| LC control no. | n 88072443 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.A15 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Abhishekī, Jitendra, 1929-1998 |
| Variant(s) | Jitendra Abhishekī, 1929-1998 Abhishekī, Jitendra, 1930- Abhisekhi, Jitendra, 1929-1998 Ganesh Balawant Nawathe, 1929-1998 Nawathe, Ganesh Balawant, 1929-1998 |
| Other standard no. | 0000000502418854 4017631 Q6203251 |
| Associated country | India |
| Associated place | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Located | Pune (India) |
| Birth date | 1929-09-21 |
| Death date | 1998-11-07 |
| Place of birth | Mangeshi (India) Goa (India : State) |
| Place of death | Pune (India) |
| Field of activity | Music--India Hindustani music Hindu hymns Marathi drama Art music |
| Affiliation | Mangueshi Temple (Goa, India) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Composers |
| Found in | His Pandit Jitendra Abhishekī [SR] p1985: label (Pandit Jitendra Abhishekī) data from India (b. 1930) Pandit Jitendra Abhisekhi, p2000: on disc (Pandit Jitendra Abhisekhi) Jitendra Abhisheki (audio) concert recordings, 1977 September 18 (Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki; born Ganesh Balawant Nawathe September 21, 1929; influenced the evolution of modern Indian classical, semi-classical and devotional music as a vocalist, composer and scholar. Born in Mangeshi, Goa, the son of the head priest of the Mangeshi temple, his father taught him the basic principles of Hindustani classical music. He received a degree in Sanskrit literature, and later received a scholarship from the Indian Government for advanced training in Hindustani classical music. In addition to fusing traditional ragas with new compositions, Abhisheki introduced the western operatic style to the Marathi theater, and composed vocal as well as background scores for 25 Marathi plays. After receiving a Homi Bhabha fellowship in the late sixties, he taught at sitarist Ravi Shankar's Kinnara School in Los Angeles. Abhisheki spent his last years in Pune, dying there on November 7, 1998) Wikipedia, October 26, 2021 (Ganesh Balawant Nawathe, better known as Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki (21 September 1929-7 November 1998), was an Indian vocalist, composer and scholar of Indian classical, semi-classical, and devotional music) sidebar (born 21 September 1929, Mangeshi, Portuguese India (present-day Goa, India); died 7 November 1998, Pune, India) Jitendra Abhishek website, October 26, 2021: profile (Hindustani classical vocalist/composer Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki. Born 21 September 1929; spent his last years in Pune, passed away on 7 November 1998) <http://jitendraabhisheki.com/profile1.html> AllMusic website, October 26, 2021 (Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki had a revolutionary influence on the evolution of modern Indian classical, semi-classical and devotional music. In addition to fusing traditional ragas with new compositions, Abhisheki introduced the western operatic style to the Marathi theater. Launching his career as a vocalist, Abhisheki was influenced by both the traditions of Indian classical music and modern innovations. Suffering from diabetes and kidney problems in his later years, Abhisheki died in 1998) |
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