Recordings & liner notes · Raga Records
Senior Dagar Brothers — Calcutta, 8 June 1957
Imported from Raga Records. Original credits and historical wording are preserved; musical claims await independent review.
Original source and attribution ↗Programme, audio and booklet for RAGA-220 →This source page referred to the former MP3 archive. Recovered performances and excerpts are available in the listening collection. The complete CD catalogue remains unavailable as audio.
Performance · 14:33
Senior Dagar Brothers — Bhairavi, Calcutta 1957
Moinuddin and Aminuddin Dagar, vocals; Purushottam Das, pakhawaj. The approximately 14-minute Bhairavi followed Todi at the Calcutta 1957 concert documented on RAGA-220.
photo Alain Daniélou
Nasir Mohinuddin Dagar & Nasir Aminuddin Dagar vocal Sri Purushottam Das pakhawaj · Rag Todi in concert · Calcutta, June 8 1957 Total Time: 76:23 · ADD · Mono · RAGA-220 - upc 7044820 220 2 3
1 alap 53:41 2 dhrupad (chautal: 12 beat cycle) 13:44 3 dhamar (dhamar tal: 14 beat cycle) 8:54
From the archive of Aminuddin Dagar · First in a series
THIS EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENT presents a Calcutta music circle morning concert. It is the first-ever full-length recording of these legendary dhrupadiyas. (Rag Todi was followed by a Bhairavi bhajan, and Rag Desi, of which the first 25 minutes were recorded. These pieces will appear on a future Raga Records release.) (The Bhairavi is currently available for downloading on the Raga Records mp3 site.) The program was organized by Bharatiya Sanskriti Samsad, a cultural organization, at its auditorium on Chowringhee Road. Dev Prasad Garg Raje of Mahisadal presided, and many famous musicians such as the late Tansen Pandey (uncle of the Dagar Brothers) and Pt. Mani Ram (guru and elder brother of Pt. Jasraj) were among those present. The renowned Sri Purushottam Das of Nathdwara temple (Rajasthan) accompanied on pakhawaj, with Sri Mahesh Mishra of Calcutta on sarangi.
12-page booklet in Adobe Acrobat format 220bookl.pdf (1.6MB; best way to view images and text)
Also on Raga Records: Bihag, Malkosh, Kamboji by the Senior Dagar Brothers
booklet text \\\/// booklet images \\\/// wordings \\\/// geneology \\\/// discography \\\/// credits\\\/// mp3 files
Original booklets
Page 1 of 12
Select the page image to read it at full size.
Page text
T H E S E N I O R D A G A R B R O T H E R S Mohinuddin and Aminuddin Dagar R A G T O D I I N C O N C E R T • C A L C U T T A 1 9 5 7 RAGA RECORDS
Photographs and artwork
