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a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Culture_of_Bangladesh" title="Template:Culture of Bangladesh"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Culture_of_Bangladesh" title="Template talk:Culture of Bangladesh"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a 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Music has served the purpose of documenting the lives of the people and was widely patronized by the rulers. It comprises a long tradition of religious and regular song-writing over a period of almost a millennium. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ostad_Alauddin_Khan_at_Karjon_Hall_1955.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ostad_Alauddin_Khan_at_Karjon_Hall_1955.png/220px-Ostad_Alauddin_Khan_at_Karjon_Hall_1955.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ostad_Alauddin_Khan_at_Karjon_Hall_1955.png/330px-Ostad_Alauddin_Khan_at_Karjon_Hall_1955.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ostad_Alauddin_Khan_at_Karjon_Hall_1955.png/440px-Ostad_Alauddin_Khan_at_Karjon_Hall_1955.png 2x" data-file-width="1686" data-file-height="1545" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ustad_Alauddin_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ustad Alauddin Khan">Ustad Alauddin Khan</a> (centre), one of the greatest maestros of South Asian classical music, performing with his ensemble at <a href="/wiki/Curzon_Hall" title="Curzon Hall">Curzon Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a>, 1955</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classical_music">Classical music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Bangladesh&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Classical music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kazi_Nazrul_Islam_at_studio.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam_at_studio.gif/220px-Kazi_Nazrul_Islam_at_studio.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam_at_studio.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="294" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Nazrul sangeet origins from the works of <a href="/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam" title="Kazi Nazrul Islam">Kazi Nazrul Islam</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ragapradhan_Gaan">Ragapradhan Gaan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Bangladesh&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ragapradhan Gaan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bangladeshi classical music is based on modes called <i><a href="/wiki/Ragas" class="mw-redirect" title="Ragas">ragas</a></i>. In composing these songs, the melodies of north Indian <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dingading&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dingading (page does not exist)">dingading</a></i> ragas are used. As far as the <i>Charyagiti</i> (9th century), ragas have been used in Bengali music. <a href="/wiki/Jaydev" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaydev">Jaydev</a>’s Gitagovindam, Padavali Kirtan, Mangal Giti, Shyamasangit, Tappa, Brahma Sangeet and Tagore songs have been inspired by Ragas. The use of north Indian ragas in Bangla songs began in 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This trend gathered momentum during the 19th and 20th centuries. The pioneers of these trend were <a href="/wiki/Ramnidhi_Gupta" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramnidhi Gupta">Ramnidhi Gupta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kali_Mirza" title="Kali Mirza">Kali Mirza</a>, Raghunath Roy and the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_Gharana" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishnupur Gharana">Bishnupur Gharana</a>, Ramshanker Bhattacharya.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nawab of Lakhnau, <a href="/wiki/Wajid_Ali_Shah" title="Wajid Ali Shah">Wajid Ali Shah</a> played an important role in this trend. He was dethroned by the <a href="/wiki/British_empire" class="mw-redirect" title="British empire">British empire</a> in 1856 and banished to Metiaburuz, Kolkata. During his 30-year exile, he patronized music, specially <a href="/wiki/Dhrupad" title="Dhrupad">dhrupad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tappa" title="Tappa">tappa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thumri" title="Thumri">thumri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kheyal" class="mw-redirect" title="Kheyal">kheyal</a>. And, thus made a lasting impact on Bangladeshi music.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All traditional Bengali music tend to be based on various variations of <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_Classical_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindustani Classical Music">Hindustani Classical Music</a>. <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a> had a deep appreciation for north Indian ragas, successfully introduced ragas in his songs. He was followed by Dwijendralal Roy, <a href="/wiki/Rajanikanta_Sen" title="Rajanikanta Sen">Rajanikanta Sen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atulprasad_Sen" class="mw-redirect" title="Atulprasad Sen">Atulprasad Sen</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Folk_music">Folk music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Bangladesh&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Folk music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Music_of_Bangladesh" title="Special:EditPage/Music