Uttari Thumri Marathi Rang

This is a lecture cum demonstration by Dr Chaitanya Kunte on 'Thumri in Maharashtra'. This program was presented as the 6th episode of ‘Sudarshan Sangeet Sabha’, on Sunday, 18th December 2011, Sudarshan Rangamanch, Pune. Research, audio data archiving and presentation: Dr Chaitanya Kunte Program recording and photography: Shruti Kunte In this scholarly presentation, Dr Chaitanya Kunte has explained how the musical genre of Thumri was established in Maharashtra, it’s stylistic variations – Poorab, Pachhai, Panjab Ang, and Maharashtra’s own ‘Khayali Thumri’ or ‘Maharashtri Thumri’, and transitions in Thumri singing in Maharashtra. Though the focus is on Thumri in Maharashtra, Dr Kunte has commented and elaborated on the core features of Thumri as a musical form too. To validate the proposition, Kunte played various recordings of maestros such as – [A] Form of Thumri commonly rendered and popularized in Maharashtra by Kirana Gharana singers: (1) Ustad Abdul Karim Khan, (2) Hirabai Barodekar, (3) Bhimsen Joshi, [B] Early 20th century renditions of Thumri in Maharashtra: (4) Ramkrishna Buwa Vaze, (5) Bai Sundarabai, (6) Lakshmibai Jadhav, (7) Mehboob Jan of Solapur, (8) Azam Bai of Kolhapur, [C] Male Thumri singers in Maharashtra: (9) Master Manhar Barve, (10) Sharachchandra Arolkar, (11) Jagannath Buwa Purohit, [D] Khayali Thumri or Maharashtri Thumri: (12) Master Krishnarao Phulambrikar, (13) Chhota Gandharva, (14) Ram Marathe, [E] Banaras Ang Thumri in Maharashtra: (15) Kesarbai Kerkar, (16) Kumar Gandharva, (17) Rajabhau Kogje, (18) Manik Varma, (19) Sarala Bhide, (20) Jitendra Abhisheki, (21) Suhasini Koratkar, [F] Panjab Ang Thumri in Maharashtra: (22) Sureshbabu Mane, (23) Padmavati Shaligram – Gokhale, (24) Panditrao Nagarkar, (25) Vasantrao Deshpande, [G] Prominent Thumri renditions in the post-independence era: (26) Prabha Atre, (27) Kishori Amonkar, (28) Shobha Gurtu. The presentation was well-received by the audience and musicians such as Vijay Sardeshmukh, Neela Bhagwat, Amarendra Dhaneshwar, Nanda Gokhale, Anuradha Kuber, Ranjani Ramachandran, Dhananjay Kharvandikar and Kavita Kharvandikar, Urmila Bhirdikar, etc. Subscribe Now :    / @maharashtraculturalcentre936   Social Media : Facebook --   / punemcc   Instagram --   / mccpune   Website -- http://mcckala.com/