| Told by | Pandit Shyamal Lahiri |
| Obtained by | Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee |
| Date | 7th April, 2017 |
| Place | Shyamal Lahiri’s Residence at Chandi Ghosh Road, Kudghat. |
| About the speaker | Renowned Vocalist, Son of Legendary Musician Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri |
| Tags | Improvisation, Silsila, Raag, Rag, Shyam Kauns, Nand Kauns, Shyam Ranjini, Shubhra, All Bengal Music Conference, Lala Babu, Alauddin Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Sarodia, Suresh Chakraborty, Nanda Babu, Suddha Gandhar, Komal Gandhar, Jog kauns |
| Language | Bengali |
Pandit Shyamal Lahiri speaks :
Verbatim:
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Verbatim: Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Translation:
My father Pundit ChinmoyLahiri did much musical improvisation that can’t be counted. He not only improvised existing ragas but also created new ragas as well. He named them as Shyamkosh, Nandkosh, Shyamranjani and Shubhra.
Baba performed this raga in All Bengal Music Conference and then Lalababu asked him the source of this new raga. Actually, it was Allauddin Khan Saheb who wanted to know that from where it derived . So, my father told them that it was during a tour with Suresh Chakraborty, a person named Nandababu was with them. He was a learned person and an enthusiast. They daily discussed about the use of twin gandhar in raga Jog, there’s also raga Jogkosh with the usage of both gandhar. From all these discussions my father found the seed of a new raga and he created it with all the finery of Bistar, Taan and Bandish. But he insisted that as Nandbabu was the first to open the thread, thus the raga was named after him, hence Nandkosh.
Translator: Arundhati Banerjee
Picture Courtesy: Google
Edited & Designed: Ms. Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Note: Contradictions are not uncommon in Indian Classical Music. Some old timers like Pt. Radhika Mohan Maitra used to believe that the raga Nanda Kauns was originally composed by Pt. Suresh Chandra Chakraborty. One can find the reflection of the same idea in Bangalapedia. – Editor
Reference: Banglapedia http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Lahiri,_Chinmoy accessed on 07 June 2017.
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