Music has a distinct place in the cultural life of Bengal.Besides Bishnupur Gharana ,and the folk songs of Bengal like Baul,Bhatiali, Jari gan, Sari gan, Alkaph etc.there exist different style of Bangla vocal music .viz. Kirtan , Tappa, Thumri. Above all, Bengali music has been enriched by the composition and music of Rabindranath, Nazrul, Atulprasad, Ramprasad Dwijendralal and Rajanikanta wich are popoularly known as Rabindrasangeet, Nazrul geeti, Atulprasadi, Ramprasadi, Dwijendra geeti and Rajanikanter gan respectively. Tagore alone composed 3000 songs in which he tried to explore the themes of or relating to religion or religious belief and also themes relating to divine and human love. Tagore’s songs earned a good deal of appreciation among the people in the West and they remain extremely popular among all classes of Bengali society. Some of the greatest musicians of Bengal are the following: a) Shri Lalon Shah Fakir b) Shri Jyan Prakash Ghose c) Baba Alauddin Khan [He was an East Bengal Muslim, with little or no musical background and is considered to be the first Bengali Sarod guru]. d) Pt. Ali Akbar Khan[ He is presently residing in the US] d) Pt. Ravi Shankar[ He is son-in-law of Baba Alauddin Khan as he married his daughter Ms Annapurna Devi] e) Pt. Nikhil Banerjee f) