Tarapada Chakraborty: Difference between revisions

'''Tarapada Chakraborty'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090329/jsp/calcutta/story_10735553.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140127193744/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090329/jsp/calcutta/story_10735553.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2014|title=The master with a nose for music|publishernewspaper=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]], Sunday, 29 March 2009}}</ref> (1 April 1909 – 1 September 1975) was an [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical]] vocalist. He was born in Kotalipara, [[Faridpur District|Faridpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]) to a Vedic Brahmin family. He is known for the ''[[khyal]]'' and ''[[thumri]]'' forms of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of ''Raagpradhans''. He is the pioneer of the Kotali Gharana which is best known for its slow rendition of [[alap]] while presenting a [[raga]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kotali Gharana - origin and history|url=http://www.biswabratachakrabarti.com/kotali/|access-date=2021-07-20|website=biswabratachakrabarti.com}}</ref> He was the first Indian classical artiste to have presented any Raaga in 48-beats [[vilambit]] format, which is considered to be a difficult rendition in itself. He is the creator of Raaga Chhaya Hindol and Navamalaka.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Profile|url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=309&at=1|website=sangeetnatak.gov.in}}</ref>