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'''Vamanrao H. Deshpande''' (1907–1990; also known as '''Vaman Hari Deshpande''') was an Indian [[Music criticism|music critic]], [[Musicology|musicologist]] and a prolific writer on the subject of [[Hindustani classical music]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
While he was a practising [[chartered accountant]] of fifty years' standing and was senior partner in the Batliboi Purohit chartered accountancy firm in [[Mumbai]], India, he claimed music as his first love. Having been initiated into music in his early childhood by his father, he later received training from stalwarts in three major traditions: in the [[Gwalior]] tradition by [[Yadavrao Joshi]] and [[Shankarrao Kulkarni]], in the [[Kirana Gharana|Kirana]] tradition by [[Sureshbabu Mane]], and in the [[Jaipur]] tradition by [[Naththan Khan]] and [[Mogubai Kurdikar]].<ref name="Mukh">{{cite book|author=Kumāraprasāda Mukhopādhyāẏa|title=The Lost World of Hindustani Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MR_6Gr26hAC&pg=PA252|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-306199-1|pages=174, 250–252}}</ref><ref name="BTT">{{cite book|author=Vāmana Harī Deśapāṇḍe|title=Between Two Tanpuras|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-EkDt0Gboe8C|date=1 January 1989|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-0-86132-226-8}}</ref> He shunned the concert stage, but performed regularly on the [[All India Radio]], Mumbai, from 1932 to 1985.<br />
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For some years he was a member of the central audition board of the All India Radio and of the panel of judges of the All India Radio's music competitions. He was also a member of the arts committee of the [[Maharashtra]] state Board of Literature and Culture and of the [[University of Mumbai]] for seventeen years. In addition, he was connected with many musical institutions in various capacities.<br />
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==Writings==<br />
He is the author of 'Maharashtra's Contribution to Music' (Maharashtra Information Center, New Delhi, 1972). His [[Marathi language|Marathi]] book ''Gharandaj Gayaki'' (1962) won the Maharashtra State Award for the best work in aesthetic criticism in 1962.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} The [[Sangeet Natak Akademi|Sangeet Natak Academy]], New Delhi, honoured it with an award as the best Marathi book on music during the period 1961–1969.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} ''Gharandaj Gayaki'' has since been translated into a number of languages, including ''Indian Musical Traditions'' in English and ''Gharanedar Gayaki'' in Hindi. It is recommended reading in the music syllabi of many educational institutions across the country.<br />
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His next book, Alapini (1979) also received the Maharashtra State Award.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} It has been translated into a number of languages, including in English, under the title ''Between Two Tanpuras''. He has also written several articles on musical subjects in Marathi and English and presented many acclaimed papers at seminars and conferences.<br />
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==Colleagues==<br />
He and his friend Professor Deodhar are known to have started a new trend in [[music criticism]].<br />
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Vamanrao Deshpande was for many years closely associated with stalwart musicians, including Pt. [[Kumar Gandharva]], Pt. [[Bhimsen Joshi]], Smt. [[Kishori Amonkar]] among many others. He also acted as mentor and guide to many upcoming musicians of the time.<br />
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His son [[Satyasheel Deshpande]] is also a famous singer and musicologist.<br />
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==Selected bibliography==<br />
* ''Gharandaj Gayaki'' (1962)<br />
** Translated into English by S. Deshpande, as ''Indian musical traditions; an aesthetic study of the gharanas in Hindustani music'' (1973)<br />
* ''Maharashtra's contribution to music'' (1972)<br />
** Translated into Marathi as, ''Mahārāshṭrāce saṅgītātīla kārya'' (2010)<br />
* ''Alapini'' (1979)<br />
** Translated into English by Ram Deshmukh, B.R. Dhekney as ''Between two tanpuras'' (1989)<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*{{cite book|author=Babanarāva Haḷadaṇakara|title=Aesthetics of Agra and Jaipur Traditions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ktS00KztX3YC|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-685-5}}<br />
*{{cite journal|last1=Datta|first1=Rajeshwari|title=Review of Indian Musical Traditions: An Aesthetic Study of the Gharānās in Hindustani Music|journal=The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|volume=1976|issue=1|pages=85–86|jstor=25203690}}<br />
*{{cite book|first=Mohan|last= Nadkarni|title=The great masters: profiles in Hindustani classical vocal music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_kTAQAAIAAJ|date=April 1999|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|pages=190–|isbn= 9788172232849}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* https://web.archive.org/web/20080331003737/http://music.calarts.edu/~bansuri/pages/deodhar.html<br />
* http://www.sawf.org/newedit/edit06242002/gunidas.htm<br />
* http://www.satyasheel.com<br />
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