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| birth_place = [[Bihar]], India<br />
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| occupation = Musician<br/>Musicologist<br/>Writer<br />
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'''Gajendra Narayan Singh''' was an Indian musician, [[musicologist]], writer, art historian and a former chairman of the Bihar Sangeet Natak Academy, the apex body of the Government of Bihar for music and drama.<ref name="Bureaucratic hurdles behind Nalanda university project delay">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Bureaucratic-hurdles-behind-Nalanda-university-project-delay-Amartya/articleshow/30919715.cms | title=Bureaucratic hurdles behind Nalanda university project delay | publisher=Times of India | date=24 February 2014 | access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="Salute to musical old boy">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150318/jsp/bihar/story_9232.jsp#.VpiFKBV97IU | title=Salute to musical old boy | publisher=The Telegraph | date=18 March 2015 | access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> He is the author of four books on music, ''Mehfil'', a historical reference book of music,<ref name="Mehfil">{{cite book | asin=B00UI19ZKM | title=Mehfil | publisher=Bihar Hindi Granth Academy | author=Gajendra Narayan Singh | year=2002 | pages=292}}</ref> ''Swar Gandh'' (The Fragrance of Swaras), a book of biosketches and music-related anecdotes,<ref name="Swar Gandh">{{cite book | title=Swar Gandh | publisher=Bihar Hindi Granth Academy | author=Gajendra Narayan Singh | year=1999 | pages=236 | asin=B00U951U46}}</ref> ''Kaljayee Sur: Pandit Bhimsen Joshi'', a biographical work on the life and music of [[Bhimsen Joshi]],<ref name="Kaljayee Sur: Pandit Bhimsen Joshi">{{cite book | url=http://vaniprakashan.in/details.php?prod_id=7787 | title=Kaljayee Sur: Pandit Bhimsen Joshi | publisher=Vaniprakashan | author=Gajendra Narayan Singh | year=2016 | pages=116 | isbn=978-93-5229-355-1}}</ref> and ''Surile Logon ki Sangath'' (Harmonic accompaniment of people), which details the lives and music of some of the notable [[Hindustani music|Hindustani classical musicians]].<ref name="Surile Logon ki Sangath">{{cite book | url=http://pustak.org/bs/home.php?bookid=6615 | title=Surile Logon ki Sangath | publisher=Kanishka Publications | author=Gajendranarayan Singh | year=2007 | pages=285 | isbn=9788184570724 | access-date=15 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613121533/http://pustak.org/bs/home.php?bookid=6615 | archive-date=13 June 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref> His efforts are also known in promoting music<ref name="Tradition of Hindustani Music">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YdtqrooCo-oC&q=Gajendra+Narayan+Singh+musician&pg=PA161 | title=Tradition of Hindustani Music | publisher=APH Publishing | author=Manorma Sharma | year=2006 | pages=161 of 258 | isbn=9788176489997}}</ref> and musicians of Bihar and he is reported to have initiated scholarship schemes for musicians during his tenure as the head of the Bihar Sangeet Natak Academy.<ref name="Indra Kishore Mishra">{{cite web | url=http://www.gharanafestival.com/indra.htm | title=Indra Kishore Mishra | publisher=Gharana Festival | date=2016 | access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2007, for his contributions to Indian music.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> His life has been documented in an autobiography, ''Bihar ke Sangeeth Parampara'' (Bihar Music Tradition), which was published by [[Delhi Public School Society|Delhi Public School]], Ludhiana, in 2014.<ref name="Bihar ke Sangeeth Parampara">{{cite web | url=http://www.dpsludhiana.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=60 | title=Bihar ke Sangeeth Parampara | publisher=Delhi Public School, Ludhiana | date=2016 | access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Rajkumar Shyamanand Sinha]]<br />
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