Mogubai Kurdikar - Footnotes

Footnotes

^ Gopalkrishna Bhobe: Kalaatm Gomantak ("Talented Goa")

^ This was at a time when it was difficult for classical musicians, in however high esteem, to support themselves. The subcontinent's many royal courts had supported the music for centuries, but there was no large middle class and no widespread public appreciation; now the courts were on the remove, and the budding recording industry did not have anything like today's large commercial base.