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| {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | | {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> |
| | name = Girija Devi | | | name = Girija Devi |
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| | birth_date = 8 May 1929 | | | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1929|5|8}} |
| | birth_place = [[Benares]], [[Benares State]], [[British Raj|British India]] | | | birth_place = [[Varanasi]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]], [[British India]] |
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| | death_date = 24 October 2017 (aged 88) | | | death_date = 24 October 2017 (aged 88) |
| | death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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| | genre = [[Hindustani classical music]] | | | genre = [[Hindustani classical music]] |
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| '''Girija Devi''' (8 May 1929 – 24 October 2017) was an Indian classical singer of the [[Varanasi|Seniya and Banaras]] [[gharanas]]. She performed classical and light classical music and helped elevate the profile of [[thumri]]. She died on 24 October 2017. | | '''Girija Devi''' (8 May 1929 – 24 October 2017) was an Indian classical singer of the [[Varanasi|Seniya and Banaras]] [[gharanas]]. She performed classical and light classical music and helped elevate the profile of [[thumri]].<ref name=TH081111>{{cite news|last=Ramnarayan|first=Gowri|title=Queen of thumri|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 November 2008|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/11/stories/2008111150320600.htm|accessdate=11 April 2009}}</ref> |
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| ==Early life== | | ==Early career== |
| Girija Devi was born in [[Varanasi]], on 8 May 1929, to Ramdeo Rai, a zamindar.<ref name=TH081111>{{cite news|last=Ramnarayan|first=Gowri|title=Queen of thumri|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 November 2008|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/11/stories/2008111150320600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406100917/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Queen-of-thumri/article15393227.ece |archive-date=6 April 2018| access-date=11 April 2009}}</ref> Her father played the [[Pump organ|harmonium]] and taught music, and had Girija Devi take lessons in singing ''[[khyal]]'' and ''[[tappa]]'' from vocalist and [[sarangi]] player Sarju Prasad Misra starting at the age of five.<ref name="NewGrove">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Dutta |first=Amelia |editor=Sadie, Stanley |encyclopedia=[[Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians]] |title=Devi, Girija |edition=2nd |year=2001 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]] |volume=7 |location=London |isbn=978-0-333-60800-5 |pages=265–266}}</ref> She starred in the movie ''Yaad rahe'' aged nine and continued her studies under Chand Misra in a variety of styles.<ref name="NewGrove" />
| | Devi agreed to not perform privately for others, but gave her first public concert in Bihar in 1951.<ref name="NewGrove" /> She worked as a faculty member of the [[ITC Sangeet Research Academy]] in [[Kolkata]] in the 1980s and of the [[Banaras Hindu University]] during the early 1990s, and taught several students to preserve her musical heritage.<ref name="NewGrove" /> Devi often toured and continued to perform in 2009.<ref name="NewGrove" /><ref name=NewGrove>{{cite news|last=Trivedi|first=Sukumar|title=Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia works a charm with his magic flute|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=5 January 2009|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pandit-hariprasad-chaurasia-works-a-charm-with-his-magic-flute/406772/0|accessdate=11 April 2009}}</ref> |
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| [[File:Girija Devi.jpg|thumb|Devi in 2006]]
| | Devi sang in the Banaras gharana and performed the ''purabi ang'' ''[[thumri]]'' style typical of the tradition, whose status she helped elevate.<ref name=Rough>{{cite book |title=World Music: The Rough Guide |last=Dorian |first=Frederick |author2=Broughton, Simon |author3=Ellingham, Mark |author4=McConnachie, James |author5=Trillo, Richard |author6= Duane, Orla |year=2000 |publisher=[[Rough Guides]] |isbn=1-85828-636-0 |page=91 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QzX8THIgRjUC&pg=PA91}}</ref> |
| Girija Devi made her public debut in 1949 on [[All India Radio]] [[Allahabad]], after marrying a businessman circa 1946, but faced opposition from her mother and grandmother because it was traditionally believed that no upper-class woman should perform publicly.<ref name=TH081111/><ref name="NewGrove" /><ref name=TT040217>{{cite news|last=Tandon|first=Aditi|title=Future of folk music uncertain, warns Girija Devi|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=17 February 2004|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040218/punjab1.htm#28|access-date=11 April 2009}}</ref> Girija Devi agreed not to perform privately for others, but gave her first public concert in Bihar in 1951.<ref name="NewGrove" /> She studied with Sri Chand Misra until he died in the early 1960s, worked as a faculty member of the [[ITC Sangeet Research Academy]] in [[Kolkata]] in the 1980s and of the [[Banaras Hindu University]] during the early 1990s, and taught several students to preserve her musical heritage.<ref name="NewGrove" /> Girija Devi often toured and continued to perform in 2009.<ref name="NewGrove" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Trivedi|first=Sukumar|title=Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia works a charm with his magic flute|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=5 January 2009|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pandit-hariprasad-chaurasia-works-a-charm-with-his-magic-flute/406772/0|access-date=11 April 2009}}</ref>
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| Girija Devi sang in the Banaras gharana and performed the ''purabi ang'' ''[[thumri]]'' style typical of the tradition, whose status she helped elevate.<ref name=TT040217/><ref name=Rough>{{cite book |title=World Music: The Rough Guide |last=Dorian |first=Frederick |author2=Broughton, Simon |author3=Ellingham, Mark |author4=McConnachie, James |author5=Trillo, Richard |author6= Duane, Orla |year=2000 |publisher=[[Rough Guides]] |isbn=978-1-85828-636-5 |page=91 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QzX8THIgRjUC&pg=PA91}}</ref> Her repertoire included the semi-classical genres ''[[kajri]]'', ''[[chaiti]]'', and ''[[holi]]'' and she sang ''[[khyal]]'', [[Indian folk music]], and ''[[tappa]]''.<ref name=TT040217/><ref>{{cite book|title=Essays on Indian music|last=Kumar|first=Raj|year=2003|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7141-719-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wwwX6DWfn3gC&pg=PA10}}</ref> ''[[Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]'' once stated that her semi-classical singing combined her classical training with the regional characteristics of the songs of [[Bihar]] and eastern [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name="NewGrove" />
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| | | Devi died on 24 October 2017 of [[cardiac arrest]] at the age of 88. |
| She died on 24 October 2017 following a cardiac arrest at the BM Birla Heart Research Centre in Kolkata at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite news|date=25 October 2017|title=Girija Devi passes away at 88; condolences pour in for thumri queen on Twitter|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/girija-devi-passes-away-at-88-condolences-pour-in-for-the-thumri-queen-on-twitter-4905353/|access-date=1 February 2021|work=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
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| ==Awards== | | ==Awards== |
| [[File:Mohd. Hamid Ansari presenting the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship-2010 to the eminent vocalist Girija Devi, at the investiture ceremony of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards-2010.jpg|thumb|Mohd. Hamid Ansari presenting the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship 2010 to Girija Devi, at the investiture ceremony of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2010]]
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| * [[Padma Shri]] (1972) | | * [[Padma Shri]] (1972) |
| * [[Padma Bhushan]] (1989) | | * [[Padma Bhushan]] (1989) |
| * [[Padma Vibhushan]] (2016)<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> | | * [[Padma Vibhushan]] (2016)<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> |
| * [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (1977) | | * [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (1977) |
| * [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] (2010)<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards |publisher=[[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]] |url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php?start=10&award_year=&state=&field=&p_name=Devi&award=All |access-date=11 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217100010/http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php?start=10&award_year=&state=&field=&p_name=Devi&award=All |archive-date=17 February 2012 }}</ref>
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| * Maha Sangeet Samman Award (2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards – Hindustani Music – Vocal |publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] |url=http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist-music.htm |access-date=29 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201214800/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist-music.htm |archive-date=1 February 2016 }}</ref>
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| * Sangeet Samman Award ( Dover Lane Music Conference)
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| * GiMA Awards 2012 (Lifetime Achievement)
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| * TanaRiri Puraskar
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| *{{cite book|author-link=Yatindra Mishra|last=Mishra|first=Yatindra|title=Girija: A Journey Through Thumri|year=2006|publisher=Rupa|isbn=978-81-291-0857-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbPIAAAACAAJ}}
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Girija Devi (8 May 1929 – 24 October 2017) was an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas. She performed classical and light classical music and helped elevate the profile of thumri.[1]
Early career
Devi agreed to not perform privately for others, but gave her first public concert in Bihar in 1951.[2] She worked as a faculty member of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy in Kolkata in the 1980s and of the Banaras Hindu University during the early 1990s, and taught several students to preserve her musical heritage.[2] Devi often toured and continued to perform in 2009.[2][2]
Musical career
Devi sang in the Banaras gharana and performed the purabi ang thumri style typical of the tradition, whose status she helped elevate.[3]
Death
Devi died on 24 October 2017 of cardiac arrest at the age of 88.
Awards
References
Other websites
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