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| death_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra
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Professor '''B. R. Deodhar''' (11 September 1901 – 10 March 1990) was an Indian [[Indian classical music|classical singer]], musicologist and music educator. He was a vocalist of [[Khayal]]-genre of [[Hindustani classical music]].

He was awarded the 1964 [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]], the highest honour conferred by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. Thereafter in 1976, he was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], by [[Government of India]].

==Early life and training==
Deodhar was born in [[Miraj]] in present [[Sangli district]] of Maharashtra on 11 September 1901.<ref name=ox/> He started his musical training with Nilkanth Buwa Alurmath, the ''guru bhai'' of noted singer and educator [[Vishnu Digambar Paluskar]] (1872–1931), and a disciple of [[Balakrishnabuwa Ichalkaranjikar]] of [[Gwalior gharana]].<ref name="Wade1984">{{cite book|author=Bonnie C. Wade|title=Khyāl: Creativity Within North India's Classical Music Tradition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiE9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA46|access-date=23 July 2013|year=1984|publisher=CUP Archive|isbn=978-0-521-25659-9|pages=46–}}</ref> Thereafter, he also received training under [[Abdul Karim Khan]] of [[Kirana gharana]] and [[Vinayakrao Patwardhan]], another disciple of Paluskar.<ref name=des168/> Later he joined the [[Gandharva Mahavidyalaya]], where he became a leading disciple of Vishnu Digambar Paluskar, the founder of institution. Deodhar was the only student of Paluskar who was allowed to also pursue formal education. Thus after matriculation he also pursued higher education and later received a B.A. degree. He also studied Western classical music.<ref name=des168>[[#De|Deshpande, p. 168]]</ref>

In the coming years, he continued his musical education from leading musicians of various traditions including those from [[Agra gharana]], Mohanrao Pakelar from [[Jaipur Gharana]], [[sarangi]]-player Majeed Khan, [[Inayat Khan (musician)|Inayat Khan]], Ganpatrao Dewaskar, Pt. Sadashivbuwa Jadhav of Gokhale gharana, Shinde Khan of Gwalior gharana, binkaar Murad Khan of [[Indore gharana]], and most importantly, [[Bade Ghulam Ali Khan]] of [[Patiala gharana]], with whom he remained associated for many years, and became an important musical influence on his ''[[gayaki]]'', singing style. Thus, he incorporate styles of several traditions, [[gharana]]s into his singing, and this also paved way for his career as a musicologist. In time, he also collected musical compositions, rare ragas from all the traditions he was associated with, through his career.<ref name=des168/>

==Career==
He established the Deodhar School of Music in Mumbai, breaking from the gharana tradition.

He also edited Hindi music monthly magazine, ''Sangeet Kala Vihar'', and also published several books on music and musicians.

In 1964, he was awarded the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] the highest honour conferred by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm |title=SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi ''Ratna Puraskar''winners (Akademi Fellows) |publisher=SNA Official website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023617/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref> This was followed by [[Padma Shri]], by [[Government of India]] in 1976.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009) |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095705/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref>

Amongst his noted disciples, were singer [[Kumar Gandharva]], [[Saraswati Rane]], and [[Laxmi Ganesh Tewari]]. In 1993, his monthly columns, in ''Sangeet Kala Vihar'', which included biographies of 19th-century Indian musicians, were published as book, ''Pillars of Hindustani music''.<ref name="Jairazbhoy1995">{{cite book|author=Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy|title=The Rāgs of North Indian Music: Their Structure and Evolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hGLRqLscf78C&pg=PA230|access-date=23 July 2013|year=1995|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-395-3|pages=230–}}</ref>

He died on 10 March 1990 in Mumbai.<ref name=ox>{{cite web |title=B.R. Deodhar (1901—1990) |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095711102 |publisher=Oxford Reference |access-date=23 July 2013}}</ref>

==Works==
* {{cite book|author=B. R. Deodhar|title=Pillars of Hindustani music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cAkUAQAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-555-1}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|author=Vaman Hari Deshpande|title=Between Two Tanpuras|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-EkDt0Gboe8C&pg=PA169|access-date=23 July 2013|date=1 January 1989|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-0-86132-226-8|pages=166–172|ref=De}}
{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Science & Engineering}}
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering]]
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[[Category:Indian male classical singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian educational theorists]]
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[[Category:20th-century Khyal singers]]

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