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{{Short description|Indian tabla player}}
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|name          Chatur Lal
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| birth_place     = [[Udaipur]], [[Rajasthan]]
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| birth_date     = 16 April 1925
| birth_place         = [[Udaipur]], [[Rajasthan]]
| death_date     = 14 October 1965 (aged 40)
| birth_date         = 16 April 1925
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|death_date           = 14 October 1965 (aged 40)
| instrument      = [[Tabla]]
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| genre          = [[Indian classical music]] and [[world music]]
|instrument      = [[Tabla]]
| years_active    = 1949–1965
|genre          = [[Indian classical music and World Music]]
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|years_active    = [[1949-1965]]
| past_member_of = [[Ali Akbar Khan]], [[Ravi Shankar]], [[Charanjit Chatur Lal]], Pranshu Chatur Lal, Shruti Chatur Lal, [[Ram Narayan]]
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| website         = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20090618100150/http://www.chaturlaltabla.com/}}
|associated_acts = [[Ali Akbar Khan]], [[Ravi Shankar]], [[Charanjit Chatur Lal]], [[Pranshu Chatur Lal]], [[Shruti Chatur Lal]], [[Ram Narayan]]
|website             = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090618100150/http://www.chaturlaltabla.com/ Official website]
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{{Listen |filename = Abdul Wahid Khan - Raga Multani.ogg |title = Raga Multani |description = Raga [[Multani (raga)|Multani]], an afternoon raga, performed by [[Abdul Wahid Khan]] in 1947 and accompanied by Chatur Lal on [[Tabla]] and Narayan on [[Tanpura (instrument)|tambura]]<ref name=Sorrell16>{{cite book |title=Indian Music in Performance: a practical introduction |last=Sorrell |first=Neil |author2=Narayan, Ram |year=1980 | publisher=Manchester University Press | isbn=0-7190-0756-9 |page=16 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LxkNAQAAIAAJ |accessdate=2009-06-23}}</ref>}}
{{Listen |filename =|title = Raga Multani |description = Raga [[Multani (raga)|Multani]], an afternoon raga, performed by [[Abdul Wahid Khan]] in 1947 and accompanied by Chatur Lal on [[Tabla]] and Narayan on [[Tanpura (instrument)|tambura]]<ref name=Sorrell16>{{cite book |title=Indian Music in Performance: a practical introduction |last=Sorrell |first=Neil |author2=Narayan, Ram |year=1980 | publisher=Manchester University Press | isbn=0-7190-0756-9 |page=16 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LxkNAQAAIAAJ |accessdate=2009-06-23}}</ref>}}
'''Chatur Lal''' (16 April 1925 - 14 October 1965) was a renowned [[India]]n [[tabla]] player.
'''Chatur Lal''' (16 April 1925 14 October 1965) was an Indian [[tabla]] player.


==Career==
==Career==
Chatur Lal was born on 16 April 1925 in [[Udaipur]], [[Rajasthan]].<ref name=Naimpalli/>  He toured with [[Ravi Shankar]], [[Nikhil Banerjee]], [[Baba Allauddin Khan]], [[Sharan Rani]] and [[Ali Akbar Khan]] in the 1950s and early 1960s and helped popularize the tabla in Western countries and made the nuances of this Indian drum.<ref name=Naimpalli>{{cite book |title=Theory and Practice of Tabla |last=Naimpalli |first=Sadanand |year=2005 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=81-7991-149-7 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z63zvthhbhAC&pg=PA107 |access-date= 2009-03-31}}</ref> His younger brother [[Ram Narayan]] was a prominent Sarangi player in the second half of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/836696/listen-sarangi-master-ram-narayan-experiments-with-raags-rhythm-and-pace|title=Listen: Sarangi master Ram Narayan experiments with raags, rhythm and pace|date=6 May 2017 }}</ref>