of Bangladesh">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2012</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Folk has come to occupy the lives of Bangladeshis almost more than any other genre of Bengali music. Among the luminaries of the different folk traditions are <a href="/wiki/Lalon" title="Lalon">Lalon Fokir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abbasuddin_Ahmed" title="Abbasuddin Ahmed">Abbasuddin Ahmed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shah_Abdul_Karim" title="Shah Abdul Karim">Shah Abdul Karim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radharaman_Dutta" title="Radharaman Dutta">Radharaman Dutta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hason_Raja" title="Hason Raja">Hason Raja</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Khursheed_Nurali_(Sheerazi)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khursheed Nurali (Sheerazi) (page does not exist)">Khursheed Nurali (Sheerazi)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Shil" title="Ramesh Shil">Ramesh Shil</a> and Kari Amir Uddin Ahmed. Folk songs are characterised by simple musical structure and words. Before the advent of radio, entertainment in the rural areas relied on a large extent on stage performances by folk singers. With the arrival of new communication technologies and digital media, many folk songs were modernised and incorporated into <i>modern songs</i> (Adhunik songeet). </p><p>Folk music can be classified into several subgenres: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baul#Music" title="Baul">Baul</a>: mainly inspired by <a href="/wiki/Lalon" title="Lalon">Lalon</a> and almost exclusively performed by <a href="/wiki/Baul" title="Baul">Baul mystics</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhandari" title="Bhandari">Bhandari</a>: Devotional music from the South (mainly <a href="/wiki/Chittagong_Division" title="Chittagong Division">Chittagong</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhatiali" title="Bhatiali">Bhatiali</a>: Music of fishermen and boatman, almost always tied by a common <a href="/wiki/Ragas" class="mw-redirect" title="Ragas">ragas</a> sung solo.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhawaiya" title="Bhawaiya">Bhawaiya</a>: Song of bullock-cart drivers of the North (<a href="/wiki/Rangpur_Division" title="Rangpur Division">Rangpur</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhamail" title="Dhamail">Dhamail</a>: A form of <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a> and dance originated in <a href="/wiki/Sylhet_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Sylhet region">Sylhet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mymensingh_division" class="mw-redirect" title="Mymensingh division">Mymensingh</a> region. It is practiced in the <a href="/wiki/Sylhet_Division" title="Sylhet Division">Sylhet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mymensingh_division" class="mw-redirect" title="Mymensingh division">Mymensingh division</a> in Bangladesh and in areas influenced by the <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Sylhet" class="mw-redirect" title="Culture of Sylhet">culture of Sylhet</a> such as the <a href="/wiki/Barak_Valley" title="Barak Valley">Barak Valley</a> of <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> and parts of <a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gazir_Gaan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gazir Gaan (page does not exist)">Gazir Gaan</a>: Devotional songs dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Gazi_Pir" title="Gazi Pir">Gazi Pir</a>, who is part of Pach Pir tradition of folk practice and belief.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghazal" title="Ghazal">Ghazal</a>: Popular folk music of <a href="/wiki/Sufi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sufi">Sufi</a> genres, introduced from philosophy and religion in music practiced mainly by <a href="/wiki/Bengali_Muslims" title="Bengali Muslims">Bengali Muslims</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gombhira" title="Gombhira">Gombhira</a>: Song (originated in <a href="/wiki/Chapai_Nawabganj" title="Chapai Nawabganj">Chapai Nawabganj</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malda_district" title="Malda district">Malda</a>) performed with a particular distinctive rhythm and dance with two performers, always personifying a man and his grand father, discussing a topic to raise social awareness.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hason_Raja" title="Hason Raja">Hason Raja</a>: Devotional songs written by a music composer by the name of Hason Raja (from Sylhet, northeastern side of Bangladesh near Assam) that was recently repopularised as dance music.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jari_gan" class="mw-redirect" title="Jari gan">Jari</a>: songs involving musical battle between two groups</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jatra_(Bengal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jatra (Bengal)">Jatra</a> Pala: songs associated exclusively with plays (performed on-stage). Usually involves colourful presentations of historical themes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhumur" class="mw-redirect" title="Jhumur">Jhumur</a>: traditional dance song form Bangladesh and eastern part of India.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavigan" title="Kavigan">Kavigan</a>: poems sung with simple music usually presented on stage as a musical battle between poets.