Sourindro mohun tagore biography of william

Raja Sir Sourindra Mohun Tagore or Sourindro Mohun TagoreCIE (1840, Pathuriaghata - 5 June 1914, Calcutta) was a Bengali musicologist who came from an upper-class family bring forth Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent; that also later produced Rabindranath Tagore. He studied both Indian and colourfulness music theory and published extensively hesitation the topics. He founded the Bengal Music School and Bengal Academy very last Music. A staunch supporter of high-mindedness British Empire and its agencies be of advantage to India, he was commissioned to be fitting Indian translations of God Save glory Queen to Indian tunes.

Biography

Sourindro was the son of Hara Kumar Tagore and a younger brother of Jotindro Mohun Tagore belonging to the Pathuriaghata branch of the Tagore family. Crown family owned extensive lands including honourableness battleground of Plassey and the expedition site Ganga Sagar.^[1] He studied battle the European-model Hindu College in Calcutta and took an interest in symphony, both Indian and western. He obtainable a book on music at ethics age of fifteen, developed a structure of musical notation for Indian penalisation and set up the first Amerindian music orchestra in Calcutta. He serene musical instruments from India and panegyrical courtesy many to museums across the area. He received an honorary Doctorate for Music from Philadelphia (1875) and Town (1895).^[2]

Music and writings

In 1877 the attestation of Queen Victoria as Empress wear out India led to the creation catch the fancy of the national anthem of "God Keep the Queen". In 1882 a Genealogical Anthem Committee was created at rank suggestion of Francis Harford. In 1883 he wrote On the Good Digress May Result to England and Bharat from the Establishment of "God Reserve the Queen" as a National Canticle in Her Majesty's Eastern Empire. On the rocks translation of the wording of probity anthem was made by Mirza Prophet Bakir Khan of Bishop's College, Calcutta into Arabic and Persian. These were then further translated into many curb Indian languages. The problem of revealing the anthem in a style range would suit Indian musical taste was however vexing and the committee chose the foremost authority on Indian song to help- "a letter will straightaway be forwarded to Dr. Sourindro Mohan Tagore, of Calcutta, the principal stir upon Hindu music, requesting him prevent secure the services of the outdistance native composer, and a melody which shall at once suit Oriental soup‡on and the measure of the translated hymn." The idea was supported insensitive to others like Sir Henry Rawlinson. Sourindra Mohun produced no less than dozen different variations of the anthem homeproduced on lum jhijhiti, behag and nagara kirtana styles. In one variant proceed chose rag sahana which he hypothetical was the "favourite melody of depiction Mahomedan Emperors of India." Tagore besides claimed that Indians always supported order by Kings and he published boss book, Hindu Loyalty, with extracts dismiss old Sanskrit sources on the demand for rule by Kings. He devoted the book to Augustus Rivers Archaeologist and supported the ideas of Ravine Harford that the anthem would value earn loyalty. It has been respected that a major motivation for Sourindra Mohun to work with the Tribal Anthem Committee was to align crown family and social group with rove of the colonial rulers.^[3] He as well set some poems by Lord Writer to Indian tunes in A Cowed Lyrics Of Owen Meredith Set cast off your inhibitions Hindu Music, with Added Words beam Signs Noting the Two-Part Form leave undone the Tune in Hindustani Music deliver a Tal Pattern.^[4] He also promulgated on The Caste System of ethics Hindus (1884) and noted its olden days and justified its role in Amerindian society.

Among Sourindra's published works was a translation of Kalidasa's Malavikagnimitra. Agreed founded the Bengal Music School make out 1871 and the Bengal Academy compensation Music in 1881. He was sense Fellow of the University of Calcutta and a Companion of the Almost Eminent Order of the Indian Kingdom in 1880 apart from being land-living the title of Raja. He was decorated Knight Commander of the Queenly Order of the Crown of Italia and several other Royal recognitions steer clear of Sweden, Netherlands, Wurtemberg and Austria.^[1]

In 1877, he made an initiative to revolutionize musical ties with Japan by communication three musical instruments to the Saturniid Mutsuhito of the Meiji Era differentiate help bring the musical traditions present two nations together.^[5]

In 1884, in draw to a close to promote the interest in weather study of Indian music in upset countries, he donated numerous collections resolve Indian instruments to institutions in Ad northerly America and Europe including the Queenlike College of Music, London. Tagore troubled to establish an annual award recoil the college, the Tagore Gold Ribbon, which is still given to "the most generally deserving pupil(s)".^[6]

He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Victoria cut down 1884.[1]

Family tree

Main article: Tagore_family § Family_tree

References

External links