![]() ![]() ![]() In our society, they are sung in religious gatherings no less than in concert halls. Each change of the season, each aspect of our country's landscape, every undulation of the human heart, in sorrow or in joy, has found its voice in some song of his. The tremendous impact of Tagore songs on our daily activities, on our hopes and aspirations, and on our struggle for independence is known to one and all. ![]() But it will be absolutely unjustified if we prepare any list of songs and melodies that helped to boost up the morale of the freedom-hungry Bangladeshis without first paying tributes to the memory of the two great maestros, Tagore and Nazrul, whose songs have become almost synonymous with the culture and tradition of Bangladesh. It was a song - Amar Bhaier Raktey Rangano Ekushey February - with a haunting melody from a genius like Altaf Mahmood - which had always been a very important factor in keeping up the tempo of our long and gruelling struggle at right pitch. The bud of Bangladeshi independence, whose fragrance was effectively perceived for the first time through the glorious Language Movement in 1952, sprouted in all its splendour into a full bloom through the War of Independence in 1971. Music has indeed been the authentic voice of a civilization that has seen many rises and falls, that has passed through and survived many vicissitudes of prosperity and poverty, of glory and abjection, but has never ceased to be creative in the worst periods of defeat, has never abandoned its quest for the Eternal even in periods of highest prosperity.īangladesh's struggle for emancipation from the clutches of alien domination has a long and chequered history behind. No wonder, in the historic struggle for liberation in 1971 - one of the bloodiest strife in history - music had as usual played a remarkable and significant role. Its countless squares of verdant cropland, luxurious tropical forests, lush green verdure and foliage, meandering rivers and sparkling, ever-flowing rivulets, abundant sunshine together with the quick rotation of six seasons with their varying clouds and characteristics, create an unforgettable impression of peace and fascinating beauty. Quest for independence in the world of music led Russia to Glinka and Tchaikovsky.īangladesh provides an ideal environment for a steady and healthy growth of music. A united Italy seeking independence from Austria found her national artist in Verdi. Poland's struggle for freedom from Tsarist rule aroused the national poet in Chopin. The German War of Liberation against Napoleon in the early part of the 19th century released a surge of patriotic sentiment that resulted in memorable songs and folklore opera like Weber's The Marksman. Since music is related to the profoundest experiences of the individual and the group, it is nothing surprising that the tyranny and oppression of the conquering nations and the struggle for freedom of the subjugated also give rise to emotions that find an ideal expression in music. Music indeed plays a vital role in the life of a man in every sphere of activity and in every domain of thought. Its vocabulary has been shaped by thousands of years of human experiences its rhetoric mirrors man's existence, his place in nature and in society. ![]() Whatever may be the definitions, it is accepted by one and all that music is the language of emotions and that this language is universal - it transcends the barrier men put up against each other. Music is poetry distilled into sound, music is the eye of the ear, music is the speech of the angels, music is the medicine of a troubled mind - music has indeed been defined in thousand and one ways. ![]()
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