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirtan" title="Kirtan">Kirtan</a>: devotional song depicting love to Hindu God Krishna and his (best-known) lover Radha.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalon" title="Lalon">Lalon</a>: best known of all folk songs and the most important subgenre of Baul songs, almost entirely attributed to spiritual writer and composer, Lalon Fokir of Kushtia. He is known to all in West Bengal of India too.(Western Bangladesh, near the border with West Bengal).</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pala_Gaan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pala Gaan (page does not exist)">Pala Gaan</a>: folk ballad also known as Pat.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sari_gan" title="Sari gan">Sari</a>: sung especially by boatmen. It is often known as workmen's song as well.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyama_Sangeet" title="Shyama Sangeet">Shyama Sangeet</a>: a genre of <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> devotional songs dedicated to the Hindu goddess Shyama or <a href="/wiki/Kali" title="Kali">Kali</a> which is a form of supreme universal mother-goddess Durga or parvati. It is also known as Shaktagiti or Durgastuti.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baul">Baul</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Bangladesh&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Baul"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Baul" title="Baul">Baul</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Music_of_Bangladesh" title="Special:EditPage/Music of Bangladesh">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2012</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Baul" title="Baul">Baul</a> is the most commonly known category of Bangladeshi folk songs. It is mostly performed by hermits who are followers of <a href="/wiki/Sufism" title="Sufism">Sufism</a> in Bangladesh. Present day Sufis earn mainly from performing their music. Baul songs incorporate simple words expressing songs with deeper meanings involving creation, society, lifestyle and human emotions. The songs are performed with very little musical support to the main carrier, the vocal. Instruments used include the <a href="/wiki/Ektara" title="Ektara">Ektara</a> ("one-string"), <a href="/wiki/Dotara" title="Dotara">Dotara</a> ("two-strings"), ba(n)shi (country flute made from bamboo) and cymbals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="রবীন্দ্র_সঙ্গীত_(Music_of_Robindra)"><span id=".E0.A6.B0.E0.A6.AC.E0.A7.80.E0.A6.A8.E0.A7.8D.E0.A6.A6.E0.A7.8D.E0.A6.B0_.E0.A6.B8.E0.A6.99.E0.A7.8D.E0.A6.97.E0.A7.80.E0.A6.A4_.28Music_of_Robindra.29"></span><i>রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত (Music of Robindra)</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Bangladesh&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত (Music of Robindra)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rabindra_Sangeet" title="Rabindra Sangeet">Rabindra Sangeet</a></div> <p><b>Rabindra Sangeet</b> (<a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>: <span lang="bn">রবীন্দ্রসঙ্গীত</span> <i>Robindro shonggit</i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Bengali pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="bn-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Bengali" title="Help:IPA/Bengali">[ɾobindɾo<span class="wrap"> </span>ʃoŋɡit]</a></span>), also known as <b>Tagore Songs</b>, are songs written and composed by <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a>. They have distinctive characteristics in the <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bengal" title="Music of Bengal">music of Bengal</a>, popular in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>. "Sangeet" means music, "Rabindra Sangeet" means Songs of Rabindra. </p><p>Rabindra Sangeet used <a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_music" title="Indian classical music">Indian classical music</a> and traditional <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a> as sources.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica-wb_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-wb-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="নজরুল_গীতি_(Music_of_Nazrul)"><span id=".E0.A6.A8.E0.A6.9C.E0.A6.B0.E0.A7.81.E0.A6.B2_.E0.A6.97.E0.A7.80.E0.A6.A4.E0.A6.BF_.28Music_of_Nazrul.29"></span><i>নজরুল গীতি (Music of Nazrul)</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Bangladesh&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: নজরুল গীতি (Music of Nazrul)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nazrul_Geeti" title="Nazrul Geeti">Nazrul Geeti</a></div> <p><b>Nazrul Geeti</b> or <b>Nazrul Sangeet</b>, literally "music of Nazrul," are songs written and composed by <a href="/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam" title="Kazi Nazrul Islam">Kazi Nazrul Islam</a>, a Bengali poet and national poet of Bangladesh and active revolutionary during the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Independence_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Independence Movement">Indian Independence Movement</a>. Nazrul Sangeet incorporate revolutionary notions as well as more spiritual, philosophical and romantic themes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="শাহ_আবদুল_করিম_(Music_of_Shah_Abdul_Karim)"><span id=".E0.A6.B6.E0.A6.BE.E0.A6.B9_.E0.A6.86.E0.A6.AC.E0.A6.A6.E0.A7.81.E0.A6.B2_.E0.A6.95.E0.A6.B0.E0.A6.BF.E0.A6.AE_.28Music_of_Shah_Abdul_Karim.29"></span><i>শাহ আবদুল করিম (Music of Shah Abdul Karim)</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Bangladesh&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: শাহ আবদুল করিম (Music of Shah Abdul Karim)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shah_Abdul_Karim" title="Shah Abdul Karim">Shah Abdul Karim</a></div> <p>Shah Abdul Karim known as "Baul Samrat" or king of baul music, he has composed over 1600 baul songs, some of his notable songs include Keno Piriti Baraila Re Bondhu, Murshid Dhono He Kemone Chinibo Tomare, Nao Banailo Banailo Re Kon Mestori, Ashi Bole Gelo Bondhu and Mon Mojale Ore Bawla Gaan. He referred to his compositions as Baul Gaan. He holds voice against unfairness, injustice, prejudice and communalism through his writings. Karim portraits Bhati area's people love, wish and happiness amid the writings. He got inspiration from another legendary musician Fakir Lalon Shah. Karim wrote many spiritual songs including Marfati or Dehatatta. Bangla Academy has translated ten songs of his in the English language. Karim wrote many spiritual songs including Marfati or Dehatatta. Bangla Academy has translated ten songs of his in English. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="লালন_গীতি_(Music_of_Lalon)"><span id=".E0.A6.B2.E0.A6.BE.E0.A6.B2.E0.A6.A8_.E0.A6.97.E0.A7.80.E0.A6.A4.E0.A6.BF_.28Music_of_Lalon.29"></span><i>লালন গীতি (Music of Lalon)</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Bangladesh&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: লালন গীতি (Music of Lalon)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lalon" title="Lalon">Lalon</a></div> <p><b>Lalon</b> also known as <b>Fakir Lalon Shah,</b> <b>Lalon Shah,</b> <b>Lalon Fakir.</b> Lalon composed numerous songs and poems, which describe his philosophy. Lalon left no written copies of his songs, which were transmitted orally and only later transcribed by his followers. Also, most of his followers could not read or write either, so few of his songs are found in written form<b>.</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pop_music">Pop music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Bangladesh&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pop music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Western style popular music began to influence strongly the music of Bangladesh in the early 1970's. And then several recording studios were established in Dhaka, which produced many pop style songs about national heroes.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ferdous_Wahid" title="Ferdous Wahid">Ferdous Wahid</a>, who started out as a singer in the early 1970s, said "I wanted to introduce western music in Bangladesh, so after the Liberation War I decided to do pop music for our country’s people".<sup id="cite_ref-firstpost_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-firstpost-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Azam_Khan_(singer)" title="Azam Khan (singer)">Azam Khan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fakir_Alamgir" title="Fakir Alamgir">Fakir Alamgir</a>, Ferdous Wahid, <a href="/wiki/Pilu_Momtaz" title="Pilu Momtaz">Pilu Momtaz</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Najma_Zaman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Najma Zaman (page does not exist)">Najma Zaman</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Firoz_Shai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Firoz Shai (page does not exist)">Firoz Shai</a> are considered the pioneer who brought the glory to Bangladesh pop music. In particular, Azam Khan is known as the pop-guru or pop-samrat of Bangladesh.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the genre of <a href="/wiki/Film_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Film music">film music</a>, well-known are such singers as <a href="/wiki/Sabina_Yasmin" title="Sabina Yasmin">Sabina Yasmin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Runa_Laila" title="Runa Laila">Runa Laila</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Kishore" title="Andrew Kishore">Andrew Kishore</a> and so on. Sabina Yasmin has won <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_National_Film_Award_for_Best_Female_Playback_Singer" title="Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer">Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer</a> 14 times, and Runa Laila has won the award 7 times. On the other hand, Andrew Kishore has won <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_National_Film_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer</a> 8 times. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rock">Rock</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Bangladesh&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Rock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_rock" title="Bangladeshi rock">Bangladeshi rock</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Popular Rock Bands </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Formed</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Genre</th> <th>Language</th> <th>City of origin </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1972</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Souls_(band)" title="Souls (band)">Souls</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Pop/rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Pop/rock">Pop/Rock</a></td> <td