Pandit Dattatreya Vishnu Paluskar (28 May 1921 – 26 October 1955), was a
Hindustani classical
Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...
vocalist
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. He was considered a child prodigy.
Early life and background
D.V. Paluskar was born in
Nasik
Nashik (, Marathi: aːʃik, also called as Nasik ) is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Situated on the banks of river Godavari, Nashik is the third largest city in Maharashtra, after Mumbai and Pune. Nashik ...
,
Bombay Presidency
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to well-known Hindustani musician
Vishnu Digambar Paluskar
Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (18 August 1872 – 21 August 1931) was a Hindustani musician. He sang the original version of the bhajan Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram, and founded the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya on 5 May 1901. He is also credited with ...
. His original surname wa
Gadgil but as they hailed from the village Palus (near Sangli), they came to be known as the "Paluskar" family.
He was only ten years old when his father died, and was subsequently trained by
Pandit Vinayakrao Patwardhan and
Pandit Narayanrao Vyas. He was also trained by Pandit Chintamanrao Paluskar and Pandit
Mirashi Buwa.
Career and life
D.V. Paluskar gave his debut performance at the
Harvallabh Sangeet Sammelan in Punjab at the age of fourteen. He inherited the
Gwalior gharana
The Gwalior Gharana (Gwalior school of classical music) is one of the oldest Khyal Gharana in Indian classical music. The rise of the Gwalior Gharana started with the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar (1542–1605).
The favourite singers of t ...
and the
Gandharva Mahavidyalaya
Gandharva Mahavidyalaya New Delhi is an institution established in 1939 to popularize Indian classical music and dance. The Mahavidyalaya (school) came into being to perpetuate the memory of Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, the great reviver of H ...
, but he was always open to adopting aesthetic features of other gharanas and styles.
He sung a
duet
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with
Ustad Amir Khan
Ustad Amir Khan (; 15 August 1912 – 13 February 1974) was one of the greatest and most influential Indian vocalists in the Hindustani classical tradition. He was the founder of the Indore gharana.
Early life and background
Amir Khan was born ...
in the film
Baiju Bawra
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. The only other film he sang for was a Bengali film called
Shaap Mochan.
Death
He died from
encephalitis
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on 26 October 1955.
Mumbai
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,
India
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Report in The Hindu, dated 27 October 1955
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Discography
References
External links
D. V. Paluskar Page
Paluskar recordings on www.sarangi.info
Paluskar, D. V., Pandit
Paluskar, D. V., Pandit
Hindustani singers
People from Nashik
Gwalior gharana
20th-century Indian male classical singers
Singers from Maharashtra
20th-century Khyal singers
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