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Indian singer and musicologist
Ramanlal C. Mehta
(31 October 1918 ? 18 October 2014) was an Indian musician and
musicologist
. In 2009, he was awarded the
Padma Bhushan
, India's third-highest civilian honour.
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Life
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Ramanlal was a
Gujarati
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who was born on 31 October 1918 in
Surat
in the state of
Gujarat
. He retired in 1978, from the
MS University
of
Baroda
, after serving as Principal of the College of Indian Music, Dance & Dramatics / Faculty of Performing Arts for several years. He died after a fall in 2014 at the age of 95.
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Musical career
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He was trained in
Hindustani classical vocal music
by Kanchalal Manawala and later followed the
Kirana
style of Ustad
Abdul Waheed Khan
. He was with
All India Radio
for 9 years (1945?1953) prior to his taking up principal-ship of the Baroda Music College.
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A vocalist of the
Kirana Gharana
Style, he developed his own style in
Khyal
and
Thumri
and gave several vocal concerts of
Hindustani Classical Music
in music circles, at music conferences and over
All India Radio
. He composed and produced more than fifty musical dramas and features over A.I.R.,
Bombay
, Ahmedabad and
Baroda
(1945?1953).
Academic
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Mehta worked in music education in India for over 45 years, serving as an expert member at national and state institutions and universities. He founded the Indian Musicological Society in 1970 and later served the society as honorary General Secretary.
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He served as editor of the
Journal of the Indian Musicological Society
, since its 1970 inception, retiring in 2005. He also served as an expert member on the Central Music Audition Board (MAB) of
All India Radio
. On his suggestion, the first-ever conference on distance education in Indian Classical Music was organised by
Ustad Alauddin Khan
Sangeet Academy. He also published a collection of papers presented as
Distance Education in Music
.
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Author and critic
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He wrote and published on various aspects of music. His publications include :
- (1)
Agra-Parampara, Gayaki Aur Chizen
(Hindi) Pub. By the M.S. University,
- (2)
Sangeet Charcha
1963 (Guj.) (Music Criticism)
- (3)
Guajarati Geya Kavita
(Guj.) 1954 (Song Form in Gujarati Literature)
Mehta also published several research papers in scholarly journals.
Awards and honours
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Prof. Mehta is the recipient of many awards, which include :
- An honorary degree of Doctor of Music by the Akhil Bharatiya Ghandarva Mahavidyalaya Mandal (1967)
- State Award for Music by the Govt. of Gujarat (1978)
- Emeritus Fellowship of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Govt. of India (1983)
- Sarangadeva Fellowship ? by Sursingar Samsad, (1988)
- SRA ? ITC
award for Distinguished and lifelong services to the cause of Hindustani Music (1990)
- “Shrestha Sangeeracharya” Award by Pt.
Bhatkhande
Institute of Music and Musicology, Raipur (M.P.)( 1993 )
- Swar Sadhna Ratna award by Swar Sadhana Samiti - Bombay (1995 )
- Kaka Hathrasi Sangeet Sanmaan by
Kaka Hathrasi
Puraskar Trust ?
Hathras
(U.P.) (2001)
- Centenary Celebration honour for Life Time Contribution to Music by
Bangalore Gayana Samaja
?
Bangalore
(2005)
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
(2008)
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- Padma Bhushan
(2009)
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- Pt. Omkar Nath Thakur Award (2010) by the
Government of Gujarat
.
- Sangeetvikas Award (2011) instituted by
Samakalika Sangeetham
, a Journal dedicated for Indian Classical Music, for the book,
Indian Classical Music & Gharana Tradition
(Read Worthy Publications (P) Ltd, New Delhi)
- An honorary degree of Doctor of Literature awarded by
Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya
, Khairagarh. (2014)
References
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- The latest biographical note on R. C. Mehta written by Dr. Bhalchandra Panchakshari, Retired Reader,
Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya
, Khairagarh was published in Hindi periodical “
Sangeet Kala Vihar
”, July 2006 issue, pages 13, 14, 15 & 16.
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