage with his Guru Ustd. Nisar Hussein Khan

Told by Dr. Manasi Majumder
Obtained by Sukanya Sarkar
Date 22 March 2015
Place Bengal Music College, CIT Scheme, Kolkata-700029
On Manasi Majumdar Dr. Manasi Majumdar is a disciple of the Vidushi Girija Devi and is well known vocalist. She is currently serving as an Associate Professor at the Bengal Music College, Kolkata.
Tags 1983-84, Rasid Khan, Ustad Nisar Hussin Khan Sahib, Garia, South Calcutta, Baithak
Language Bengali

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Pt. Vishmadev Chatterjee orders Duck Roast… Musicians’ Night Out

Told by Somjit Dasgupta
Obtained by Sanjoy Bandopadhyay and Troilee Dutta
Date 14 July, 2015
Place Residence of Somjit Dasgupta Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, 3/1/1D, Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About Somjit Dasgupta Disciple of Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. Preserving rare musical instruments including the instruments belonged to Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. He plays different instruments like Sarod, Surshringar, Mohan Veena, etc.
Tags Vishmadev Chattopadhyay, Bhismadev, Anath Nath Bose, Duel voice singer, Radhika Mohan Maitra, Mushtaq Ali Khan, Gariahat, Begum Akhtar, Sachin Deb Burman, Rabindra Mohan Maitra, Keramatullah Khan, Mushtaq Ali Khan, 1950’s,
Language Bengali

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Birth of Nabadeepa: An instrument by Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra

Told by Somjit Dasgupta
Obtained by Sanjoy Bandopadhyay and Troilee Dutta
Date 14 July, 2015
Place Residence of Somjit Dasgupta Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, 3/1/1D, Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About Somjit Dasgupta Disciple of Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. Preserving rare musical instruments including the instruments belonged to Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. He plays different instruments like Sarod, Surshringar, Mohan Veena, etc.
Tags 1960-61, Radhika Mohan Maitra, Dr. S.R. Chandra, Kramatullah Khan, 1962, Chhaya Bihag, National Programme, Nabadeepa, Durgalal Sharma, Mohanlal Sharma
Language Bengali

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Birth of Dil Bahar: An Instrument by Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra

Told by Somjit Dasgupta
Obtained by Sanjoy Bandopadhyay and Troilee Dutta
Date 14 July, 2015
Place Residence of Somjit Dasgupta Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, 3/1/1D, Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About Somjit Dasgupta Disciple of Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. Preserving rare musical instruments including the instruments belonged to Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. He plays different instruments like Sarod, Surshringar, Mohan Veena, etc.
Tags 1950, Nikhil Banerjee, Sunil Mukherjee, Arun Chatterjee, Surbahar, Sitar, Surshringar, Surrabab, Dil Bahar, 1956,
Language Bengali

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Verbatim:

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Dilbahar

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 Verbatim: Dr. Suranjita Paul

Translation:

Sometimes, when he taught the techniques of playing sitar, he would play and teach.

-When was this?

This was in the early ‘50s. Nikhil Banerjee, Arun Chatterjee, Sunil Mukherjee, and Rajanikant Chaturvedi – these four were his disciples at the time. At this time, while he was playing the sitar, it might suddenly occur to him…someone had given a surbahar, it was in their room. So, he would show how to play that as well. He played the surshringar. At that time he might think…when he would train someone for the surshringar, he would teach all three types to Nrisinha babu. In the middle of that, he might think, how would it be if there was an instrument somewhere in the middle of these two. He had a sur rabab. But he never played it. He took the one Nrisinha babu had and played on it. That instrument is now with me. So, then he thought, what would it be like to make a new instrument? So he made something that was like the surbahar, but the body was made of calabash and wood. But the wooden body was cut like a calabash. Then it was covered with hide. The bridge was shorter than that of a surshringar, almost like that of a sarod. He said, “I have made an instrument after my own heart and taken the set of a surbahar, so I shall name it ‘Dilbahar’. He gave it for the first time to ArunChatterjee to play. He played it from the radio station in Patna.

Nabadeepa

Arunbabu passed away when he was quite young. He gave one to Rabi Sen and one is with me. This instrument, with its name, was created in 1956. It had been made a year before that, but it has been played, or was prepared to be played from ’56. No other recording of this instrument being played exists. When Arunbabu passed away, the instrument returned to Radhubabu. He gave it to Rabi Sen, but Rabi Sen never recorded for the radio. He made another instrument after this one. That instrument was called ‘Nabadeepa’.

 

Translated by: Sarbajaya Bhattacharya

http://sarodia.com/pandit-maitra-instruments/

http://sarodia.com/generation/pandit-radhika-mohan-maitra/

 Edited &Designed: Dr. Suranjita Paul

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Praan bhi lenge Paisa bhi Lenge!!

Told by Somjit Dasgupta
Obtained by Sanjoy Bandopadhyay and Troilee Dutta
Date 14 July, 2015
Place Residence of Somjit Dasgupta Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, 3/1/1D, Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About Somjit Dasgupta Disciple of Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. Preserving rare musical instruments including the instruments belonged to Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. He plays different instruments like Sarod, Surshringar, Mohan Veena, etc.
Tags Rathin Chattopadhyay, Ata Hussein Khan, 1950, LIC, Thakur Jaidev Singh, Raja Chhatrapati Singh, Chhaya Bihag, Radhika Mohan Maitra, Krishnarao Shankar Pandit, Paresh Bhattacharjee.
Language Bengali

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Ustd. Enayet Khan, Ustd. Fayyaz Khan and their disciple Dhruvatara Joshi

Told by Somjit Dasgupta
Obtained by Sanjoy Bandopadhyay and Troilee Dutta
Date 14 July, 2015
Place Residence of Somjit Dasgupta Prof. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, 3/1/1D, Padmapukur Road, Kolkata 700092
About Somjit Dasgupta Disciple of Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. Preserving rare musical instruments including the instruments belonged to Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra. He plays different instruments like Sarod, Surshringar, Mohan Veena, etc.
Tags 1940, Brojendra Mohan Maitra, court musician, Md. Amir Khan, Ustd. Enayet Khan, Rajshahi, 15 Sagruddin Lane, Kalabagan, Badal Khan, Birendra Kishore Roy Chaudhury, Park Circus, Raja Bazar, Dhruvatara Joshi, Fayyaz Khan, Garg, Mahishadal Rajbari,
Language Bengali

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