Dr. Snigdhatanu Banerjee
Volume-XII, Issue-IV, July 2024
Volume-XII, Issue-IV, July 2024 | ||
Published Online: 31.07.2024 | Page No: 321-327 | |||
Nagendranath
Bhattacharya: Forgotten Genius, Unforgettable Contributions
Dr.
Snigdhatanu Banerjee, Associate Professor, Department of Music, Bir
Bikram Memorial College, Agartala, Tripura, India. | |
Hindustani classical music, an offshoot of Indian classical music, evolved during medieval period as a consequence of the culture of Court-music in northern India. Raga being an integral part of Indian classical music and a prevailing cultural tradition of India naturally enriched Hindustani classical music through various forms and styles. The popular Classical and Semi-classical Genres of such music were aptly performed by the Court-musicians and the Gharana exponents as well. The learning of the same are supposed to be transmitted from one generation to the other in Gharana system, being exclusive in Hindustani classical music. The trend of Hindustani classical music initially flourished in central and western regions of northern India which gradually pervaded over the eastern regions. Nagendranath Bhattacharya of Bengal put his great and versatile contribution in the field of Hindustani classical music during from the mid of nineteenth century A.D. to the first phases of twentieth century A.D. This paper seeks Nagendranath’s salient contributions in Hindustani classical music in many quarters despite a great deal of contributions of other contemporary music practitioners of Bengal to their respective fields. | |
Keywords: Classical and Semi-classical Genres; Contemporary music practitioners of Bengal; Cultural tradition; Gharana exponents; Raga. |