Mehmood Dhaulpuri

Mehmood Dhaulpuri
Born (1954-03-23)March 23, 1954
India
Died May 25, 2011(2011-05-25) (aged 58)
Occupation Musician
Instrumentalist
Known for Harmonium
Children Three daughters and two sons
Awards Padma Shri

Mehmood Dhaulpuri is an Indian musician of Hindustani music, known as a leading exponent of Harmonium, an Indian variant of the Pump organ.[1] He was an accompanist to renowned Hindustani vocalists such as Parveen Sultana, Bhimsen Joshi, Jasraj, Girija Devi and Kishori Amonkar. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions to Music,[2] making him the first harmonium player to receive the award.[1]

Biography

Mehmood Dhaulpuri was born on 23 March 1954 in Dhaulpur district in the India state of Rajasthan, in a family of musicians; his grandfather, Buddha Khan, was a known Sarangi player.[3] His early training was in Sarangi, from his family, and he started playing the instrument by the time he was eleven. It was reported that Dhaulpuri was fascinated by harmonium after seeing the 1966 Bollywood film, Love in Tokyo, and trained under many gurus such as Nasir Ahmad Khan of the Delhi gharana.[4] Soon, he started playing as an accompanist to leading vocalists and Rajan and Sajan Mishra, Parveen Sultana, Bhimsen Joshi, Jasraj, Girija Devi and Kishori Amonkar are some of the musicians he played with.[5] He also played with other known musicians such as Ashwini Bhide-Deshpandee, Shubha Mudgal and Meeta Pandit and performed jugalbandi with Zakir Hussain, renowned tabla player.[4]

In 2006, the Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri, the first time a harmonium player being awarded the Padma honours.[3] Many of his performances have been brought out as audio CDs,[6] including an album, Raga Lalit, with Rajan and Sajan Mishra duo.[7] Dhaulpuri was working at the University of Delhi when he was admitted to the St. Stephen's Hospital, Delhi due to respiratory ailments where he spent 55 days before succumbing to organ failure on 25 May 2011. He was survived by his wife, three daughters and two sons.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statement on Mehmood Dholpuri". Sahmat. 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Padma Awards". Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 15, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Mehmood Dholpuri passes away". The Hindu. 26 May 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Unsung Artiste". Indian Express. 12 July 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Eminent Harmonium Player and Padma Shri Awardee Ustad Mahmood Dholpuri died". Jagran Josh. 26 May 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Harmonium Player : Mehmood Dholpuri". Music India Online. 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  7. ↑ Rajan and Sajan Mishra With Ramzan Khan, Mehmood Dholpuri (1990). Raga Lalit - Morning Ragas - Volume 1 (Audio CD). Music Today.

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