Bangladesh
has a very wealthy musical tradition since music has always played a significant
role in the lives of the people. In ancient period, song was generally linked
to prayer and this can still be seen fairly nowadays in the singing of
folksongs that often admire certain gods and their creation. Over instance latest
influences where introduced and melodic styles changed. Musical growth was
better than lots of other spheres of life because such expansion was often well
patronized by the rulers of the time. Nowadays Bangladesh melody is
diverse and characteristic. Usually speaking, Bangladeshi song can be
categorized into a figure of genres. The major genres are- classical music,
rabindra sangeet, nazrul geeti, folk songs, Adhunik songs and modern music with
western pressures.
Each of this
class is very wide and can slot in a number of dissimilar styles and musical
movements. The most discernible quality of classical music is that it is based
on ragas modes. Rabindra sangeet is more often differentiated by the words
used, which are generally either prayer songs, seasonal songs, love songs or
patriotic songs. All rabindra sangeet tunes has a theme of philosophy and love
and often they slot in masterful poems. Rabindra Sangeet has had an incredibly
strong influence on Bengali way of life. These songs are regarded as educational
treasures of Bengal in Bangladesh.
Robindra Sangeet, which deal with diverse themes are hugely popular and form a base
for the Bengali ethos that is similar to, perhaps even superior than, that
which Shakespeare has on the English-speaking world.
Modern music of Bangladesh |
It is said that his
songs are the outcome of five hundreds years of legendary & civilizing
churning that the Bengali society has gone through. Inside his book ‘Caste and Outcaste’, Dhan Gopal Mukerji
has written that, these songs rise above the ordinary to the aesthetic and
express all ranges and categories of human being emotion. The writer had given an
influence to all- big or little, wealthy or unfortunate. The poor boatman on
the Padma as well as the wealthy landlord discovers expression for their touching
trials and tribulations in Tagore's songs. Rabindra Sangeet has evolved into a characteristic school of melody.
Practitioners of this type are known to be violently protective of traditional perform.
Novel interpretations and variations have haggard severe fault in both West
Bengal and Bangladesh.
And similar to Beethoven's symphonies or Vilayat Khan's sitar, Rabindra Sangeet
demands sophisticated, intelligent & cultured listeners to appreciate the poetic
beauty of his compositions.
Robindronath Tagore, The writer of Robindro Sangeet |
People speak
that, the song of Rabindranath Tagore is supreme in the Bengali music
world, but there was another great creator who is approximately as great as the
great Robindranath Tagore. A lot of Bengali people think his compositions to be
superior. This great musician is identified as Kazi Nazrul Islam, the
national poet of Bangladesh.
The works of Nazrul Islam is recognized as Nazrul geeti, which is considered to
be another kind of classical Bengali melody. Nazrul geeti s incorporates
revolutionary notions as well as more religious and theoretical themes. Nazrul
geeti is more effortlessly classified because all melodic works in this type slot
in the works of Kazi Nazrul Islam, one of the country’s national poets and a chief
revolutionist.
Kazi Nazrul Islam, The writer of of Nazrul Geeti |
The style tends
to slot in revolutionary opinion as well as religious and theoretical themes.
Most folk songs narrate the exacting lifestyles of a variety of types of people
such as hermits, fishermen, and horse and cart drivers. They have survived from
generation to generation and often comprise words of adoration to different
Bengali gods. Another very well-known Bengali musical type is the Bengali Folk
music. Bengali Folk music is actually varied, with more than fifteen dissimilar msub-genres. Several people contributed to what has become one of the most vital
musical influences in lives of Bengalis. Possibly the top know of all folk
songs is the Lalon geeti, started off by the western Bangladeshi saintly writer
and musician Lalon Fokir. Other famed sub-genres of Bengali folk melody are
Hason Raja, Bhawaiya- music of the bullock cart drivers and Bhatiali- music of
the fishermen.
The Baul King Lalon Shah |
Baul is one more
sub-type of the Bengali folk music-world, but it has been such a
vast influence in Bangladeshi melody that it deserves being called a type on
its own. Baul is approximately exclusively achieved by hermits who
are followers of Sufism in Bangladesh. Baul
songs always slot in simple words expressing songs with deeper meanings connecting
creation, culture, lifestyle and human being emotions. The songs are
performed with extremely little musical support to the major carrier, the
vocal. Bauls, bohemian by natural world and faith, leave on inspiring
expeditions, writing and performing melody on their entire trip to earn living
and distribute notion of love and religion. Ektaara, Dotaara, cymbals and bamboo
flute are used in the appearance of Baul geeti.
A Baul singing a baul song |
Ther another
part of Bangladeshi music ‘Adhunik songeet’ is also another big genre. Adhunik
songeet factually means modern tune. The majority of this music tended to
be aimed at the mainstream audience – popular catchy tunes with easy words that
were far moved from the traditional ragas. Adhunik songeet is fundamentally a
genre of more modern music that is often insecurely categorized by the region
where it originated. The method started to come out just before the revolution
and is stylistically simple so that anybody- irrespective of schooling level-
can be grateful for its worth. Although these songs are still called ‘Adhunik
gaan’ which means ‘modern songs’ a lot of of them are at present quite old. In
spite of the appearance of newer styles of melody, Adhunik gaan is still one of
the most well-liked music styles amongst middle-class Bangladeshi families at
present.
Popular Band of Bangladesh L.R.B |
Western tune
also has a gigantic influence in Bengali music culture, mainly music of the behind
80s. Bengali Pop music started with the supposed Band song. The fame of
the band music was started extremely with the music of some famous band
groups which had some varied flavor of Bengali traditional melody
with Western pop-rock stream. Some of the best well-known bands of that age- L.R.B,
Nogor Baul, Sironamhin, Souls, Miles. Bengali Pop song was started by
Guru Azam Khan, Miles and L.R.B and later popularized by Jewel, Maksud, Hasan
and James. Bangladeshi rock scene was separated into two different categories- conventional
and underground. Mainstream rock bands are the ones who perform for the
bigger point and are frequently incorporated with the soundtrack
industries. Intensely prejudiced by the progressive rock melody of the
West, many rock bands have recognized themselves as the famous face of the
Bengali rock sight. Some of them are considered as legends for instance LRB,
Nogor Baul, Renesa, Sironamhin, Ornob and friends, Warfaze, Miles etc.