Tuesday 23 July 2013

On the Similar Tune of a Rabindrasangeet and a Nazrulgeeti

Surprisingly a Rabindrasangeet and a Nazrulgeeti has similar tune. Why ? Can anybody let me know ? Are they based on same Raaga of Hindustani classical music ?

Please listen and note the similarity in tune.
Alpo Loia Thaki Tai....a Rabindrasangeet by Subinoy Roy

Shunyo e buke ...a Nazrulgeeti by Dhiren Basu
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  1. tt27 July 2013 at 03:05

    Both are based on movements of Raag "Chayanat" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQZo46zIS1o

    More of Tagores songs were also composed on the same raag.."Hridoy Basantabone Je Madhuri Bikashilo" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufYcz6neEe8

    Tomare koriyachi Jiboner dhrubo tara...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga8friqWvBQ

    And recently I learnt an interesting story about how come both Rabi Thakur and Nazrul composed song on a similar tune..It could be highly possible that they were both impressed by the same raga. But the story is even more intriguing...Rabindranaths song "Alpo loiya thaki tai" was published in a song album anonymously in Shantiniketan..In those days there were couple of other instances where a Tagore song was published anonymously in Shantiniketan. The reason of course I don't know..Few years later Gyanoda Prasad Goswami, a famous singer unknowing about Tagore being the composer of this song recorded the song with some gramophone company..Later when Shantniketan came to know about this they stopped Gyan Goshai from publishing this record. At that instance in order to save his honor Nazrul composed a song based on same tune which was Shunnyo e buke..

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    1. Unknown17 April 2022 at 16:36

      Could you please tell me the source of this information.

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  2. Biswa Prasun Chatterji27 July 2013 at 09:07

    Thanks for answering my query. Now I know it is Chhayanot....but I must say you know a lot of music...otherwise it is not easy to answer this....I was looking for it quite sometime ...I asked many who could not tell me....Thanks again for illuminating me....

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  3. cook with sonali8 June 2014 at 23:11

    Great Rabindra Sangeet songs on the occassion of Rabindrajayanti. Please like our Rabindra sangeet and subscribe my channel
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33JWcyJ3i1E
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    Sonali

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