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Indian Music of the 78rpm era Narayanrao Vyas (1902-1984)
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Narayanrao Vyas: List of 78 rpm recordings [HMV recordings made in Bombay c. 1929-1942] Bhairav jago mohan pyare MP3 Extract 1 P 13296 Durga avinashi ha atma 2 Khamaj mand janakinath krupa kari 3 P 13304 Adana yeri mohe jane de 4 Desi tilang shyam sundara madan mohan 5 P 13366 Mishra pilu thumri kadar pyare lage 6 Malkauns nir bharan maito chali jaat hun 7 P 13377 Mishra mand balam mora suni ho 8 Bahar phulavaie kant maika basant 9 P 13394 Gandhari manharwa mori re chunariya 10 Bhairavi bahut sahi tori sawariya 11/12 P 13428 Mishra kafi 1/2 radhe krishna bol mukhase [= EPE ] 13/14 P 13447 Ragsagara 1/2 ye man hamir 15 N 3364 Kafi koee sahaiya nahi 16 Bhairavi mangal mandir chalo 17 N 4118 Jhangla dadra sodi na me tuja rama 18 Jogia wahi chinta tuzhi rama (jhaptal) 19 N 4138 Asa thakur tawa sharnaee ayo (dipchandi) 20 Bageshri binati suno mori (jhaptal) 21 N 4155 Khamaj gurune aisi chatak lawili (tintal) 22 N 4177 Kamod jane na dungi (trital) 23 Miya malhar sadho manka maan tyago (trital) 24 N 5049 Sindh kafi ugicha ka kanta (+ Lalat: paranatapal = 43) 25 N 5059 Yaman kalyan prabhu to ramchandra (jhaptal) 26 Jeevanpuri sharana tuja yei to (jhaptal) 27 N 5102 Pilu jilha rama mala tu tari 28 Bhairavi chitta shantata rama [Comp. V. N. Sukhtankar] 29 N 5184 Bageshri ata rama payi mana lage wege 30 Mishra Pilu tu patita jagiya trata khara 31 N 5224 Khamaj kiti goda goda tawa murti (trital) 32 Jaunpuri rama gai tochi bhavaha [Marathi] (trital) 33 N 5316 Hamir mangalamaya paramdeva (ektal) 34 Mishra kalyan hari hari ratan kar (jhaptal) 35 N 5396 Jogi nahin re visaru hari [Gujrathi Bhajan] 36 Bhairavi ekach de chinagari [Bhajan] 37 N 5600 Patdeep piya nahi aye (trital) 38 Jhinjhoti baithi hai radha (dipchandi) 39 N 5605 Basant piya sanga (tintal) 40 Gaud malhar balma bahar aaee (tintal) 41 P 13458 Lalat maee ghungarawa 42 Lalat pranata pala prabhu 43 Malgunji muraliki dhun 44 P 13480 Bihari jaijagadisha hare [prayer] 45 Bhairavi racha prabhu tune [prayer] 46 P 13503 Gaud sarang khabare naliti jani yarave 47 Todi tarana nadirdir tom tananatan derena 48 P 13520 Khamaj bharat hamara desh hai 49 Bilawal kawana badariya 50 P 13521 Bhairav jago brijaraj 51 Des shyam tori bansuri 52 P 13530 Jhinjhoti kahake pathig kaha kinu hai [bhajan] 53 Bibhas chando Krishna jugal bhaiyya c. 1932 54 Twin FT 884 Sindh kafi patita ya dina 55 Mand kuthe disasi tu ata rama 56 N 5633 Shankara mathe tere 57 Khamaj mand thumri balma chede 58 N 5638 Bhupali soondhe bol 59 Bhupali barana naina 60 N 5647 Durga sakhi mori rumjhum 61 Tilak kamod nir bharan kaise jaoon 62 N 5658 Shree eri hun to aas na gaili 63 Kanada bhajan tu ghataka pat khol 64 HT 12 Todi ab more rama (ektal) 65 Todi patiya patakawa mora (trital) 66 Twin FT 2970 Jhinjhoti mero to giridhar gopal [+ V. Patwardhan – Puriya] c.1933-34 67 N 5681 Bhimpalas dholana mere ghar awe 68 Hori kafi eri mai kon jatanse 69 N 5693 Sarang vando santa asjana charana (trital) 70 Pahadi bhajan harina bhaje sab 71 N 5698 Pilu thumri kamaniya kaheko bandhe tir 72 Jaijaiwanti jabse lagali ankhe mori 73 HT 26 Kedar banthan kaj chale aisi ko 74 Kedar tum sudhar chatur bhaiyya 75 N 5721 Bihag ab to kab hoon kar janido 76 Brindabani sarang jamunatat shyam khele hori 77 N 5725 Bahar bhaj raghuvir shyam 78 Bhairavi tum jago mohan pyare 79 N 5733 Sohoni sanwaro charawat gaiyya 80 Durga manamohan muraliwala (C: by S. Vyas) 81 Twin FT 5090 Tilang dinanath ab bal tumhar 82 Malkauns dhrupad ave raghuvira dhira lankadhish 83 N 5741 Nayaki kanada langan mori lagi (S. Vyas) 84 Khamaj thumri ada jaan leti hai 85 N 5766 Multani nainanume aanabaana 86 Multani vandan kari tujla shrirama (tintal) 87 Gara ankhiyan haridarsan ki pyasi 88 N 5772 Bhavani madhuri bhari sun bansuri 89 Kaushiya bhajan sumaran kar le mere mana 90 N 5788 Sinhendra madhyama kan karat batiyan (karnataki) 91 Purvi hariye maika sab sukha dina 92 N 5797 Des tuhi ek mera madadgar hai 93 Puriya hari murli tori sudha c.1934-5 94 N 5823 Tilang yeri radha pyari dulari 95 Bhairavi mat kar moha tu haribhajanko [Comp. S. G. Vyas] 96 N 5831 Sindhura hori khelat jat kanhaiya 97 Asa Mand mai maine govinda lino mol [Comp. S.G. Vyas] 98 N 5890 Khambavati mukhase bajawata bansuri (trital) 99 Bhinna shadja (trital) bajat sundar raga murali [C./organ S.G. Vyas] 100 HT 49 Malgunji ye baname charawat gaiyya 101 Malgunji paniya bharana chali jamunako c.1936-42 102 N 15111 Mand dadra (trital) mohaka madhur madhur 103 [Marathi] song murali naad 104 N 15609 Basant nawal raghunath nav (jhaptal) 105 Kafi (jhaptal) aaj khelo shyam 106 N 15700 Deskar chel chabila nandlala (Comp. S. Vyas) 107 Bhim kafi (trital) kahe karat mose raar 108 N 15712 Gunji kanada bolo bolo madhusudana (Comp. S. Vyas) 109 Sorath (trital) eri sakhi nahi 110 N 15743 Khamaj mand tore nain jadu bhare 111 Hansakinkini bajata nupur kinkini 112 N 25810 Deshi mand (tintal) pharkat mori ankhiyan 113 Tilak kamod madhur gaan hari gawat 114 N 26027 Rageshri (tintal) banban bolat koyaliya 115 Jhinjhoti (dhumali) kanhaiya bajao bajao murali 116 N 26091 Khambavati (ektal) chalori aaj sab sakhi mil 117 Pahadi (keharva) mohit bhai sakhiya sari 118 N 88049 Bhavani (trital) chando chando mose [Comp. S. G. Vyas] 119 N 88062 Bhairavi (keharva) aji radha wrujame chali 120 Jhinjhoti bhajan dadra: kahan ke pathik kahan [Tulsidas] 121 Mishra pilu wina hari koi sahayan nahi Appendix 122 7EPE 1230 (1961) Bageshri kanada dil nahi lagta 123 Champak banme bajawat bansi __ 7EPE 1357 (1969) Mishra kafi bhajan radhe krishna mukhase [=11/12 above] 124 Bihari jai jagadisha hare 125 Bhajan racha prabu toone __ CP EALP 1314 (1967) Malgunji banmen charavat [= 101 above] 126 Tarana (tintal)
Acknowledgements: I am grateful to Suresh Chandvankar for his generous help with the above. Email: chandvankar@yahoo.com Any additions or corrections to the list above are most welcome.
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"Professor Narayanrao Vyas (1902-1984)" by Suresh Chandvankar Prof.
Narayanrao Vyas, the younger brother of Shree Shankar Rao Vyas
(1898-1956), was born in Kolhapur in 1902. At the age of nine years, he
joined the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya at Lahore where his elder
brother had already joined the 'Gurukul' system of music education
initiated by Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar in 1901. After completing
the education under the guidance of Pandit Paluskar, the two brothers
came to Ahmedabad in 1922, where they began to teach in the local
Gandharva Mahavidyalaya branch. In
1937 they came to Mumbai (Bombay), and opened a music school at Dadar,
which they named the Vyas Sangeet Vidyalaya. This was the period
when "talkies" were in the process of becoming well-established in
India, and Bombay was one of the hubs of the film industry. Shankar Rao
Vyas took the opportunity to enter the industry as a music director. He
composed music for over fifty "talkie" films, in Marathi, Hindi and
Gujarati over the period from 1937 to 1955. Narayan Rao Vyas, however,
did not take up a career in the film industry. He chose to remain a
teacher and a concert performer. He used to sing on Radio too. He toured
and traveled extensively, and sang in a number of prestigious music
conferences and concerts throughout North India. He was one of the most
popular and sought-after vocalists of his generation. In order to cash in on his popularity, the
Gramophone Company (HMV) in Mumbai invited him to record for them in
1929. From 1929 to 1955, he cut over 150 records in the 78-rpm format
(i.e. 300 songs), each of three to three-and-a-half minutes duration.
These discs are 10/12 inch in diameter and are made of breakable
shellac. These records were re-issued subsequently on 'The Twin' labels.
The recorded songs are in Hindustani, Marathi and a few are in Gujarati.
Narayan Rao sang ragas using Marathi bandishes (some composed by his
brother Shankar Rao), and bhajans. His records were among the biggest best
sellers of his day, and they brought him and the HMV company wide
publicity through their retailers, who published his photographs in all
their catalogues. Some of his most popular records are: Sakhi Mori Rum Jhum (Raga Durga), Neer
Bharan Kainse Jaun (Tilak Kamod), Tuma Jago Mohan Pyare (Bhairav), Neer
Bharan Main Chali Jaat Hun (Malkauns), Balam Mori Suni Ho (Mand), Bahut
Sahi Tori Sanvariya (Bhairvi). He was very active even in his old age.
During the LP/EP era, he cut couple of records of longer duration, one
of which is a duet with his guru-bandhu (colleague) Prof. Vinayakboa
Patwardhan, in raga Malgunji. His most popular record was released in
March 1934 (HMV HT 19) - Mishra kafi bhajan- 'Radhe Krishna Bol Mukhase'.
In the publicity catalogue he was presented in a photograph wearing a
turban, and he was given titles such as 'Sangeet Praveen', 'Taanke
Kaptan' and 'Adhunik Tansen'. His rendition of the bhajan became so
popular throughout North India that it was also sung by Sunderabai and
Heerabai Barodekar on gramophone records. Narayanrao Vyas's records were
very popular among middle-class Maharashtrian families during the late
1940's. The song text of his most famous bhajan is: Radhe Krishna Bol
Mukhase, Radhe Krishna Bol, Tero Kya Lagega Mol Hath Pava Nahi Hilana,
Das Bees Kos Nahi Chalana Kuch Gire Ganth Nahi Chutana, Teri Manki Gundi Khol Tero
Kya Lagega Mol Radhe Krishna Bol Mukhase, Radhe Krishna Bol
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Last updated on 10 February 2006
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