Omkarnath Thakur | Bhimpalasi | ढोलन मेंडे घर आवे Dholan meNde ghar aave | 1962

Описание: To mark the 58th death anniversary of Omkarnath Thakur (24 June 1897 – 29 December 1967) a recording of his performance five years before that:

Music Academy,
Madras
Dec 29, 1962

This is the drut part of the full performance:    • Omkarnath Thakur | Bhimpalasi | अब तो बडी ...  

Vocal accompanists:
Balwant Rai Bhatt
Chittaranjan Jyotishi.

Violin
MS Gopalakrishnan
Tabla
Samta Prasad

I have seen this violin accompaniment misattributed to Omkarnath Thakur's brilliant disciple N Rajam, but this was the maestro MS Gopalakrishnan here.

MS Gopalakrishnan, a.k.a. MSG, (June 10, 1931 – January 3, 2013) was a violinist in the field of Carnatic music. He is commonly grouped with Lalgudi Jayaraman and TN Krishnan as part of the violin-trinity of Carnatic Music.


ढोलन मेंडे घर आवे सो
वे मीया मै भी तेंडी सदके जावां ।
मुख दिखा तुम जीव सदारंगीले
दरस जिन पावांवे ॥

– From Swarganga, attributed to – Niyamat Khan 'Sadarang'

The same is also present in the Hindustani Sangeet Paddhati Kramik Pustak Malika by Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande:

ढोलन मैंडे घर आन्वी वे
सोना मियाँ मैं वी तांडे सदके जावाँ
मुख वेखां ते मै जीवां
सदारंगीले दरस तांडा पांवा

I have been obsessing over this as Madan Gopal Singh sent me a short video that had someone not known to me was singing a lovely kirtan that goes something like:

ढोलन मैंडे घर आन्वी वे
आन्वी ते कमली नूँ गल लाँवी वे
हिजरां दी मारी कमली होयी आँ
कमली दे भाग जगावीं वे

And that is what resulted in hunting this one out. Also see others in the playlist that include the likes of Zamiruddin Khan, Narayanrao Vyas and DV Paluskar:
   • Bhimpalasi | Dholan meNde ghar aaye  

And one more entry for my playlist for: Encountering Saraiki/Punjabi lyrics:
   • Encountering Saraiki/Punjabi lyrics  

Deepak Raja has a fine biographical tribute piece here:

https://swaratala.blogspot.com/2011/0...

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Pandit Omkarnath was born at Jahaaj in the Khambhat district of Gujarat. His grandfather and father were both soldiers in the employ of the Peshwa rulers. Under the influence of a saint, Omkarnath’s father, Gaurishankar, lost all interest in worldly affairs. Heedless of the material needs of his family, he became a hermit and devoted his life to Pranava Sadhana -- the exploration of the mysteries of “Om”, the primeval sound. This spiritual pursuit led him to name his last child Omkar.

Omkarnath’s mother was cheated out of her husband’s share of the family’s assets, and left destitute, along with her four children. A strong-willed woman, she moved the family to neighboring Bharuch (Central Gujarat), did menial tasks as a domestic servant, and brought up the children. From the age of five or six, Omkarnath started contributing to the family’s resources by working as a domestic servant, as a cook’s assistant, as a laborer in a textile mill, and as an occasional singer-actor in local theatrical productions. When Omkarnath was in his teens, he came in contact with Seth Shahpurji Doongaji, a philanthropist of Bharuch. The wealthy merchant noticed his talent and passion for music, and sponsored him for training under Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Bombay.

From 1910 to 1916 (according to some accounts:1913-1919), Omkarnath learnt the vocal art of the Gwalior gharana and the Pakhavaj (two-faced barrel drum), studied authoritative musicological texts, and served his Guru with devotion. When his Guru decided to open a branch of his music school at Lahore, Omkarnath – still in his early 20s -- was sent there as its Principal. Working tirelessly as a teacher and administrator at the Lahore school, he also launched his career as a performing musician. After three years at Lahore, he returned to Bharuch to start a music school, and to launch himself in political activity. His music school was later shifted to Bombay in 1934, and thence to Surat in 1942.

His family circumstances had not permitted him to go to school in childhood. But, in his early years, while he was struggling to help support the family, he had worked for a Jain religious establishment, where the monks taught him to read and write. Later on, by his own efforts, he mastered several languages – Hindi, English, Marathi, Sanskrit, Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu and Nepali. With himself as his only tutor, Omkarnath grew to be the most articulate orator and the most profound theoretician amongst musicians of the 20th century.

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