![]() Some songs mimicked a given raga's melody and rhythm faithfully others newly blended elements of different ragas. They emulated the tonal color of classical ragas to varying extents. Influenced by the thumri style of Hindustani music, they ran the entire gamut of human emotion, ranging from his early dirge-like Brahmo devotional hymns to quasi-erotic compositions. Rabindra Sangeet merges fluidly into Tagore's literature, most of which-poems or parts of novels, stories, or plays alike-were lyricised. In the anthology Jayanti Utsarga, published on to commemorate Tagore's 70th birthday. The name Rabindra Sangeet was first introduced by the noted Indian Author, Economist and Sociologist Dhurjati Prasad Mukherjee The Bhanushingher Podaboli songs are based on his own life experiences and happenstance. The Rabindrasangeet contains various sections or 'parjay' such as 'prem','prakriti','bhanusingher podaboli',etc. Tagore created some six new taals, inspired by Carnatic talas, because he felt the traditional taals existing at the time could not do justice and were coming in the way of the seamless narrative of the lyrics. Lyrics and music both hold almost equal importance in Rabindra Sangeet. The music is mostly based on Hindustani classical music, Carnatic music, Western tunes and the traditional folk music of Bengal and inherently possess within them, a perfect balance, an endearing economy of poetry and musicality. and is filled with expressions of romanticism. ![]() It is characterised by its distinctive rendition while singing which, includes a significant amount of ornamentation like meend, murki, etc. ![]() Dance accompanied by Rabindra Sangeet, at Science City auditorium in Kolkata. ![]()
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