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Mallikarjun Mansur (31 December 1910 - 12 September 1992) was an Indian classical singer from Karnataka, an excellent vocalist in the khyal style in the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana (singing style).[1]
Mallikarjun Mansur
ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ ಮನ್ಸೂರ
Background information
Birth name Mallikarjun Bheemrayappa Mansur
Also known as Mallikarjun Manasoor
Born 31 December 1910
Mansur, Bombay Presidency, British India (in present-day Dharwad, Karnataka, India)
Died 12 September 1992 (aged 81)
Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Genres Hindustani classical music
Occupation(s) Vocalist
Years active 1928 - 1992
Early life and background
Mallikarjun was born on New Year's Eve of 1910, at Mansur, a village five kilometres west of Dharwad, Karnataka.His father, Bheemaraayappa, was the village headman,a farmer by occupation and an ardent lover and patron of music. He had four brothers and three sisters. His elder brother Basavaraj owned a theatre troupe, and thus at age nine Mallikarjun did a small role in a play.[4]
Spotting the talent in his son, Mallikarjun's father engaged him to a travelling Yakshagana (Kannada theatre) troupe. The owner of this troupe took a liking to the tender and melodious voice of Mallikarjun and encouraged him to sing different types of compositions during the drama-performances. Hearing one such performance, he was picked up by Appaya Swamy under whom he had his initial training in Carnatic music. Sometime later, he was introduced to Hindustani music under Nilkanth Bua Alurmath of Miraj who belonged to the Gwalior gharana. The latter brought him to Alladiya Khan (1855-1946), the stalwart and the then patriarch of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana, in the late 1920s, who referred him to his elder son, Manji Khan. Following Manji Khan's untimely death, he came under the tutelage of Manji Khan's younger brother Bhurji Khan. This grooming under Bhurji Khan had the most important influence on his style of singing.