RecordingChattogram
The tape starts with the following announcement, which I have learned was in Kulaprasad’s own voice.
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- The tape starts with the following announcement, which I have learned was in Kulaprasad’s own voice. But he speaks in a way as though he was talking about someone else. We can hear him turning on the recorder. ‘These recordings in the voice of Kulaprasad Sen are being made as part of a project to archive and preserve the melody and style of Rabindrasangit of India. He goes by the name of Motru in known circles. His maternal grandfather Biharilal Gupta’s family were close friends of the family of Rabindranath Tagore. Kulaprasad’s mother, Snehalata Devi, now over 90 years old, was a classmate and close friend of Indira Devi. Snehalata Devi was proficient in Western music and she learned Rabindrasangit in the early days in the Jorasanko house itself. Kulaprasad’s first lessons in Rabindrasangit were from his mother. Later, as a boy, he had lessons from Sangitacharya Surendranath Bandopadhyay. He had the opportunity to learn directly from Rabindranath and Dinendranath in 1328 BS (1921 CE), during the first Barsha Mangal or Monsoon Festival in Santiniketan. Kulaprasad participated in that programme. He was 19 at the time. After this He went to Santiniketan and lived there for about three years. He used to take regular lessons from Dinendranath at the time, and also from Rabindranath and took part in the asram’s various ceremonies and festivals. Once he performed solo at the [Brahmo] Magh Utsav on 11 Magh [in February] and was much praised for his songs. Here he is has sung those songs which he learned directly from Rabindranath or Dinendranath. Kulaprasad is now 62 years old and his voice is not good enough. We cannot however expect him to have the voice he once had. First he will sing two songs which were written for the first Barsha Mangal, to the accompaniment of the pakhawaj.’
- Place
- ChattogramLocation is approximate — known to district level.
- Date
- Date unknown
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- The Travelling Archive
- Persistent ID
- BDMA-R-000492
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- The tape starts with the following announcement, which I have learned was in Kulaprasad’s own voice. But he speaks in a way as though he was talking about someone else. We can hear him turning on the recorder. ‘These recordings in the voice of Kulaprasad Sen are being made as part of a project to archive and preserve the melody and style of Rabindrasangit of India. He goes by the name of Motru in known circles. His maternal grandfather Biharilal Gupta’s family were close friends of the family of Rabindranath Tagore. Kulaprasad’s mother, Snehalata Devi, now over 90 years old, was a classmate and close friend of Indira Devi. Snehalata Devi was proficient in Western music and she learned Rabindrasangit in the early days in the Jorasanko house itself. Kulaprasad’s first lessons in Rabindrasangit were from his mother. Later, as a boy, he had lessons from Sangitacharya Surendranath Bandopadhyay. He had the opportunity to learn directly from Rabindranath and Dinendranath in 1328 BS (1921 CE), during the first Barsha Mangal or Monsoon Festival in Santiniketan. Kulaprasad participated in that programme. He was 19 at the time. After this He went to Santiniketan and lived there for about three years. He used to take regular lessons from Dinendranath at the time, and also from Rabindranath and took part in the asram’s various ceremonies and festivals. Once he performed solo at the [Brahmo] Magh Utsav on 11 Magh [in February] and was much praised for his songs. Here he is has sung those songs which he learned directly from Rabindranath or Dinendranath. Kulaprasad is now 62 years old and his voice is not good enough. We cannot however expect him to have the voice he once had. First he will sing two songs which were written for the first Barsha Mangal, to the accompaniment of the pakhawaj.’. (n.d.). The Travelling Archive. Shurer Manchitra. https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000492 Original: https://www.thetravellingarchive.org/motru-sen-songs/
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- "The tape starts with the following announcement, which I have learned was in Kulaprasad’s own voice. But he speaks in a way as though he was talking about someone else. We can hear him turning on the recorder. ‘These recordings in the voice of Kulaprasad Sen are being made as part of a project to archive and preserve the melody and style of Rabindrasangit of India. He goes by the name of Motru in known circles. His maternal grandfather Biharilal Gupta’s family were close friends of the family of Rabindranath Tagore. Kulaprasad’s mother, Snehalata Devi, now over 90 years old, was a classmate and close friend of Indira Devi. Snehalata Devi was proficient in Western music and she learned Rabindrasangit in the early days in the Jorasanko house itself. Kulaprasad’s first lessons in Rabindrasangit were from his mother. Later, as a boy, he had lessons from Sangitacharya Surendranath Bandopadhyay. He had the opportunity to learn directly from Rabindranath and Dinendranath in 1328 BS (1921 CE), during the first Barsha Mangal or Monsoon Festival in Santiniketan. Kulaprasad participated in that programme. He was 19 at the time. After this He went to Santiniketan and lived there for about three years. He used to take regular lessons from Dinendranath at the time, and also from Rabindranath and took part in the asram’s various ceremonies and festivals. Once he performed solo at the [Brahmo] Magh Utsav on 11 Magh [in February] and was much praised for his songs. Here he is has sung those songs which he learned directly from Rabindranath or Dinendranath. Kulaprasad is now 62 years old and his voice is not good enough. We cannot however expect him to have the voice he once had. First he will sing two songs which were written for the first Barsha Mangal, to the accompaniment of the pakhawaj.’." Recorded in Chattogram. n.d. The Travelling Archive. Shurer Manchitra, BDMA-R-000492. https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000492. Original at https://www.thetravellingarchive.org/motru-sen-songs/.
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- https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000492