Jnan Prakash Ghosh: Difference between revisions

Then he turned to music. He was trained in vocals by Girija Shankar, Mohammed Sagir Khan and Mohammed Dabir Khan. He took tabla lessons from Ustad Masit Khan of the [[Farukhabad gharana]] and became his senior disciple<ref name="Mukhopādhyāẏa2006">{{cite book|author=Kumāraprasāda Mukhopādhyāẏa|title=The Lost World of Hindustani Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-MR_6Gr26hAC&pg=PA273|access-date=10 July 2013|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-306199-1|page=9}}</ref> and later from Ustad Feroze Khan of the [[Punjab gharana]].

He was the founder of Sourav Academy of Music and closely associated with the 'Sangeet Research Academy'. He scored music for many Bengali films, of which ''Jadubhatta'', ''Andhare Alo'' and ''[[Rajlakshmi o Srikanta]]'' (1958)<ref>{{IMDb name|1279443}}</ref> are worth mentioning. He has composed and directed music to a number of popular gramophone records sung by various artistes.<ref>[http://www.saregama.com/Music/SongDetails.aspx?ISRC=INH100623694&FP=S&FPR=q=jnan/ct=Song/Col=Singer&MId=6&Index=1&CId=PSLP%205770 Saregama : Music<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A percussion entitled ''The Drums of India''<ref>{{cite news|title=Saregama Music |url=http://www.saregama.com/Music/AlbumDetails.aspx?CId=ECSD%202583&FP=S&FPR=q=jnan&MId=6&Index=1 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jnan Prakash Ghosh, Drums of India Vol 2 |url=http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=62323 |work=[[Boomkat]] |access-date=17 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510220616/http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=62323 |archive-date=10 May 2008 }}</ref> and a [[jugalbandi]] with Pandit [[V.G. Jog]] on the harmonium and violin respectively have earned him wide popularity.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} One of his compositions was called ''Chaturang'' – involving tabla, pakhawaj, kathak and tarana. He would instruct disciples staying with him to practice late into the evenings and it is said that he would correct any errors that reached his ears.

Amongst his notable students are tabla players Kanai Dutta, Shyamal Bose, [[Shankar Ghosh]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/The-%E2%80%98uncrowned-king%E2%80%99-deserved-better/article14024730.ece|title=The 'uncrowned king' deserved better|last=Banerjee|first=Meena|date=2016-01-28|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-10-20|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Abhijit Banerjee, [[Anindo Chatterjee]], and [[Nikhil Ghosh]],<ref name="Founder">{{cite web | url=http://www.sangitmahabharati.org/founder.html | title=Founder | publisher=Sangit Mahabharati | date=2016 | access-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref> Rajkumar Misra,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musicalheritage.in/2016/09/14/pandit-raj-kumar-mishra/|title=Pandit Raj Kumar Mishra|last=Shivendra}}</ref> singers [[Prasun Banerjee]], [[Ajoy Chakrabarty]], [[Suman Ghosh]] and [[Pandit Arun Bhaduri|Arun Bhaduri]],<ref>{{Cite web| title = Memory in melody | url = http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/article956457.ece | work =The Hindu  | date = 16 December 2010 | access-date = 10 July 2013 }}</ref> and instrumentalist Paul Grant.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Classical music export | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-21/art-culture/28360012_1_classical-music-santoor-classical-instruments | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120418104420/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-21/art-culture/28360012_1_classical-music-santoor-classical-instruments | url-status = dead | archive-date = 18 April 2012 | date = 21 January 2011 | work = [[The Times of India]] | access-date = 10 July 2013 }}</ref> His birth centenary was celebrated on 7 May 2012, in Kolkata, with screening of documentary of him and performances by noted singers.<ref name="times12">{{Cite web | title = Kolkata to remember Guru Jnan Prakash Ghosh  | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-07/music-events/31609428_1_classical-music-kolkata-pt-ajoy-chakraborty | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131220084139/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-07/music-events/31609428_1_classical-music-kolkata-pt-ajoy-chakraborty | url-status = dead | archive-date = 20 December 2013 | date =7 May 2012  | work = [[The Times of India]]  | access-date = 10 July 2013 }}</ref>

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