Rashtravaad Ani Geet (राष्ट्रवाद आणि गीत) - A lecture by Dr. Ashok Da Ranade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPNVg61bPMo

On the 125th year of the Vande Mataram song, a special lecture by Dr. Ashok Da Ranade. He explained the conceptual framework of the musical approach for the national anthem and national song, by taking a historical review from the perspective of cultural musicology. His comments on the audio examples of various renditions of Vande Mataram song are thought-provoking.

The audio samples include the renditions by Keshavrao Bhole, Vishnupant Pagnis, Bhimsen Joshi, Pt Jasraj, V D Ambhaikar & Mogubai Kurdikar, Vasant Desai's band, Jagmohan's band, Master Krishnarao Phulambrikar, M S Subbalakshmi & Dilip Kumar Roy, Lata Mangeshkar & Hemant Kumar, Usha Utthup, Omkarnath Thakur, A R Rahman.

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