Raga Neelambari - Hindustani
Sanjeev Ramabhadran
This Raga was apparently a favorite of Pandit Omkarnath Thakur - does anyone
know if this Neelambari is the same as the Carnatic Neelambari? Are any
recordings available?
Sanjeev
Archisman
No idea about any other recordings, Mr. Ramabhadran. The raag
resembles 'kaafi' quite a bit.
There is this bengali song penned & composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam &
famously rendered by Dhirendra Chandra Mitra which goes: 'neelambari
sharee porey, neel jomunay ke jaaye.....'. The composition could have
been influenced by the raag neelambari.
Regards-Archisman.
imppio
Sanjeev,
Your querry brings back my childhood memories. My aunt had a
phonograph, winding type, which we used to borrow and listen to the
few recors that she had. One of them was by Pt. Omkarnath Thakur. It
was Neelambari on one side and Suha-Sugharai on the other. (My
spelling could be wrong) I had absolutely no clue about classical
music at that time, but I still remember the tunes somewhat.
In the same collection, she had Govindrao Tembe on Harmonium, I
remember Natya Geete- "Ugich kaa kaantaa" and "vada jaau kunalaa
sharanaalaa" The collection also had Tarana by Vinayak Patwardhan and
Narayan Vyaas.
Even with no education in classical music and being at a very young
age, that small collection had made a tremendous impact at that time!
However we at that age, had more enjoyment out of Marathi Skits
(Nakkalaa), on 78 rpm records.
cheers,
imppio
Manohar Bodas
> > This Raga was apparently a favorite of Pandit Omkarnath Thakur - does anyone
> > know if this Neelambari is the same as the Carnatic Neelambari? Are any
> > recordings available?
> >
> > Sanjeev
>
> Sanjeev,
>
> Your querry brings back my childhood memories. My aunt had a
> phonograph, winding type, which we used to borrow and listen to the
> few recors that she had. One of them was by Pt. Omkarnath Thakur. It
> was Neelambari on one side and Suha-Sugharai on the other. (My
> spelling could be wrong) I had absolutely no clue about classical
> music at that time, but I still remember the tunes somewhat.
>
> In the same collection, she had Govindrao Tembe on Harmonium, I
> remember Natya Geete- "Ugich kaa kaantaa" and "vada jaau kunalaa
> sharanaalaa"
****I also remember Paraj by Govindrao Tembe.
> Even with no education in classical music and being at a very young
> age, that small collection had made a tremendous impact at that time!
>
> However we at that age, had more enjoyment out of Marathi Skits
> (Nakkalaa), on 78 rpm records.
****Yes Dheknacha Powada. Baba mala Dheknani Pisalale.
Dhenuvaalbh maust be singing this now.
MB
>
> cheers,
> imppio
Sanjeev Ramabhadran
"Archisman" <arch...@yahoo.co.in> wrote in message
news:eb384a5e.04021...@posting.google.com...
> No idea about any other recordings, Mr. Ramabhadran. The raag
> resembles 'kaafi' quite a bit.
Thanks all for your responses. Kedar Naphade graciously sent me a sound clip
of the Pt. Omkarnath recording, and as mentioned, it has a decided Kafi
slant, bearing no relation to the Carnatic Neelambari.
Cheers,
Sanjeev
Kanti Dattani
N Rajam has played this raga in her CD SWM022 6.44 min. only
Other ragas played by her in this CD are - Malkauns 46.21 min, Khamaj
12.19 min and Bhairavi 12.30 min.
I believe Musical Nirvana has reviewed this CD
Kanti Dattani