Bhatkhande : Vishnu Narayan (1875-1936), modernised the science of Hindustani music. The Mādhava Music College of Gwalior & Marris College of Music in Lucknow owe their existence to him.
... (1859-1936), English classical scholar and lyric poet; author of A Shropshire Lad, etc. Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (1860-1936): Most important Hindustani musicologist and composer of the 20th Century. Born into a cultured Maharastrian family in Balukeshwar, Bombay, Bhatkhande acquired his sweet voice and initial training from his mother. He learnt the flute, sitar and vocal music from some ...
... connection to be made. But I think it is very few who get beyond being aesthetically moved by a sense of greater things; to lay the hand on the key and use it is rare. Bhatkhande Yes, I have read your article on Bhatkhande. Very interesting: the character came home to me as a sublimation of a type I was very familiar with when in Baroda. Very amusing his encounters with the pundits—especially ...
... poetry. All the same, to Blake and to writers of the Dream Consciousness, his rejection of the intellectual standard is quite applicable. No time to say more. I am reading your article on Bhatkhande. 93 A very keen and powerful face, full of genius and character. February 13,1937 About your points (1) I have answered this in my former letter. If the surrealist dream... wide a statement. P.S. I return your letter for point-comparison as perhaps my answers may not be clear enough without that. February 1937 Yes, I have read your article on Bhatkhande. Very interesting: the character came home to me as a sublimation of a type I was very familiar with when in Baroda. Very amusing his encounters with the pundits—especially the Socratic way of ...
... and culture, including Sanskrit. Nov. 1922 Returned to India and went on a tour studying Indian music from classical masters like Abdul Karim, Faiz Khan, Chandan Chaube, Pandit Bhatkhande, Gaurishankar Mishra, Surendranath Majumdar, Hafiz Ali Khan and others. Wrote a book in Bengali on Indian music, Bhramyamaner Dina Panjika (Diary of a Musical Rover) which won him instant fame ...
... right.” Some common tunes like Bilawal and Alhaiya were unfamiliar. Dilip would sing them, and then I would sit down with books on classical music such as Gitasutrasar by K. D. Banerji and Pandit Bhatkhande’s manual of notations. Of course I kept the Mother and Sri Aurobindo informed of my work. The result came gradually, the technique was getting to be less difficult and more and more confidence followed ...
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