Author: shooganprotect-coldshooganprotect-cold
Date: Jul 16, 2008 07:49
An evening was devoted to Gauhar Jaan Calcuttawali, the first
‘gramophone' songstress of India, writes Vidyadhar Date (HT Café
dated July 12, 2008)
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Recently, the large turn-out at the Durbar Hall of the Asiatic Society
was thrilled to hear the old gramaphone records of Gauhar Jaan
Calcutaawali. The Evening was a tribute to the legendry but almost
forgotten songstress.
Gauhar Jaan Had sung in the same hall 101 years ago. This is mentioned
on the lables of one of her records.
The audio-visual presentation was made by record collector Dr. Suresh
Chandvankar, a scientist at the Tata Insitute of Fundamental Research,
on behalf of the Society of Indian Record Collectors.
ON RECORD
Perhaps the last time, he Durbar Hall was so packed was for a lecture
by the French philospher Jacques Derrida.
Guahar Jaan (1873-1933) was the first gramaphone celebrity of India.
She had cut over 600 songs on 78 rpm records during 1902-28. She was
extremely popular and would sing at concerts all over India..
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