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Raja Chatrapati Singh (1919 – 1998) was an Indian percussionist. He was famous for his virtuosity on Pakhavaj drums used in Hindustani Classical Music. ==Biography== Chatrapati (also spelled ''Chhatrapati'') Singh Ju Deo was born in the Royal family of Bijna State in Uttar Pradesh, bordering Madhya Pradesh, India. His grandfather Raja Mukund Singh and father Raja Himmat Singh were partrons of music. He showed a great deal of interest in music from a very early age and started learning Pakhavaj from a number of masters including Shri Kudau Singh Ji and Swami Ramdas Ji. He became the foremost exponent of Pakhavaj of his era. He accompanied all the great Dhrupad vocalists including the (Dagar Brothers ) and Pt. Ram Chatur Malik. His daughter Chandra Singh is a talented Sitar player and his son Raja Surya Pratap Singh also used to play the Sitar and frequently accompanied his father during his programs. Singh was awarded with the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1991. Apart from music he was very fond of chess and mathematics and has written a treatise on knight moves in chess called "''Ashwa Nirupan Granth''". Singh died in 1998. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chatrapati Singh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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