(Part 8) Lata with Forgotten / Lesser Known Composers

Welcome to the eighth part of the series. When I started the series, I wasn't at all prepared for such a long series. I was expecting it as a five part series at the most. But as the parts got published, the comments by the readers encouraged me to search further, also some of the …

(Part 7) Lata with Forgotten / Lesser Known Composers

Last December, when I started collecting names of composers for the sixth part of the series, I had only five names on the list. But slowly I gathered more names and published the post last month. Though I did not mention it as a last part of the series In my mind it was. Last …

(Part 6) Lata with Forgotten / Lesser Known Composers

Those who are following the series must have noticed the change in the title of the post. I've updated the titles of the older posts as well. The second part of the series had some of the stalwarts from the 40s and some readers didn't agree with my decision of including those names on the …

(Part 5) Lata with Forgotten / Lesser Known Composers

I was thinking of the fifth part as the last part of the series. But interestingly enough, I still have a list of composers. So I can't call today's part as the last part. But I'll wait for a while and think about the next part later. We are taking an overview of Lata's journey …

(Part 4) Lata with Forgotten / Lesser Known Composers

It's time now for the fourth part of the series, based on Lata's association with lesser known composers. So far I've covered forty two composers. In today's post, I'm dealing with twelve more. I just wish to repeat the same thing once again, the series is designed keeping in mind, the general music lovers, who …

(Part 3) Lata with Forgotten / Lesser Known Composers

Continuing the series on Lata's association with lesser known composers, I'm here with the third part. The list of composers still grew a little long, so that now I've around 30+ composers to cover. Today's part has twelve composers. And I may need two more parts to complete the list. Let's start today's journey. The …

(Part 2) Lata with Forgotten / Lesser Known Composers

I started the series, on Lata Mangeshkar's 90th birthday last month. The list of composers became very long and I couldn't come up with the second part last week. I needed time to collect the information and to decide about the names to include. Today, I'm presenting the second part of the series, having fifteen …

(Part 1) Lata with Forgotten / Lesser Known Composers

Today let's celebrate Lata Mangeshkar's 90th Birthday! I was struggling with the topic. Her musical life has so many aspects,I didn't know what to do. I had thought of her associations with popular composers. It certainly was a good idea but I wanted to do something different and suddenly there it was, her association with …