A skeletal overview on the changes in tabla Support Style

Told by Pt.Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Obtained by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date 24th October, 2016
Place S.A.P. Lab, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road Campus.
About the speaker Sitar Maestro, Chair  Professor, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University
Tags 1966, Bistar, Vistar, Amir Khan, Nikhil Banerjee, Kanai Dutta, Taan, Tan, Tabla, Chakradhar, Tihai, Sitar, Sarod, Keramatullah Khan, Sangat, Alla rakha, Zakir Hussain, Nizamuddin Khan, Uthan, Shuruyat, 1980, 1960
Language Bengali

Pt.Sanjoy Bandopadhyay speaks :

 

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Senior Musicians matter to build a music career—Mita Nag speaks

Told by Ms Mita Nag
Obtained by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date 24th October, 2016
Place S.A.P. Lab, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road Campus.
About the speaker Renowned Sitar Player and Torchbearer of Bishnupur  Gharana.
Tags Manilal Nag, 1954, All India Music Conference, All India Radio, Tabla, Vocalist, Varanasi,Benaras,  Musician, Kishan Maharaj, Shanta Prasad, Birju Maharaj, Amir Khan, Maihar, Ravi Shankar, Uttarpara, Uday Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee, Sitar, Vilayat Khan, Dagar Brothers, Jor, Alap,  Binkar, Dhrupad, Concerts, Organizers, Tansen, Surdas, Veenkar, Sadarang, All Bengal Music Conference, Satin Sen,  Park Circus, Manmatho Ghosh, Pathuriaghata, Music Conference, Audience, Classical Music Concert, Patroniser,  Jhala
Language Engish

Ms Mita Nag Speaks

 

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Advanced Learning—Mita Nag Shares

Told by Ms Mita Nag
Obtained by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date 24th October, 2016
Place S.A.P. Lab, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road Campus.
About the speaker Renowned Sitar Player and Torchbearer of Bishnupur  Gharana.
Tags Manilal Nag, Riyaz, Performance, Anindo Chatterjee, Chattopadhyay, Shankar Ghosh, Bimal Roy, Gobinda Bose, Tabla, Sargam, Boltaan, Gamaktaan, Sapattaan, Trisaptak taan, Jhala, Organizer, 1995
Language Bengali

Ms Mita Nag Speaks

 

 

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Riyaz Techniques taught by My Father—Mita Nag Shares

Told by Ms Mita Nag
Obtained by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date 24th October, 2016
Place S.A.P. Lab, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road Campus.
About the speaker Renowned Sitar Player and Torchbearer of Bishnupur  Gharana.
Tags Manilal Nag, Sitar, Talim, Taan, Bol, Raag, Notes, Yaman, Laya, Asita Biswas, Meergamak, Gokul Nag, Kolkata Doordarshan, Bageshree, Hamsadhwani, Indrani Roy,Barin Roy
Language Bengali

Ms Mita Nag Speaks:

 

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My First Performance—Mita Nag remembers

Told by Ms Mita Nag
Obtained by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date 24th October,2016
Place S.A.P. Lab,  Instrumental Music Department,  Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road Campus.
About the speaker Renowned Sitar Player and  Torchbearer of Bishnupur  Gharana.
Tags Bagbazar, Kanai Dutta, Naina Devi, Mahapurush Mishra, Buddhadev Dasgupta, Manilal Nag, V.G. Jog,  Keramatullah Khan, Soumitra Lahiri, Tabla ,  Accompaniment, 1977
Language Bengali

Ms. Mita Nag Speaks :

 

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Learning with my father—MIta Nag speaks

Told by Ms Mita Nag
Obtained by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date 24th October,2016
Place S.A.P. Lab,  Instrumental Music Department,  Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road Campus.
About the speaker Renowned Sitar Player and  Torchbearer of Bishnupur  Gharana.
Tags Tabla, Sam, Bhairav, Gat, Taan, 1977, Bagbazar, Manilal Nag, Accompaniment, Gokul Nag
Language Bengali

Ms.  Mita Nag Speaks :

 

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The Early Days of Talim—Mita Nag speaks

Told by Ms. Mita Nag
Obtained by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date 24th October, 2016
Place S.A.P. Lab, Instrumental Music Department ,  Rabindra Bharati University , B.T. Road Campus.
About the speaker Renowned Sitar Player and  Torchbearer of Bishnupur  Gharana.
Tags Manilal Nag, Sitar, Rita Nag, Gokul Nag, 1965, 1969, 1974, 1975, Joari, South Kolkata, Hemen Sen, Sarod Maker, Parda, Sargam, Bol,  Jhala, Bishnupur Gharana, Raag, Gat, Yaman, Bhairavi, Tabla, Theka
Language Bengali

Ms. Mita Nag Speaks:

 

 

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Similarly impressive Pt. Nikhil Banerjee and Pt. Manilal Nag on the same stage

Told by Pt.Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Obtained by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date 24th October, 2016
Place S.A.P. Lab, Instrumental Department, Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road Campus.
About the speaker Sitar Maestro, Chair  Professor, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University
Tags Sitar, Sarode, Accompaniment, Tabla, 1967, 1968, 1966, Indira Cinema Hall, Nikhil Banerjee, Manilal Nag, Kanai Dutta, Tansen Festival, Raga, Suha
Language Bengali

Pt.Sanjoy Bandopadhyay speaks :

Verbatim:  

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Pt.Nikhil banerjee and Pt. kanai dutta

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 Translation:

My father never wanted me to be attracted to the world of music, and thus I had started listening to Sitar and Sarad and other instrumental music quite late in my life. I started listening conferences perhaps in 1967 or 68.. or perhaps in 1966. It was at the Indira Cinema Hall, where I first had went to listen to a music conference. Most probably it was the Tansen Festival, and there I had heard Nikhil Baneree, Manilal Nag and also Kanai Dutta performing. After listening to Nikhil Da, I remember I had told my father that I will not attempt to learn Sitar, because it was of such unparallel degree. But my father had proposed me a contract that he would give me something f I pursue my sitar practice.

Pt. Manila Nag

I had got the opportunity of experiencing Manilal Nag and Kanai Dutta on the same stage, and I consider myself to be very lucky.I clearly remember Mani  Da had played the Suha that evening. This had a tremendous impact on me, and I liked it very much.  However later in life, I grew to appreciate Nikhil Da’s performances more. But at that night, at the Tansen Festival, I had really liked the Suha that he had played, and I still remember that.

Translated By: Ankana Das

Picture Courtesy: Google

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Edited & Designed: Ms. Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee

 

 

 

 

 

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Pt. Satkari Malakar teaching Pandit Tarapada Chakraborty— disadvantages of being overly-talented

Told by Pt. Sanjoy Bandopadhyay
Obtained by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date 24th October, 2016
Place S.A.P. Lab, Instrumental Department ,Rabindra Bharati University ,B.T. Road Campus.
About the speaker Sitar Maestro, Chair  Professor, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University
Tags Manas Chakraborty, Tarapada Chakraborty, Teaching and Learning, 1920’s, Bandish, Satkari Malakar, Satcowridas, shrutidhar
Language Bengali

Pt.Sanjoy Bandopadhyay speaks :

Verbatim:

