He has acknowledged the debt of Deval Club for his initial forays into Hindustani classical music.
Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale, and would also often perform solo, but later gave up harmonium for most part of his career.
He composed music for the drama Manapman in 1910, and also for the first Marathi talkie Ayodhyecha Raja (1932).
As World war broke out, they stayed at London for a long time and ultimately returned in Jan 1940 but Yuvaraja died soon at his Palace Anchorage (next to Hotel Taj) in March 1940 and Prof. Tembe lost his patron.
Two years later, he started his own company named Shivraj Natak Mandali.