Rabindra Sangeet

Rabindra Sangeet (Bangla: ???????? ?????) refers to the 2000 odd songs (about 2230) and poetry of love and devotion composed by Bengali poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

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Bangla - Bengali - Rabindranath Tagore

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These songs are regarded as cultural treasures of Bengal in both West Bengal (India) and the predominantly Muslim Bangladesh. The Rabindra Sangeets, which most frequently deal with transcendental love and spirituality are immensely popular with speakers of the language and form a foundation for the Bengali ethos that is comparable to, perhaps even greater than, that which Shakespeare had on the English-speaking world.

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West Bengal - Bangladesh - Shakespeare - English

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In his book Caste and Outcaste, Dhan Gopal Mukerji has said that these songs transcend the mundane to the aesthetic and express all ranges and categories of human emotion. The poet had given a voice to all -- big or small, rich or poor. The poorest boatman on the Ganges as well as the rich landlord find expression to their emotional trials and tribulation in the songs of Tagore.

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Dhan Gopal Mukerji - Ganges

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Two of the songs written by Tagore are the national anthems of India and Bangladesh. These are:

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India - Bangladesh

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• Bangladesh: Amar Shonar Bangla
• India: Jana Gana Mana

Some of the well known singers of Rabindrasangeet are:

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• Pankaj_Mullick also known as the First Man of Rabindrasangit
• Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay
• Debabrata_Biswas also known as the Second Man of Rabindrasangit
• Subinoy Royhttp://www.rhymerecords.com/ArtistBio.aspx?BioOf=Subinoy he worked as the Librarian in Indian Statistical Institute
• Kanika Bandyopadhyay her original name was "Anima" but Tagore had renamed her "Kanika" and Abanindranath Tagore used to call her Mohur by which name she is known to her close people
• Suchitra Mitra
• Rajeshwari Dutta was originally from Punjab, she married a well known Bengali poet Sudhindra Nath Dutta
• Rezwana Choudhury Bonya
• Sadi Mohammad
• Ashoketaru Bandyopadhyay
• Gora Sarbadhikari
• Shibani Sarbadhikari (mother of Haimanti Sarbadhikari of Indian Statistical Institute)

Some of the well known teachers of Rabindrasangeet (barring Tagore himself) are:

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• Dinendra Nath Tagore
• Shantideb Ghosh
• Shailaja Ranjan Majumdar