Three pioneering musicians who helped turn the harmonium into a solo instrument

First appeared in www.scroll.in on June 13, 2015. Last week, this column featured harmonium solos by two prominent musicians from the early part of the twentieth century.  But in the generation preceding theirs, it was Bhaiyya Ganpatrao, a scion of the Gwalior princely family, who was one of the most significant harmonium players to have presented detailed raag renditions on the instrument. In the absence of any readily available recordings featuring Bhaiyya Ganpatrao, here is one that features his disciple

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