Gopeshwar Banerjee
Gopeshwar Banerjee | |
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Born | 1880 British India |
Died | 28 July 1963 (aged 82–83)
Gramophone Company of India |
Gopeshwar Banerjee or Gopeshwar Bandopadhyay (1880–1963) was an
He started his career as a court musician of the
Early life and background
Born in 1880, in Bishnupur, Bankura in Bengal[3] He was the second son of his father Anantalal Banerjee (anglicised version of Bandopadhyay), who was court musician in of Ramkrishna Singhadev of Bishnupur. He was disciple of Ram Shankar Bhattacharya,[4] later became the first teacher of the residential music school of Bishnupur, Bishnupur Sangeet Vidhyalaya, later renamed Ram Saran Music College.[5] All his three sons, Ramprasanna Banerjee, Gopeswar Banerjee and Surendranath Banerjee were all singers and also musicologists. They did valuable documentation and music notation work in the field of Indian classical music.[4][6] The eldest, Ramprasanna Banerjee wrote, Sangeet Manjari (1935), which contained theoretical treatise on musical concepts, besides favoured practices in vocal recitals, and notations of various genres, like dhrupad, khyal, thumri, and tappa.[4]
His younger brother Surendranath Banerjee was also a noted musicians and one of the pioneers of the Bishnupur gharana. Later remained Principal of the Ramsaran Music College in Bishnupur. He died on 28 July 1963 in Bishnupur.[7]
He received his music training from musicians of Betiya gharana of Bihar, as did another contemporary singer of the Bishnupur gharana, Radhika Prasad Goswami.[8]
Career
Early in his career, in 1895 he was appointed a court singer, by the
Once his term as Burdwan came to end, he shifted to Calcutta, where he spent his next 20 years, till 1943.[13] By now from singing, in time, he had become an eminent musicologist. He along with his cousin Surendranath Banerjee, compiled a large number of Dhrupad compositions, complete with their musical notations. Later, he not just sang,[14] but also reproduced some of the well known Rabindra Sangeet songs, that is songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore, especially those in the Dhrupadanga.[15] Prior to 1917, Banerjee had published the first volume of Sangeet Chandrika, which included the notations for Tagore's composition, Patha ekhan kela alasita anga.[16]
Today, he is amongst the few singers from Bengal of the period, who performed the dhrupad-genre of singing, besides Radhika Prasad Goswami, Gopal Babu and Aghor Chakravarti.[17]
His son Ramesh Banerjee also became a singer, while his notable disciples include Rita Ganguly.[18]
In 1962, he was awarded the
Discography
- Tarana – Adana Kewali (1908) – Gramophone Company, Calcutta (Hindustani)[20]
- Langar Deet Mohe Gheri – Behag Kawali (1908) – Gramophone Company, Calcutta (Hindustani)[20]
- Brahomomoyee Parashtopara (1908) (Bengali)[20]
Works
- Sangita-chandrika: A Treatise on Hindu music, Vol. I., 2nd Ed. Pub. Vijay Chand Mahtab Bahadur, Burdhwan. 1925.[21]
- Sangita-chandrika: A Treatise on Hindu music, Vol. II. Pub. Vijay Chand Mahtab Bahadur, Burdhwan. 1925.
- Banerjee, Gopeswar (1927). Sangit-lahari.
References
- ^ Gowri Kuppuswamy; Muthuswamy Hariharan (1979). Readings on Indian music. College Book House. p. 126.
- ^ M. Ganguly (7 May 2008). "Sweet tributes to music". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ Sangeet Natak, Issues 11–14. Sangeet Natak Akademi. 1969. p. 64.
- ^ a b c Indian Musicological Society (1986). Journal of the Indian Musicological Society. Indian Musicological Society. p. 56. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ISBN 978-81-8324-294-3. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ISBN 978-81-85421-18-6. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "Obituary". The Indian Express. 30 July 1963. p. 5. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ISBN 978-81-7033-921-2. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ Sangeet Natak, p. 67
- ^ a b Sangeet Natak, p. 68
- ^ Narendra Kumar Bose (1960). Melodic types of Hindusthān: a scientific interpretation of the rāga system of Northern India. Jaico Pub. House. p. 160.
- ^ "Sangita Chandrika". National Library of India. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ Sangeet Natak, p. 69
- ^ Ghosh, p. 108
- ^ Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. 1973. p. 20. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ Ghosh, p. 222
- ^ Viney K. Agarwala (1966). Traditions and trends in Indian music. Rastogi. p. 24.
- ^ Sruti,Issues 196–207. P.N. Sundaresan. 2001. p. 15.
- ^ "SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskarwinners (Akademi Fellows)". SNA Official website. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-7154-728-9. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ISBN 9788185952376.
Bibliography
- "Gopeshwar Banerjee". Sangeet Natak, Vol. 16. Sangeet Natak Akademi. 1969. pp. 67–75.
- ISBN 978-81-8069-305-2.