Question

write a biography on pt omkarnath thakur​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Thakur was born in 1897 in a village called Jahaj in the Princely State of Baroda (5 km from Khambhat in present-day Anand District, Gujarat, into a poor military family. His grandfather Mahashankar Thakur had fought in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 for Nanasaheb Peshwa.

Answer 2

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The death at 72 of Pandit Omkarnath Thakur truly marks the end of an era; the era of “monarchs’ in music. One of the most colourful personalities in the music world, he had in his long and eventful career realised singly the ambitions of many of his contemporaries.

Both at home and abroad, public recognition came naturally to Omkarnath Thakur. At home, he was the recipient of prized laurels, awards and titles before and after independence (he rarely cared to use them with his name). He was probably the only Indian musician to have gone abroad as far back as in the early ‘thirties and won acclaim in the soirees held in many world capitals. He performed before King Amanullah of Afghanistan and Signor Mussolini of Italy. He rendered “Vande Mataram” and devotional songs at political conventions and recited Vedic hymns at literary conferences. He wrote authoritative books on music and taught hundreds of students.

Omkarnath was steeped in the old sastras and claimed that he was orthodox in his art. He firmly believed in the time theory of ragas and raginis and in the miracles and mysteries of music. With all this, his approach to music sounded unconventional – it was in a sense impressionistic. The novel shape he gave his melodies evoked much controversy in the musical world.

Omkarnath’s was the music that pleased yet perplexed the mind. Yet he was one of the few vocalists who successfully combined tradition with imagination, technique with grace, and classicism with popular appeal. This indeed was the secret of the tremendous vogue he enjoyed among the people.

And it looked as if Omkarnath himself reveled in the controversy over his music. He kept it alive until he was stricken with paralysis three years ago. This is borne out by the growing fondness he had shown in his later years for theoretical argument and caustic comment to supplement his music wherever he performed. His spicy verbal interludes drew wild applause from his audience; but they sometimes hurt the musical sensibilities of connoisseurs.

• Thnku ❣