Told by	Sri Jayanta Nath Ghosh
Obtained by	Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date	5th June, 2017
Place	Ghosh Bari, Sri Jayanta Nath Ghosh’s Residence at Pathuriaghata
About the speaker	Music Patroniser and Music Connoisseur
Tags	Durlabha  Bhattacharya, Pakhawaj, Accompanist,  Dhrupad, Kebal Babu, Subho Chandra Mukherjee, Subodh Chandra De,  Mohim Mukherjee, 1939, 1938, Chanchal Bhattacharya
Language	Bengali

Sri Jayanta Nath Ghosh  Speaks :

 

Verbatim:

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Verbatim by: Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee

 Translation:

We were talking about Durlabh Bhattacharya.

-Yes, Durlabh Bhattacharya used to play Pakhawaj.

-He must have played here as well.

-yes, he used to play, he was a renowned Pakhawaj player he used to accompany with Dhrupad. There was also Subodh Chandra of Janai,  who had the nickname of  Kebol Babu. I can’t remember now whether he was called Subodh Bannerjee or Subodh Mukherjee.yes,  Subidh Chandra Mukherjee, he  also used to play Pakhawaj.

It was in this very house where Durlabh Babu died in?

Yes, He died while he was playing the instrument. The condition was perhaps called Apoplexy. He got a cerebral stroke while playing the instrument- when suddenly his fingers had become still. He was most probably playing by the side of Dhrupadiya ,Mahim Mukherjee. When he was sick that day, he was brought here to lie down. He couldn’t be taken to a hospital for treatment even. He was treated for three or four days at this home. He drew his last breath after the third day and he died here.

When did it happen? During fifties?

No, this happened way before the fifties. I have with me the biography of Durlabh Bhattacharya, which had come out in a magazine. The magazine itself dated back to 1939, so we can naturally induce that he died in the 1930s. In either 1938 or 39, some newspaper had printed a special edition on his life and his biography was in that newspaper. His grandson is still alive, Chanchal Bhattacharya.

Translated by: Ankana Das

Picture Courtesy: Google

https://somethingspecialbyadity.wordpress.com/2014/04/25/pathuriaghata-ghosh-mansioncalcutta/

http://nishaantsingh.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

 

 Note : For additional information one may also go through http://kolkatamusicmapping.com/death-durlabha-bhattacharya-came-recital/  – Editor

Data processed at SAP-DRS Lab, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University.

Told by	Sri Jayanta Nath Ghosh
Obtained by	Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date	5th June, 2017
Place	Ghosh Bari, Sri Jayanta Nath Ghosh’s Residence at Pathuriaghata
About the speaker	Music Patroniser and Music Connoisseur
Tags	Radhika Prasad Goswami, Girija Shankar Chakraborty, Jogindra Nath Banerjee, Dhrupad, Amar Nath Mukhopadhyay, Mohini Mohan Mishra, Nirmala Mishra, Beenkar,  Murari Mohan Mishra, Murari Sangeet Sanmelan, Pathuriaghata
Language	Bengali

Sri Jayanta Nath Ghosh  Speaks :

Verbatim:

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 Verbatim by: Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee

Translation:

 A lot of people used to come to Radhikaprasad to take music lessons. For example, there was Girija Shankar Chakraborti, Yogendranath Bannerjee who was a famous Dhrupad singer, Amarnath Mukhopadhyay who too was a Dhrupad singer.  I have seen him in person and have also heard him sing. There was also Mohini Mohan Mishra, father of Nirmala Mishra, who used to be frequent at our house. He used to play the Veena. Have you ever seen a Veena? How could you even… But you must know Nirmala Mishra? I had met her just a few years back. I knew Mohini Mohan to be a very irate person, though he always interacted with us in a friendly manner. So I asked him once, whether his father was a man of temper, and he replied in affirmative to it. His older brother, Murari Mohan Mishra, who died very young, also was a brilliant singer. It was after him, that the Murari Sangeet Sammelan would be held in this very house. Here, we used to have a picture of him, and unfortunately I have no clue now about where it is now.

Once, Nirmala Mishra said to me that there is a picture of her brother, and she wished to see it.

I wasn’t aware that the picture had already been destroyed by then, and I said, “Yes. But don’t you too have a picture of him at your place?”

“No, actually I have never met my own brother and have never come across a picture of him even. No, there is no picture of him at our house.”

In shock, I said, “What! He was your own brother, and you don’t have a picture of him at your household?”

“No.”

I could not show her the picture, though I remembered that I had seen the picture. He used to sing really well. He died so young, and in his memory, the Murari Sangeet Sammelan continued, which I too have attended. Later, it was reduced to a very private program. But I have heard, that when it had started, renowned artists of Kolkata also used to come to the Murari Sangeet Sammelan.

Translated by: Ankana Das

Picture Courtesy: Google

http://www.chetlamurarismritisangeetsammilani.com/About-Pt-Mohini-Mohan-Misra.html

https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/culture/story/kolkata-heritage-chitpur-road-19th-century-bengali-mansions-influenced-by-european-architecture-exhibition-308016-2016-02-10

Edited & Designed: Ms. Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee

 

 

 

 

Data processed at SAP-DRS Lab, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University.

 

Told by	Sri Jayanta Nath Ghosh
Obtained by	Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Date	5th June, 2017
Place	Ghosh Bari, Sri Jayanta Nath Ghosh’s Residence at Pathuriaghata
About the speaker	Music Patroniser and Music Connoisseur
Tags	Jnanendra Prasad Goswami,  Gyanendra Prasad Goswami,  Nalin Chandra Malakar,  1980’s,  Pathuriaghata,  Radhika Prasad Goswami
Language	Bengali

Sri Jayanta Nath Ghosh  Speaks :

Verbatim:

??????????????????? ????? ???? ?????? ??????? ??? ???? ????????, ???? ???? ??????, ?????? ??????????, ???? ?? ???? ???? ???? ???, ???? ???????? ?????, ???? ??????? ?? ??? ?? ????? ?? ?????, ???? ??????, ??????? ??? ??????, ????????????????? ????????? ????? ?????, ??????????????????? ?? ????? ??? ????, ?????? ????? ????? ? ????? ??? ?? ?????? ??????????????????? ????? ??????, ??????????????????? ???? ?????, ??? ?????? ?????? ?????????? ???????

Verbatim by: Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee

  Translation:

Someone by the name of Nalin Chandra Malakar had come with Pandit Jnanendra Prasad Goswami. I have met him a lot of times. He lived a long life too. In the decade of the 1980s, he died. He used to come almost every day.

Whatever incidents happened here, he was a witness to everything. He used to sing, and was a disciple of Pandit Jnanendra Prasad Goswami. He also served his Guru, as was the rule of those days. He used to live in this house with Pandit Jnanendra Prasad Goswami and his wife Radhika Prasad Goswami and also serve them.

Translated by: Ankana Das

Picture Courtesy: Google

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Edited & Designed: Ms. Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee

 

 

 

 

 

Data processed at SAP-DRS Lab, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University.