| Told by | Ms Sarmistha Bhattacharyya |
| Obtained by | Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee |
| Date | 13th January, 2016 |
| Place | S.A.P. Lab, Instrumental Department, Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road Campus. |
| About the speaker | Music Critic |
| Tags | Artist, Music Review, 2003, 2013 |
| Language | Bengali |
Ms Sarmistha Bhattacharyya Speaks :
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| Told by | Ms Sarmistha Bhattacharyya |
| Obtained by | Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee |
| Date | 13th January, 2016 |
| Place | S.A.P. Lab, Instrumental Department, Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road Campus. |
| About the speaker | Music Critic |
| Tags | Binodan, Music Review, Music Criticism, Raag, Rag, Music Critic |
| Language | Bengali |
Ms Sarmistha Bhattacharyya Speaks :
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| Told by | Ms Sarmistha Bhattacharyya |
| Obtained by | Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee |
| Date | 13th January, 2016 |
| Place | S.A.P. Lab, Instrumental Department, Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road Campus. |
| About the speaker | Music Critic |
| Tags | Artist, new, upcoming, promising, newspaper, space, policy, Statesman, music, criticism, review, 2003 to 2013 |
| Language | Bengali |
Ms Sarmistha Bhattacharyya Speaks :
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| Told by | Ms Sarmistha Bhattacharyya |
| Obtained by | Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee |
| Date | 13th January, 2016 |
| Place | S.A.P. Lab, Instrumental Department, Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road Campus. |
| About the speaker | Music Critic |
| Tags | 2009, Vishmadev Chattopadhyay, Bhismadev Chattopadhyay, Shankho Chattopadhyay, Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Madhab Bhattachrya, Raag, Bhimpalashi, Vilambit, Khanapuri, Theka, Madhyalaya, Rampur Kavval Bacche Gharana, Rampur Quawal Bacche Gharana, Rampur Kawal Bacche Gharana, Kauns Ki Kanada, kaushi kanada, Kaunsi Kanada, Ektaal, Avarta, Kanada Ang, kauns Ang, Purvang Vadi, Mandra Saptak, Madhya Saptak, Rishav, Komal Nishad, Komal Dhaibat, Malkauns, Avrohan, Pancham, Kafi, Thumri, Hori, Dadra, Pilu |
| Language | Bengali |
Ms Sarmistha Bhattacharyya Speaks :
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| Told by | Ms Sarmistha Bhattacharyya |
| Obtained by | Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee |
| Date | 13th January, 2016 |
| Place | S.A.P. Lab, Instrumental Department, Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road Campus. |
| About the speaker | Music Critic |
| Tags | Vishmadev Chattopadhyay, Bhismadev Chattopadhyay, 2008, 2009, Salt Lake, Sankha Chattopadhyay, Tabla, Bandish, Taal, Tal, Farukhabad Punjab Gharana, Bol |
| Language | Bengali |
Ms Sarmistha Bhattacharyya Speaks :
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| Told by | Arup Chattopadhyay |
| Obtained by | Sukanya Sarkar |
| Date | 23rd February 2015 |
| Place | 70 7&8 Nirala Apartment, Boral. Kolkata -700154 at the residence of Arup Chattopadhyay |
| About the speaker | Arup Chattopadhyay is a renowned Tabla Player of India and abroad. He is the son of famous Tabla player Pandit Pankaj Chattopadhyay. He is the disciple of Tabla maestro Pandit Sankar Ghosh of Farukkhabad Gharana. |
| Tags | Nayan Ghosh, Sitar Player, Tabla Player, Debojyoti Bose, Sarod, Alok Lahiri, Chandannagar, Sangeet Research Academy, Bombay, Pune, Nasik, Buddhadev Das Gupta, Madhusudan Manch, Arun, Tarak Saha, Samar Saha. |
| Language | Bengali |
Arup Chattopadhyay speaks:
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| Told by | Ratan Kumar Sen |
| Obtained by | Sukanya Sarkar |
| Date | 9th March 2015 |
| Place | 140 B Rasbehari Avenue, Workshop of Tapan Kumar Sen |
| About the speaker | Ratan Kumar Sen is an instrument manufacturer and exporter. He is the younger son of legendary instrument maker Hemendra Chandra Sen. |
| Tags | Ganga, Sarod, Amjad Ali Khan, 1969, 2010, Dover Lane Music Conference |
| Language | Bengali |
Ratan Kumar Sen speaks:
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Verbatim:
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Verbatim: Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Translation:
The Sarod of Amjad Ali khan, Ganga was made by my father in 1969.
My father, Sri Hemendra Chandra Sen passed away in 2010 and we were doing his last rites on 14th January suddenly Amjad sahaab’s secretary called. He informed us that his Sarod was broken by an air flight from Ahmedabad to Bombay and we had to fix it. So we asked him to send it to us. He had a performance in Dover Lane Music Conference on 25th January. So we had a tight time frame. We got it the next day and fixed it within a week. When I delivered it to him he hugged it tightly, he loved his instrument so much. He played it in Dover lane and remembered my father and praised us lovingly. Afterwards this same Sarod got missing in British Airways and found again. He loves it so much that he plays it in every programme till today, never let it go.
