Gharanas & musical lineages

Bengal's own classical school, dhrupad-rooted and central to the music of nineteenth-century Calcutta.

Type

gharana

Where it grew

Bishnupur, West Bengal

Voice or instrument

Dhrupad and khayal vocal, Instrumental

Earliest documented figures

Bahadur Khan of Bishnupur

Traced to Bahadur Khan, a musician said to have settled at the Malla court of Bishnupur in the eighteenth century.

• Ramshankar Bhattacharya1761–1853Dhrupad vocalNo page yet

  The first widely documented Vishnupur musician.

  Taught by Bahadur Khan of Bishnupur

  Relationship checking is complete against the source text read for this musician; wider biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Bishnupur gharana — Wikipedia · The Bishnupur Gharana · Vishnupur Gharana – A World,s Heritage Of Native Music · Bishnupur gharana

• Gopeswar Bandyopadhyay1880–1963Dhrupad and khayal vocalNo page yet

  Scholar-singer who wrote down much of the gharana's repertoire.

  No continuous-text source was read for this musician in the research run, only search result listings, so both the teacher checks and the wider biography remain unchecked.

  Sources: Gopeshwar Banerjee · Gopeshwar Banerjee : Chakravarti, Suresh C.

• Radhika Prasad Goswami1860–1923Dhrupad and khayal vocalNo page yet

  A leading Vishnupur singer in Calcutta.

  No continuous-text source was read for this musician in the research run, only search result listings, so both the teacher checks and the wider biography remain unchecked.

  Sources: Radhika Prasad Goswami Dhrupad Exponent Vishnupur Betiah

• Sangeetacharya Gokul Nag1906–1983Sitar, surbahar and veena

  Bishnupur musician; father and teacher of Manilal Nag.

  Sources: Manilal Nag — Wikipedia (training under his father Gokul Nag; Mita Nag as sixth-generation player)

• Pandit Manilal Nagborn 1939Sitar

  Leading Bishnupur sitarist of his generation.

• Mita NagSitar

  Daughter and disciple of Manilal Nag.

  Sources: Manilal Nag — Wikipedia (training under his father Gokul Nag; Mita Nag as sixth-generation player)