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Pt Tarapada Chakrabarty

?????? ????? ???? ???? ????, ??? ??? ?????? ?????????? ???????????????? ???? ?, ?????? ??? ????? ???? ????, ?? ????? ????, ?? ???? ???, ????? ??? ???, ????? ???? ??? ?????? ????? ???? ??????, ???? ???? ??? ??? ????? ???, ?? ?????? ??? ????, ??????????????, ?? ?? ????? ????????? ?? ?????????????? ?????, ???????, ?????? ????? ??????, ?????? ????? ??????, ?? ?? ????? ?????? ???? ????? ?? ?????????? ???? ????? ???????, ?? ?????? ?????? ???? ???????, ?????? ????? ???? ?? ?? ?? ??????? ??? ??? ?? ??? ????? ????? ??? ????????? ????? ??? ?????, ?? ???? ????? ??? ???????, ????? ???? ???? ???, ????? ??? ????? ?? ???? ????? ????? ?????, ????? ???, ??? ??? ???? ?????? ?????? ????? ??????, ???? ????? ??? ???, ?? ??? ??????? ????? ?? ??? ???? ??? ????? ????? ??? ??? ???? ??? ??? ????? ??? ???? ???? ???? ?????? ?? ????? ???? ????? ?? ??? ????? ?????? ?? ?? ?????, ????? –“?? ?? ?????? ?????? ?????, ?? ???? ????? ??? ????? ?? ???????, ?? ?????? ??? ???????? ??? ????? ?????” ?? ??? ???????, ?? ??? ?? ????, ??? ?? ???????? ?????, ????? ?? ??? ??? ???? ?????, ??? ??????, ?? ?????? ?????? ?????, ??? ??? ??? – “??? ??? ???”, ???? ??? ???? ?????, ?????? ???? ??, ???? ?????? ?????? – ?????? ????? ????? ???? ?????? ??? ?????? ????? ???? ?????, ?? ?????? ????? ???? ????? ????? ???? ?? ?????? ???????????? ??????? ??????????, ??? ?? ???????? ???? ??????, ??? ?????? ????? ????? ?????, ????, ?????? ???? ??? ?? ??????????? ?????? ??? ????, ?????? ??? ???? ???, ????? ??? ???????, ?? ???? ???????? ????? ????? ?????? ????????? ????????, ????? ?????? ??? ????? ???? ??? ???????, ?? ???? ???????, ???? ?? ??????????? ???????, ???? ??? ???? ?????, ?????? ???? ?? ??????????, ???? ?????????? ??? ?????? ??? ??, ???????? ??? ???? ?????? ?????? ??, ???? ??? ???? ??? ??????, ??? ??? ?????? ??? ???? ??? ???? ??? ?????, ???? ???? ??????? ???, ???? ??? ?????? ?????? ????? ??, ??? ????? ??? ????? ????? ????, ??? ????? ???? ????, ????? ???????? ???????? ??? ?????? ????? ?? ???? ????? ?????? ??? ???? ?? ??????? ??? ?????, ????? ???? ?????? ?????? ???? ???? ????

Verbatim: Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee

 Translation: 

 I had heard a story from my Guru  Manas Da, Pandit Manas Chakraborty, about his father  Pandit Tarapada Chakraborty when he was taking lessons from Satkari Malakar.

Pt. Tarapada Chakrabarty with his young Disciple

We know that Pandit Tarapada Chakraborty  was born in 1909. Probably in n the 1920s  he used to take lessons from Satkari Malakar.  We can see this  in that  a memorial program of Sri Manmotho Ganguly , held in 1940 both Satkari Babu and Tarapada Chakraborty performing  on the same stage. Satkari Babu was visually challenged. Tarapada Chakraborty pleaded  Sri Satkari Makalkar and started taking his training under  him, Tarapada Chakraborty used to walk miles to reach that venue. He used to walk to Satkari Babu’s house and learn music from him. After each day’s learning of the Bandish, he used to ask him about when he should come next. Satkari Babu used to ask him to come only after mastering the Bandish properly.  And he visited him the next day. Satkari babu, knowing who has come by the sound of people’s footsteps would say, “You had come just yesterday, and now again you are back! You have already became an Ustad or what” Then  he would ask him to sing what he has picked up so far and he sang the Bandish exactly the way he was taught a day back, since he was a ‘Shrutidhar’. Ultimately Satkari Babu  had to teach him another new Bandish, and this would continue. Manas Da also had told me that Satkari Babu could sing by hearing the sound of tarapada babu’s footsteps. He never got a chance to sit, and would sing from the threshold of his Guru’s house. He did not like the fact that his extremely talented pupil could learn and pick up the Bandish so easily and so fast. We have a notion that classical music is tough to learn and it takes a long time to pick up, but Tarapada Babu was very different in this respect. It was a great thing to be able to learn it so fast. A Bandish is so difficult to pick up, and to be able to learn it was considered a great thing to learn. From the side of the educators, they were extremely conservative about teaching it to others, and today, I feel the situation has somewhat changed.

Translated by:   Ankana Das.

