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{{Short description|Indian Classical Singer and Composer (1917 – 1974)}}
{{orphan|date=March 2021}}

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Pandit Radhavallabh Chaturvedi
| image = File:Radhavallabh Chaturvedi 1967.jpg
| caption = Pandit Radhavallabh Chaturvedi in 1967 during a stage performance
| image_size =
| alias =
| birth_name =
| birth_place = [[Moradabad]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| birth_date = 1917
| death_date = 1974
| instrument =
| genre = [[khyal]], [[Dadra]], [[thumri]], [[Dhrupad]], [[Tappa]], [[Tarana]]
| occupation = Singer, composer
| years_active = 1942 – 1974
| website = {{website|https://panditradhavallabhchaturvedi.com}}
}}

'''Pandit Radhavallabh Chaturvedi''' (12 January 1917 – 10 June 1974) was an Indian singer, music composer of [[Hindustani classical music]], scholar and conservator. His repertoire includes the genres of [[khyal]], [[Dadra]], [[thumri]], [[Dhrupad]], [[Tappa]] and [[Tarana]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vellat |first1=Anuradha |title=That fragrance of soil... |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/that-fragrance-of-soil/article19510422.ece |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN |date=18 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=पारम्परिक गीतों के संरक्षक थे पं राधवल्लभ चतुर्वेदी |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/story-pt-radha-ballabh-seminar-1133181.html |website=Hindustan |language=hindi}}</ref><ref name='toi'>{{cite web |last1=Ch |first1=Vidita |title=Man who kept Awadhi folk songs flowing {{!}} Lucknow News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/man-who-kept-awadhi-folk-songs-flowing/articleshow/58555326.cms |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Pandit Radhavallabh Chaturvedi was born in 1917 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. At the age of 18, he left his home and came to Lucknow to learn music and completed his music education from [[Bhatkhande Music Institute Deemed University|Bhatkhande Sangeet Mahavidyalaya]] in 1936. He dedicated his life for conservation of local songs in Braj, Bhojpuri, Awadhi and Bundeli dialects.<ref name='toi'/> He was married in 1930 with Rambha Chaturvedi, they have one daughter Neelam Chaturvedi, who is former deputy director of program on [[Doordarshan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=नीलम करेंगी राधा वल्लभ ग्रंथ का प्रकाशन |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/publication-of-neelam-karo-radha-vallabh-bland/articleshow/59098835.cms |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref>

In 1942, as a music composer, he joined [[All India Radio]] in Lucknow and worked there till 1974. He composed about 5000 rare folk songs at [[Akashvani (radio broadcaster)|Akashvani]] studio and made notations for each. He became the savior of folk music of Uttar Pradesh, India.<ref>{{cite web |title=पारम्परिक गीतों के संरक्षक थे पं राधवल्लभ चतुर्वेदी |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/news/lucknow/article1-pt.radha-ballabh-seminar-845034.html |website=Hindustan |language=hindi}}</ref>

His book "Unchi Atariya Rang Bhari" consists 106 compositions of folk songs like Sariya, Sohar, Janeu, Tona, Jhoola, Kajri, Chaiti, Rasiya, Jhoomar, Dhamaar, Devigeet etc.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ninth IHC Lok Sangeet Sammelan: An ode to classical music |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/ninth-ihc-lok-sangeet-sammelan-an-ode-to-classical-music-117081401145_1.html |website=Business Standard India |date=14 August 2017}}</ref>

==In Popular Culture==
Bhajan Samraat [[Anup Jalota]]'s mother was a student of pandit Radhavallabh Chaturvedi. In 2017, on his birth centenary, Indian classical singer [[Shubha Mudgal]] paid tribute to Pandit Radhavallabh Chaturvedi by organizing a program in the [[India Habitat Centre]] titled "khazane lok sangeet ke".<ref>{{cite web |title=राधावल्लभ ने मुझे गोद में खिलाया जो सीखा लखनऊ में सीखा - अनूप जलोटा |url=https://www.patrika.com/lucknow-news/bhajan-gazal-singer-anup-jalota-says-learned-learned-in-lucknow-hindi-news-1598406/ |website=Patrika News |language=hindi}}</ref> He dedicated his life to the preservation and promotion of the Indian traditional folk music.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shubha Mudgal curates folk melodies at music fest in Delhi |url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/10522-shubha-mudgal-curates-folk-melodies-music-fest-delhi |website=The Sunday Guardian Live |date=19 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=भौतिकता की आंधी में भूल रहे लोक संस्कृति |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/people-culture-forgetting-the-storm-of-materialism/articleshow/59089716.cms |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref>

In 2017, [[Sangeet Natak Akademi|Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi]] dedicated its magazine "Chayanat" to Pandit Radhavallabh Chaturvedi and organised an event titled Awadh Sandhya.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Chayanat |journal=Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi |date=2017 |volume=150 |issue=Jan - March}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*Sa Re Ga Ma, re-published by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], 2019, p: 148, {{ISBN|9788193165799}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Sa Re Ga Ma (Hindi) (Rs 440 + Rs 120 for Service Charges) - Indian books and Periodicals |url=https://www.ibpbooks.com/sa-re-ga-ma-hindi-rs-440-rs-60-for-service-charges/p/44521 |website=www.ibpbooks.com}}</ref>
*"Unchi Atariya Rang Bhari" a collection of 106 folk songs, re-published by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], 2018, {{ISBN|9788193165782}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BGu4pgFiOo Andaz E Bayan - A Tribute to Pandit Radhavallabh Chaturvedi by Alpika NGO Lucknow]

[[Category:Indian male classical singers]]
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[[Category:Hindustani singers]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian singers]]
[[Category:People from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Moradabad]]
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[[Category:20th-century male singers]]

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