rowspan="18"><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chittagong" title="Chittagong">Chittagong</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spondan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Spondan (page does not exist)">Spondan</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Azam_Khan_(singer)" title="Azam Khan (singer)">Uccharon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Feedback_(band)" title="Feedback (band)">Feedback</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock music</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miles_(band)" title="Miles (band)">Miles</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pop/rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Pop/rock">Pop/Rock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagar_Baul" title="Nagar Baul">Nagar Baul</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">Hard rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock">psychedelic rock</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chittagong" title="Chittagong">Chittagong</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980s</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Different_Touch" title="Different Touch">Different Touch</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pop/rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Pop/rock">Pop/Rock</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khulna" title="Khulna">Khulna</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Warfaze" title="Warfaze">Warfaze</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">Hard rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal music</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chittagong" title="Chittagong">Chittagong</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Obscure_(band)" title="Obscure (band)">Obscure</a> </td> <td>Pop and rock </td> <td>Khulna </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rockstrata&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rockstrata (page does not exist)">Rockstrata</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">Heavy Metal</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nova_(Bangladeshi_band)" title="Nova (Bangladeshi band)">Nova</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">Hard rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock">Psychedelic rock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1991</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Love_Runs_Blind" title="Love Runs Blind">Love Runs Blind</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">Alternative rock</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chittagong" title="Chittagong">Chittagong</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ark_(Bangladeshi_band)" title="Ark (Bangladeshi band)">Ark</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock">Pop rock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cryptic_Fate" title="Cryptic Fate">Cryptic Fate</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Progressive_metal" title="Progressive metal">Progressive metal</a></td> <td rowspan="22"><a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1996</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shironamhin" title="Shironamhin">Shironamhin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">Folk music</a>, alternative rock, <a href="/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" title="Psychedelic rock">psychedelic rock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dalchhut" title="Dalchhut">Dalchhut</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock music</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1998</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aurthohin" title="Aurthohin">Aurthohin</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">Heavy Metal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Black_(Bangladeshi_band)" title="Black (Bangladeshi band)">Black</a></td> <td>Rock music, alternative rock, <a href="/wiki/Grunge" title="Grunge">grunge</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Poizon Green</td> <td>Thrash/Power Metal</td> <td>English </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1999</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Artcell" title="Artcell">Artcell</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Progressive_metal" title="Progressive metal">Progressive metal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Progressive_rock" title="Progressive rock">progressive rock</a></td> <td rowspan="6">Bangla </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Scarecrow_(band)" title="Scarecrow (band)">Scarecrow</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thrash_Metal" class="mw-redirect" title="Thrash Metal">Thrash Metal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metal_core" class="mw-redirect" title="Metal core">metal core</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nemesis_(Bangladeshi_band)" title="Nemesis (Bangladeshi band)">Nemesis</a></td> <td>Alternative rock </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lalon_(band)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lalon (band) (page does not exist)">Lalon</a></td> <td>Rock </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2001</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stentorian_(band)" title="Stentorian (band)">Stentorian</a></td> <td>Hard rock, heavy metal </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vibe_(Bangladeshi_band)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vibe (Bangladeshi band) (page does not exist)">Vibe</a></td> <td>Heavy