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|name = Balappa Hukkeri<br /><br />
ಬಾಳಪ್ಪ ಹುಕ್ಕೇರಿ<br />
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|origin = [[Murgod]], [[Belagavi district]], Karnataka<br />
| death_date = 1992<br />
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|genre = [[Bhavageete]], [[Sugama Sangeetha]], [[Folk songs|Folk]]<br />
|occupation = Singer, songwriter<br />
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'''Balappa Hukkeri''' ({{lang-kn|ಬಾಳಪ್ಪ ಹುಕ್ಕೇರಿ}}) (1911–1992) was a singer of [[folk song]]s and [[Bhavageete]]s in [[Kannada language]] and a [[Indian freedom struggle|freedom fighter]] in his early years. He is mainly credited for popularizing [[Sugama Sangeetha]] in [[North Karnataka]], just like [[P. Kalinga Rao]] who popularized the art form in South Karnataka.<ref name="sugama">{{cite web|url=http://thehindujobs.com/thehindu/fr/2005/05/27/stories/2005052703260200.htm |title=An early bridge builder |work=Online webpage of The Hindu |accessdate=11 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928162041/http://thehindujobs.com/thehindu/fr/2005/05/27/stories/2005052703260200.htm |archivedate=28 September 2007 }}</ref> Several prestigious awards have been conferred to him including [[Sangeet Natak Academy]] award and ''"Karnataka Sangeeta Nataka Academy Award"''. Balappa was fondly called as ''‛Saavira Haadugala Saradara''’ (Eng: 'The champion/custodian of thousand songs').<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Balappa was born in ''Murgod'', a small village in savadatti of [[Belagavi district]]. He was named after his musician uncle. Balappa was drawn to theater at an early age due to family influence and started participating in local drama companies as an actor-singer. Even though he started training in [[Hindustani music]] by ''Shivalingiah Gavai'', his interests were inclined towards lighter form of the music such as theater songs, [[Marathi language|Marathi]] abhangs, [[vachana]]s and folk songs.<ref name="sugama"/><br />
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== Singing career ==<br />
In his thirties, Balappa participated in [[Indian freedom movement]]. He was going from village to village singing patriotic songs for which he was arrested and jailed for six months. He gave away family's gold and silver to the National security fund during [[Sino-Indian War|India's war with China]]. He also worked as a field worker in the Department of Agriculture, travelling from village to village, singing songs on farming methods and family planning.<ref name="sugama"/> During this time Balappa was drawn towards the writing of [[Kannada literature#Navodaya (New birth)|Navodaya]] writers in Kannada such as [[D.R. Bendre]], [[Betageri Krishnasharma]] and [[Anandakanda]] and started singing [[Bhavageete]]s based on their poems.<br />
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Balappa's singing style was unique mainly because of the way he wove both the elements of classical and folk traditions into it. He used to travel to remote villages in [[Karnataka]] and [[Maharashtra]] to collect folk songs. He never wrote down folk songs and knew hundreds of them by rote. During his singing career Balappa never used anything but a [[Tabla]] and [[Pump organ|Harmonium]] for accompaniment.<ref name="sugama"/><br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
* [[Sangeet Natak Academy]] award – 1980<ref name="award">{{cite web|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_ofmdt.html |title=Other forms of music, dance and theatre |work=Official website of Sangeet Natak Akademi |publisher=National academy of Dance, music and drama |accessdate=11 July 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514193755/http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition%26honours_ofmdt.html |archivedate=14 May 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* Balappa Hukkeri by ''Veeranna Dande''.<br />
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