Pt. Ramashreya Jha

Sangeet Rasik · Post by **Sangeet Rasik** » 08 Feb 2009, 00:14

Having recently returned to studying music, I was rather shocked to learn that Pt. Ramashreya Jha (Ramrang), the great Bharatiya musicologist and composer, passed away on Jan 1, 2009.

http://www.sawf.org/library/?d=page&pid=sp72&parent=57

http://www.sawf.org/newedit/edit0811200 ... r_back.jpg

Thanks to Rajan Parrikar, the wisdom and expertise of Pt. Jha is available online for all serious students of Indian classical music (whether from the north or from the south). In this age of instant "geniuses" and "prodigies", true experts are few and far between.

SR

Shivadasan · Post by **Shivadasan** » 08 Feb 2009, 07:35

Thanks for the fantastic web sites you have introduced us to

Sangeet Rasik · Post by **Sangeet Rasik** » 11 Feb 2009, 09:43

Quoting from the above article:

A typical Ramrang composition goes farther: each word, swara and matra are tied together in a symbiotic melodic ecosystem of an aesthetic unity not usually found in your run-of-the-mill 'old' or 'traditional' bandish. Verily, his compositions install him alongside the handful of supremely gifted musical minds in any generation to whom is vouchsafed the mantra of music.

Indeed the compositions of Ramashreya Jha strive to the same ideal as the best Indian composers - M. Dikshitar being the prime example of a vaggeyakara who achieved unity between the raga, sahitya, and laya.

SR

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 12 Feb 2009, 11:55

Condolences to family and friends of this great Vidwan. A great loss indeed.

saveri · Post by **saveri** » 12 Feb 2009, 22:11

Pt.Ramashraya Jha is the guru of the famous vocalist Shubha Mudgal.