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The music of .
Classical music
Ragapradhan Gaan
Bengali classical music is based on modes called
Bishnupur Gharana
The
Rabindra Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রসঙ্গীত Robindro shonggit, Bengali pronunciation: [ɾobindɾo ʃoŋɡit]), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore.[4] They have distinctive characteristics in the music of Bengal, popular in India and Bangladesh.[5][6]
Rabindra Sangeet has been an integral part of Bengal culture for over a century.
Shyama Sangeet
Shyama Sangeet(Bengali: শ্যামা সঙ্গীত) is a genre of Bengali devotional songs dedicated to the Hindu goddess Shyama or Kali which is a form of supreme universal mother-goddess Durga or parvati. It is also known as Shaktagiti or Durgastuti.[8]
Ramprasadi
Ramprasadi (Bengali : রামপ্রসাদী) is a category of Shyama Sangeet composed by eighteenth century Bengali saint-poet Sadhak Rāmprasād Sen (Bengali: রামপ্রসাদ সেন; c. 1718 or c. 1723 – c. 1775).[9][10] They are usually addressed to Hindu goddess Kali and written in Bengali language.[11][12][13][14]
Agamani-Vijaya
Agamani (
Atulprasadi
Atulprasadi (
Dwijendrageeti
Prabhat Samgiita
Prabhat Samgiita (
Patua Sangeet
There are three types of Patua Sangeet according to the difference of Patachitra and the mythological stories associated with it. This lyrical drama written about the Krishno leela, Gourango Leela, Ram Leela, Shib-Parboti Lila etc., is called Leela kahini. Gopalan or Cattlefarming story is another type of Patua Sangeet.[24]
Gombhira
In
Bhadu Gaan
Bhadu is a social festival of South-Western part of
Tusu Gaan
Tusu is a folk festival held on the last day of the Bengali month of Poush. It is a unifying form of local common faith and the joy of the harvest. Tusu is a cosmic goddess and conceived as a virgin girl, who imagined as a young girl and is worshipped by Tusu song improvised by womenfolk, based on popular beliefs as well as rituals associated with harvesting. At the end of the festivities, the immersion of the image of Tusu is done vividly and with Tusu songs which have a melancholic ring.[28] Tusu puja is practised and Tusu songs are sung in the rural areas of Bankura, Purulia, Bardhaman and Hooghly districts of West Bengal.[28]
Jhumur
This type of folk song is very popular in
Bolan Gaan
Bolan or Bolan Gaan is a type of folk song of
Bhawaiya
Bhatiali
Bhatiali or bhatiyali (Bengali: ভাটিয়ালি) is a form of folk music in both West Bengal and Bangladesh. Bhatiali is a river song mostly sung by boatmen while going down streams of the river. The word bhatiyali comes from bhata meaning "ebb" or downstream.[37]
Alkap
Alkap (Bengali: আলকাপ) is a form of Bengali folk performance popular in the districts of Murshidabad, Malda and Birbhum in West Bengal.[38][39]
Band music and Bengali rock
Popular Rock Bands
| Year formed | Band name | Genre | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Moheener Ghoraguli | Bengali rock | Bengali |
| 1990 | Krosswindz | Bengali rock, fusion |
Bengali, English, Hindi |
| 1991 | Chandrabindoo | Bengali rock | Bengali |
| 1992 | Cactus | Bengali rock, hard rock | Bengali |
| 1996 | Hip Pocket | Rock, hard rock | English |
| 1998 | Fossils | Bengali rock, hard rock, metal | Bengali, English, Hindi |
| 1998 | Kalpurush[40] | Bengali Rock, Bengali Pop, Rock, Pop | Bengali, Hindi |
| 1999 | Bhoomi | Bengali rock | Bengali |
| 1999 | Skinny Alley | Rock, alternative rock | English |
| 1999 | Lakkhichhara |
Bengali rock | Bengali |
| 2001 | Cassini's Division | Rock, alternative rock | English |
| 2002 | Insomnia | Bengali rock, alternative, nu metal | English, Bengali |
| 2005 | Rikterskale | Bangla Rock | |
| 2005 | Prithibi |
Bengali rock | Bengali |
| 2005 | Agnish | Bengali Rock, Hard rock, Rock n Roll | Bengali |
| 2005 | Calcutta Blues | Bengali rock | Bengali |
| 2006 | Destiny[41] | Progressive, neo-classical | |
| 2006 | Pinknoise | Experimental rock, alternative rock | English |
| 2006 | Pseudonym | Alternative rock, hard rock | English |
| 2006 | Kanvas |
Alternative rock, Folk rock | Bengali, Hindi |
| 2007 | Five Little Indians | Alternative rock | English |
| 2008 | soul unity of rhythm | Alternative rock | Bengali |
| 2009 | Kendraka | Jazz rock | |
| 2010 | Underground Authority | Alternative rock, rap rock, hard rock | Hindi, English, Bengali |
| 2012 | RobiONobin | Folk rock | |
| 2013 | Lotus Eater | Country, Alternative rock, rap rock soft rock, folk fusion, rock 'n' roll | Hindi, English, Bengali https://web.archive.org/web/20150218104000/http://www.fruithuntt.com/lotus-eater/ |
| 2014 | Cross Chords | Experimental Rock, Progressive Rock, Metal | Bengali, English |
| Parama[40] | |||
| Aurko[40] | |||
| 2015 | the troubadours | Folk, Blues, mainly known for their Protest songs, such as 'Raasta ta howa dorkar' | Bengali, English |
| 1990s- till present || Monojit Datta's Orient Express || Latin American Music, mainly Salsa, Rumba, Merengue, Samba, Guaguanco, such as Bondhu Sunte Pachcho || Bangla, Spanish and English
See also
- Tamang Selo
- Bengali folk literature
- Culture of Bengal
- Culture of West Bengal
- Music of Bangladesh
- Music of Bengal
- Baul
- Nazrul Geeti
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- ^ (T)he popular image that the term bhawaiya still conjures up is a form of plaintive ballads that speak of love and loss and endless longing within a woman's heart. Dutta 2019
- ^ Sarma & Monteiro 2019, p. 332
- ^ There is an approximate consensus that the origins of the form may be dated back to at least the sixteenth century, during the reign of Raja Bishwa Sinha, who established the kingdom of Koch Bihar.Dutta 2019
- ^ (B)hawaiya developed as an integral cultural expression of the Rajbanshis, and these songs are composed in Rajbanshi (or Kamrupi or Kamtapuri), the most widely spoken Bengali dialect across this belt. Despite the influence of Brahminical Hinduism, Islam and Vaishnavism over the preceding centuries, the popular culture of these communities have retained matriarchal influences, evident from the many extant folk rituals and practices. Dutta 2019
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