- Bharatchandra Ray
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name = Bharatchandra Ray
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birth_date = 1712
birth_place = Pedo-Bhurshut (Howrah),
death_date = 1760
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occupation = Poet, song composer
spouse =Bharatchandra Ray ( _bn. ভারতচন্দ্র রায়) (1712 – 1760) was an eighteenth century Bengali poet and song composer famous for his "
Mangalkavya ". Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), (1976/1998), "Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan" (Biographical dictionary) Vol I, Bn icon, p 377, ISBN 8185626650 ]Early years
Son of Narendranarayan Ray of Pedo-Bhurshut (Howrah), he had to leave his ancestral home because of property disputes and marriage as per his own desire. He roamed from place to place. While living in Ramchandra Munshi's ashram (hermitage) at Debanandapur in Hooghly district, he learnt Persian. He later became the court poet of Maharaja Krishnachandra of
Krishnanagar and was bestowed with the title ‘Raygunakar’. He was the first poet in theBengali language to be identified as a people’s poet, and lent a new grace and beauty to the language.ongs
Bharatchandra was the true representative of the transition of Bengali music from medieval to modern age. He was well versed in classical music, a skill he possibly acquired in the court of the Maharaja Krishnachandra. While he adopted the line of "mangalgan" (song of bliss) which was traditionally dedicated to the gods and goddesses, he attempted to liberate the poetical as well as musical compositions of Bengal from the hold of gods and goddesses and infused a human touch into them. Many of the songs he composed as part of long poetic works were on their own lyrical and could be sung independently. Bharatchandra may also be regarded as a pioneer in composing songs on Radha-Krishna love theme in raga musical form outside the area of "padavali kirtan". In a way he is considered the forerunner of Ramprasad Sen and Ramnidhi Gupta (popular as Nidhu babu) [cite web
url = http://www.amrakojon.org/kg.html
title = Music
accessdate = 2007-03-02
last = Goswami
first = Karunamaya
work = Music
publisher = ]Translations
Gerasim Lebedev translated a portion of Bharatchandra's "Annadamangal" into Russian. cite web
url = http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/L_0086.htm
title = Lebedeff, Herasim (Gerasim) Steppanovich
accessdate = 2006-12-08
last = Ghosh
first = Prodyot
work =Banglapedia
publisher = Asiatic Society of Bangladesh] He also borrowed from the lyrics composed by Bharatchandra for the mnusical composition of the two translated plays he stage in Kolkata. cite web
url = http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=199580
title = Staging a recovery
accessdate = 2006-12-09
last = Ghosh
first = Swarnab
date = 2006-09-03
work = The Real Page 3
publisher = Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd ]Works
"Mangalkavya", "Annadamangal", "Vidyasundar", "Rasamanjari", "Satypirer Katha", and "Nagastak".
References
External links
* [http://banglapedia.org/HT/B_0459.htm Banglapedia biography of Bharatchandra]
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NAME= Bharatchandra Ray
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DATE OF BIRTH= 1712
PLACE OF BIRTH= Pedo-Bhurshut, Howrah
DATE OF DEATH= 1760
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