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Edited & Designed: Ms. Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee

 

 

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MUSICAL SOIREE, MONMOTHO NATH GANGULI ANNIVERSARY—Amrita Bazar Patrika, 18 February 1940

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Amrita Bazar Patrika | 18 February, 1940 | Page 14

MUSICAL SOIREE

MONMOTHO NATH GANGULI ANNIVERSARY

The seventh anniversary of the late Mr Manmothonath Ganguli, Attorney-at –Law,Late Deputy Register, High Court, original side, and Honorary Municipal Magistrate Cosipur Branch, Corporation of Calcutta, the famous amateur ostad  of “Tabla” was held at the  house of late Tarak Chandra Bose at no 10 Raja Nabakissan Street, Sovabazar, Calcutta, on Saturday last the 10th February 1940, under the presidency of Mr Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee, M.A., B.L, P.R.S, Barrister-at –Law, Secretary, All India Hindu Mahasabha. Distinguished amongst those  present were Mr.  N. Ghatak, M.B.E, Barrister-at-Law, Official Referee and Master, High Court, Calcutta, Mr. K.L. Mitra Attorney-at –Law, Deputy Register, High Court, Calcutta, Deputy Register  High Court, Mr.  Sachindra Nath Banerjee, Assistant Master and Referee,High Court, Mr. M.B. Dasgupt, Attorney-at –Law, Assistant Register,High Court, Mr. M.N. Sen Solicitor, Mr. Probhat Ghose, Solicitor, Mr. Sarat Kumar Mitra, Advocate, Mr. P.K. Banerjee, Advocate, Mr. Sudhir Chandra Roy Chowdhuri, Attorney-at –Law, Councillor, Calcutta Corporation, Mr. Mrigendra Kumar Mazumder, Coucillor, Calcutta Corporation, Dr. Bhupendra Nath Basu Councillor, Calcutta Corporation, Mr. Bhupendra Krishna Ghose, Mr Upendra Nath Ganguli, Mr. B.N. Basu, Mr. J.P. Ghose, Mr Haripada Chatterjee and others.

Speeches eulogizing the many sided qualities of the head and heart of Manmotho Babu specially his unostentatious life, and literally silent charities were made by Messrs Asutosh Chaudhuri, Anil Kumar Roy, Jagadindra Nath Bhattacharya , Upendra Nath Ganguli, Editor, ”Bichitra” and Mr.  K.L. Mitra, Deputy Registrar, High Court. The President in a brilliant speech feelingly referred to the personal knowledge that he had of the deceased at the High Court. He  charecterized Monmotho Babu as a true Brahmin, who combined in him all the qualities of a real Brahmin. The speaker further opined that in Monmotho Babu one could see a living example of what music can make of a man – to what height of ennoblement a man can be raised by being a true votary of music. In the opinion of the speaker, the rare qualities Monmotho Babu were really the result of his lifelong devotion to music and Bengal will remember him long not only as a true “Sadhak” of music but as the father of the revival of classical music in all its branches and truly will his memory live longer through his worthy son Hirendra Kumar Ganguli,  Attorney-at –Law,  who is an All-India figure in the domain of music and of whom Bengal is really proud.

Thereupon followed the musical soiree which formed the principal feature and chief source of attraction to the music loving Calcutta public. Amongst those who took part in the demonstrations were Mr. Rabindra Nath Roy (Vandemataram song), Mr. Gopal Banerjee(Dhrupad), Prof. Satcowriedas Malakar (Kheyal), Mr. Sudhindra Nath Mazumder (Kheyal), Mr. Jamini Kumar Ganguly (Kheyal), Mr. Krisna Chandra Dey (Kheyal), Pandit Ram Kissen Missra (Kheyal), Mr. Tarapada Chakraborty (Kheyal), Master Ranen Das (Kheyal & Thumri) Mr. Shyam Kumar Ganguly (Sawrode), Mr Radhika Mohan Moitra (Sawrode), Mr Paresh Bhattacharyay(Tabla), and Surendra Nath Dass.

The disciples of Late Mr. Ganguly had reasons to congratulate themselves on the grand success of the function which terminated Late in the morning of the 11 th instant at 6 A.M.

 

Source:

“Amrita Bazar Patrika [Daily]. Vol: 72; Issue:48 (18 February 1940).” Accessed October 21, 2016. http://eap.bl.uk/database/large_image.a4d?digrec=4262614;catid=226617;r=491.

 

 

Identified by Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee, Research Fellow

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