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Ramashreya Jha
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Birth name
| Ramashreya Jha
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Born
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1928-08-11
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11 August 1928
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Died
| 1 January 2009
(2009-01-01)
(aged 80)
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Genres
| Indian classical music
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Occupation(s)
| singer, composer, teacher
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Musical artist
Ramashreya Jha
(11 August 1928 ? 1 January 2009) was a distinguished composer, musician, scholar and teacher of
Hindustani classical music
. He was the head of the Department of Music in
Allahabad University
from 1980 to 1989. He was known for his deep knowledge, creative genius and his gifts as a teacher. His five-volume anthology Abhinava Geetanjali ranks high among the most influential works in Hindustani music. It contains critical analysis of
ragas
supplemented by numerous traditional and self-conceived compositions.
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Among the first to notice Jha-sahab's magnificent compositions and parlay them was the famous maestro, the late
Jitendra Abhisheki
, who sang and taught Ramrang's many compositions.
In 1968, he was appointed to the faculty of
Allahabad University
and later in 1980 promoted to the position of Head of the Music Department. This move by the university was in recognition of genuine merit because Ramrang held no formal
college degrees
. He retired from his active professorial duties in 1989.
In 2005, Ramrang received the
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
from
Sangeet Natak Akademi
, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.
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Ramrang died 1 January 2009, in Kolkata, India, due to complications following heart surgery.
Among his well-known disciples are Vidushi Kamla Bose,
Shubha Mudgal
and Late Dr.Geeta Banerjee.
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