Metal </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Satanik" title="Satanik">Satanik</a></td> <td>Black Metal</td> <td>English </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arbovirus_(band)" title="Arbovirus (band)">Arbovirus</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Experimental_music" title="Experimental music">Experimental music</a>, alternative rock, <a href="/wiki/Nu_metal" title="Nu metal">Nu metal</a></td> <td>Bangla </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2004</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Severe_Dementia_(band)" title="Severe Dementia (band)">Severe Dementia</a></td> <td>Death Metal</td> <td>English </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Funeral_Anthem&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Funeral Anthem (page does not exist)">Funeral Anthem</a></td> <td>Power Metal</td> <td rowspan="9">Bangla </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005</td> <td>Shohortoli</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theatrical_rock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Theatrical rock (page does not exist)">Theatrical rock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">2006</td> <td><a href="/wiki/De-illumination" title="De-illumination">De-illumination</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Symphonic_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Symphonic rock">Symphonic rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Symphonic_metal" title="Symphonic metal">symphonic metal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mechanix_(band)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mechanix 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href="/w/index.php?title=Charpoka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charpoka (page does not exist)">Charpoka</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">Alternative rock</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Avash" title="Avash">Avash</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock">Alternative rock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fused_(band)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fused (band) (page does not exist)">Fused</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mrsk_BGM&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mrsk BGM (page does not exist)">Mrsk BGM</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dance/Electronic_Songs" title="Dance/Electronic Songs">Dance/Electronic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Multilingualism" title="Multilingualism">Multilingual</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandpur_District" title="Chandpur District">Chandpur</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Instruments">Instruments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Bangladesh&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Instruments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tamak_and_Tumdak_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Tamak_and_Tumdak_01.jpg/220px-Tamak_and_Tumdak_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Tamak_and_Tumdak_01.jpg/330px-Tamak_and_Tumdak_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Tamak_and_Tumdak_01.jpg/440px-Tamak_and_Tumdak_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Tamak (r.) and Tumdak (l.) - typical drums of the <a href="/wiki/Santhal_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Santhal people">Santhal people</a>, photographed in a village in <a href="/wiki/Dinajpur_District,_Bangladesh" title="Dinajpur District, Bangladesh">Dinajpur district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Common instruments are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sitar" title="Sitar">Sitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">Violin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flute" title="Flute">Flutes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmonium" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmonium">Harmonium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esraj" title="Esraj">Esraj</a> (a traditional Bengali instrument)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ektara" title="Ektara">Ektara</a> ("one-string")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dotara" title="Dotara">Dotara</a> ("two-strings")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khamak" title="Khamak">Khamak</a></li> <li><a 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literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Bengal" title="Music of Bengal">Music of Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_West_Bengal" title="Music of West Bengal">Music of West Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_rock" title="Bangladeshi rock">Bangladeshi rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladeshi_hip_hop" title="Bangladeshi hip hop">Bangladeshi hip hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bangladeshi_musicians" title="List of Bangladeshi musicians">List of Bangladeshi musicians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Bangladeshi_playback_singers" title="List of Bangladeshi playback singers">List of Bangladeshi playback singers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shah_Abdul_Karim" title="Shah Abdul Karim">Shah Abdul Karim</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Bangladesh&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 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