| Name(s) |
Pandit VISHNU
NARAYAN BHATKHANDE |
| Date of
Birth |
August 10, 1860 |
| Date of
Death |
September 19, 1936 |
|
Identity |
Indian musicologist |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
September 01, 1961 - The Post and Telegraph
Department of India paid homage to Bhatkhande by releasing on
this day a commemorative stamp containing his portrait. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He wrote the first
modern treatise on
Hindustani Classical Music.
- During earlier times, the art
had undergone several changes,
rendering the raga grammar
documented in scant old texts
outdated.
- Ragas used to be classified into
Raga (male),
Ragini (female),
and Putra
(children).
- Bhatkhande reclassified
them into the currently used
Thaat system.
- He noted that several ragas did
not conform to their description in
ancient Sanskrit texts. He explained
the ragas in an easy-to-understand
language and composed several
bandishes which explained the
grammar of the ragas. He borrowed
the idea of lakshan geet from the
Carnatic music scholar
Venkatamakhin.
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