Pt.S.N.Ratanjankar Raag Jhinjhoti.wmv

Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar (January 1, 1900 -- February 14, 1974) or Dr. S N Ratanjankar was a distinguished scholar and teacher of Hindustani classical music, from the Agra gharana. Foremost disciple of Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande and Faiyaz Khan of Baroda State, he also remained principal of Bhatkhande Music Institute (Bhatkande Sangeet Sansthan), Lucknow, for many years, where he trained many noted names in the field of music.He was the Principal of Bhatkhande Music University (earlier known as Marris Music College), at Lucknow for several years, later was appointed as Vice-Chancellor Indira Sangeet Kala Vishva Vidyalaya, Khairagarh, Madhya Pradesh. Later he was once again called to head the Bhatkhande Sangeet Vidyapeeth on a 2 years contract. His students include K. G. Ginde, SCR Bhatt,[4] Chidanand Nagarkar, V.G. Jog, Dinkar Kaikini, Shanno Khurana,[5] Sumati Mutatkar, Acharya Prabhakar Chinchore, C R Vyas, Chinmoy Lahiri, and Roshan Lal Nagrath (music director).Ratanjankar has more than 800 compositions under his pen name "Sujan".He also published books including Geet Manjari, Taan Sangrah, Sangeet Shiksha, and Abhinava Geet Majari.In addition to these books he has also composed three operas.He also composed some new ragas such as Marga Bihag, Gopika Basant, Kedar Bahar, Sawani Kedar, Ranjani Kalyan, Hansaranjani, Salagvarali and Yamani Bilawal.He was appointed Chairman of the Jury of Auditions of AIR (All India Radio) in the mid-1950s.In 1957 he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India,[8] and in 1963 the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, awarded him its highest honour for lifetime achievement, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship.