There was a music
club at the time called Gayan Uttejak Mandali. Vishnu joined it and listened to
performances by great Artistes.
He also started collecting music compositions in Dhrupada, Khayals etc. These are different types of songs in Hindustani music.
He found from reading old classics on music that their theories
had gone out of fashion and the musicians did not follow them.
At the same time the ragas, songs and styles of the musicians
appeared to follow a tradition.
So Vishnu wanted to systematise these traditions scientifically
and build up the theory of modern Hindustani music based on the prevailing practice.
After passing his law examination, Bhat- kande started
practising law and became an expert particularly in conducting criminal cases. He also
taught law to students.
One of his methods was to compose songs on the Acts and make
the students learn them easily! |