Translated By: Arundhati Banerjee
Picture Courtesy: Google
Edited & Designed: Ms. Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
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| Told by | Ratan Kumar Sen |
| Obtained by | Sukanya Sarkar |
| Date | 9th March 2015 |
| Place | 140 B Rasbehari Avenue, Workshop of Tapan Kumar Sen |
| About the speaker | Ratan Kumar Sen is an instrument manufacturer and exporter. He is the younger son of legendary instrument maker Hemendra Chandra Sen. |
| Tags | Ali Akbar Khan, 2006, Dover Lane Music Conference, 2009, Hemendra Chandra Sen |
| Language | Bengali |
Ratan Kumar Sen speaks:
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Data processed at SAP-DRS Lab, Department of Instrumental Music, Rabindra Bharati University.
| Told by | Ratan Kumar Sen |
| Obtained by | Sukanya Sarkar |
| Date | 9th March 2015 |
| Place | 140 B Rasbehari Avenue, Workshop of Tapan Kumar Sen |
| About the speaker | Ratan Kumar Sen is an instrument manufacturer and exporter. He is the younger son of legendary instrument maker Hemendra Chandra Sen. |
| Tags | Hemendra Kumar Sen, Quality, Gujrat, Puna, Maharastra, Delhi, Benaras, West Bengal, Sarod, Hafiz Ali Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, America, Canada, Germany, Japan, Sitar, Surbahar, Sursringar, Sarangi, Lucknow, Indian Classical Music, David Balaban, Ken Zuckerman, Jimmy, Narendra Nath dhar, England, Switzerland, France, Pakisthan, Shahid Parvez, Bangladesh, Nepal, T.L.Rana, Damodarlal Kabra, Jaipur, Basant Kabra, Maihar Gharana, Allauddin Khan, Afganisthan, Surbahar, Sitar, 2009, Nasir, Muneer, Dubai |
| Language | Bengali |
Ratan Kumar Sen speaks:
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| Told by | Ratan Kumar Sen |
| Obtained by | Sukanya Sarkar |
| Date | 9th March 2015 |
| Place | 140 B Rasbehari Avenue, Workshop of Tapan Kumar Sen |
| About the speaker | Ratan Kumar Sen is an instrument manufacturer and exporter. He is the younger son of legendary instrument maker Hemendra Chandra Sen. |
| Tags | Hemendra Kumar Sen, Radhika Mohan Moitra, Strings, Drum, Plate, Joydeep Ghosh, Narendra Nath Dhar, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Gharana, Hafiz Ali Khan, Tonal Quality, Maihar Gharana, Teak Wood, Tun |
| Language | Bengali |
Ratan Kumar Sen speaks:
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Verbatim:
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Verbatim by: Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
Translation:
Radhika Mohan Maitra’s Sarod was made of Teak Wood, which would have six ears with eleven Taraf and two Chikari. The Sarod would have a total of nineteen strings. Radhika Mohan used to customize his instruments in a way, where he asked to change it a bit. He used to add a string to the Pancham of Khad( Kharaj) and take one off the Jowari, so that there were five main strings in total. There were thus one Jowari Sa string, two Chikari, and thirteen Tarafs. This was their speciality. At the head of the instrument, he would also place a Tumba.
– Do you remember the year when you made the Sarod for Radhika Mohan Maitra?
– In the very beginning, it was father who used to do all the making, and I have no idea about that. I have only heard from my father about it.
– What was the diameter of the drum of these Sarods?
– The diameter was of eleven inches, along with the nineteen inch plate. Initially the size of the drum was smaller, but later they converted it into the eleven inch drums.
– Did you make Sarod for any student of Radhika Mohan Mitra?
– Yes. Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Naren Dhar, Joydeep Ghosh are some of the names I remember now. Father used to work on the instruments and we used to help him. After my father’s demise, I have also worked for these people.
– Is there any difference in the making of the Sarod of these people and the other Sarod players?
– Radhika Mohan Maitra’s Sarod and Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan belonged to almost the same type of made. Only difference was that there were eleven Tarafs in Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan’s Sarod , while there were six ears and two chikari in Radhika Mohan Maitra’s Sarod. Otherwise, all Sarod were made of Teak wood. The speciality about Teak wood is that the tonal quality of Sarod made from this wood has a sharp and sweet tune. The Sarod from the Maihar Gharana are made of Tun Wood, and these Sarod would bring out a sweet tune and bold tune, and also the treble was more in this type of Sarod.
Translated by: Ankana Das
Picture Courtesy: Google
Edited & Designed: Ms. Rajeswary Ganguly Banerjee
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