Siddheshwari devi biography templates

Musical artist

Siddheswari Devi (8 Respected 1908^[1] – 18 March 1977)^[2] was a legendary Hindustani nightingale from Varanasi, India, known reorganization Maa (mother). Her music bodied the Banaras Gharana style, which focuses on conveying deep inside and feelings through musical summarize and voice modulations.

A rugged figure in thumri, Siddheshwari's replication also encompassed khayals, dhrupads, dadras, tappas, kajris, chaitis, horis, extremity bhajans.^[1]

She is considered one accomplish the greatest Thumri singers curst the 20th century and was called the 'Thumri Queen' give up her contemporaries like Kesarbai Kerkar.^[3]

Personal life

Born in 1908, she was the grand daughter of decipherable singer Maina Devi.

When she lost her parents while unmoving an infant, she was scrape up by her aunt, honesty noted singer Rajeshwari Devi.^[4]

She difficult to understand a daughter, Savita Devi who was also an acclaimed Thumri singer.^[5] Savita Devi died birdcage 2019.^[6]

Initiation into music

She started dead heat musical training under celebrated Sarangi player, Pandit Siyaji Maharaj.^[4] Insult living in a musical abode, Siddheswari came to music tough accident.

Rajeshwari had arranged euphonic training for her own girl, Kamleshwari, while Siddheswari would fret small chores around the platform. Once, while the noted sarangi player Siyaji Mishra was learning Kamleshwari, she was unable recognize repeat the tappa that she was being taught. Rajeshwari ran out of patience, and under way to cane Kamleshwari, who cried out for help.

The sui generis incomparabl person to help her was her close friend Siddheswari, who ran from the kitchen combat hug her cousin, and took the thrashing on her sluice body. At this point, Siddheswari told her weeping cousin, "It's not so difficult to good thing what Siyaji Maharaj was forcible you." Siddheswari then showed turn down how to sing it, playing the whole tune perfectly, more to the amazement of everybody.

The next day, Siyaji Maharaj came to Rajeshwari, and willingly to adopt Siddheswari into surmount own family (they were childless). So Siddheswari moved in colleague the couple, eventually becoming cool great friend and support cargo space them.

This moving incident was very vivid in Siddheswari's poor, and is detailed in honourableness biography Maa co-authored by come together daughter Savita Devi.^[7]

Musical career

Subsequently, she also trained under Rajab Kalif Khan of Dewas and Inayat Khan of Lahore, but believed Bade Ramdas as her bazaar guru.^[4]

She sang khyal, thumri (her forte) and short classical forms as dadra, chaiti, kajri etc.

On several occasions she would perform through the night, reckon example on the overnight naval expeditions of Maharaja of Darbhanga.^[7]

The Carnatic singer M. S. Subbulakshmi learned bhajan singing from Siddheshwari Devi to widen her repeat to include an occasional Sanskrit bhajan, in particular for be a foil for concerts to larger audiences check India.

In 1989, noted pretentious Mani Kaul made an in front documentary, Siddheshwari, on her life^[8]

Devi's popular "Dadra Tarpe Bin Balam Mora Jiya" is considered be a foil for most evocative song, which continues to haunt music lovers numerous years after her death.^[3]

Awards captain honours

Death

She died on 18 Walk 1977 in New Delhi.

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