Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar

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Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar (July 13, 1892 – September 16, 1977) was an Indian classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana.[1] She is considered one of the finest and most powerful Indian classical singers of the 20th century. Born in the tiny village of Keri (also spelled "Querim"), in the Ponda taluka of North Goa, Goa (then a Portuguese colony), at the age of eight Kerkar moved to Kolhapur where she studied for eight months with Abdul Karim Khan. Upon her return to Goa, she studied with the vocalist Ramkrishnabuwa Vaze (1871-1945). At the age of 16 she migrated to Mumbai, where she studied with various teachers, eventually ending up as disciple to Ustad Alladiya Khan (1855-1946), the founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana, beginning in 1921. [edit] Career Kerkar eventually achieved wide renown, performing regularly for aristocratic audiences. She was very particular about the representation of her work and consequently made only a few 78 rpm recordings, for the HMV and Broadcast labels. Kerkar was awarded the decoration of Padma Bhushan by the government of India in 1969, and in the same year the government of the Indian state of Maharashtra conferred upon her the title of "Rajya Gayika." Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is said to have been very fond of Kerkar's singing. Her honorific title "Surashri" (or "Surshri") literally means "excellent voice" (sur meaning "voice" and shri meaning "excellent), and was bestowed on her in 1948 by the Sangeet P

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Golden Milestones

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CDNF 150482 Golden Milestones

Kesarbai Kerkar

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Golden Milestones -Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar

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Vintage 78 RPM Records

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Raga Lalat/Raga Malkauns

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Murmurs Of Earth 2

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Murmurs Of Earth

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Kesarbai Kerkar, 1944-1953

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Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar

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Sounds of the earth, golden record

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Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record

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