Chatur Lal was born on the 16 April 1925 in [[Udaipur]], [[Rajasthan]].<ref name=Naimpalli/>  He toured with [[Ravi Shankar]], [[Nikhil Banerjee]], [[Baba Allauddin Khan]], [[Nikhil Banerjee]], [[Sharan Rani]] and [[Ali Akbar Khan]] in the 1950s and early 1960s and helped popularize the tabla in Western countries and made the nuances of this Indian drum.<ref name=Naimpalli>{{cite book |title=Theory and Practice of Tabla |last=Naimpalli |first=Sadanand |year=2005 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=81-7991-149-7 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z63zvthhbhAC&pg=PA107 |accessdate= 2009-03-31}}</ref> His younger brother [[Ram Narayan]] was a prominent Sarangi player in the second half of 20th C.<ref>https://scroll.in/article/836696/listen-sarangi-master-ram-narayan-experiments-with-raags-rhythm-and-pace</ref>
He was the first internationally acclaimed percussionist to introduce Indian classical music with Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan to the West in mid 1950s, when they were invited to perform all over Europe and US for Modern of Museum Art, Rockefeller Centre and Omnibus through [[Yehudi Menuhin]] the violinist.
 
He was the first internationally acclaimed percussionist to introduce Indian classical music with Pandit Ravi Shankar & Ustad Ali Akbar Khan to the West in mid 1950’s, when they were invited to perform all over Europe and US for Modern of Museum Art, Rockefeller Centre and Omnibus through Lord [[Yehudi Menuhin]] the great violinist.


==Death==
==Death==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090618100150/http://www.chaturlaltabla.com/ Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090618100150/http://www.chaturlaltabla.com/ Official website]
*{{cite news|last=Joshi|first=Sandeep|title=Musical feast in store|work=The Hindu|date=2009-11-19|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/11/19/stories/14192184.htm|access-date=6 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019035423/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/11/19/stories/14192184.htm|archive-date=19 October 2010|url-status=dead}}
*{{cite news|last=Joshi|first=Sandeep|title=Musical feast in store|work=The Hindu|date=2009-11-19|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/11/19/stories/14192184.htm|access-date=6 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019035423/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/11/19/stories/14192184.htm|archive-date=19 October 2010|url-status=usurped}}


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Chatur Lal
Born16 April 1925
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Died14 October 1965 (aged 40)
GenresIndian classical music and world music
InstrumentsTabla
Years active1949–1965
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20090618100150/http://www.chaturlaltabla.com/

Chatur Lal (16 April 1925 – 14 October 1965) was an Indian tabla player.

Career[edit | edit source]

Chatur Lal was born on 16 April 1925 in Udaipur, Rajasthan.[2] He toured with Ravi Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee, Baba Allauddin Khan, Sharan Rani and Ali Akbar Khan in the 1950s and early 1960s and helped popularize the tabla in Western countries and made the nuances of this Indian drum.[2] His younger brother Ram Narayan was a prominent Sarangi player in the second half of the 20th century.[3]

He was the first internationally acclaimed percussionist to introduce Indian classical music with Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan to the West in mid 1950s, when they were invited to perform all over Europe and US for Modern of Museum Art, Rockefeller Centre and Omnibus through Yehudi Menuhin the violinist.

Death[edit | edit source]

Lal died on 14 October 1965 at the age of 40.[4] His legacy is maintained by the Pandit Chatur Lal Memorial Society and his elder son Charanjit Chatur Lal, his daughter-in-law Meeta Chatur Lal, his granddaughter Shruti Chatur Lal, and his grandson Pranshu Chatur Lal.

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. Sorrell, Neil; Narayan, Ram (1980). Indian Music in Performance: a practical introduction. Manchester University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-7190-0756-9. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Naimpalli, Sadanand (2005). Theory and Practice of Tabla. Popular Prakashan. p. 107. ISBN 81-7991-149-7. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
  3. "Listen: Sarangi master Ram Narayan experiments with raags, rhythm and pace". 6 May 2017.
  4. Sorrell 1980, p. 26

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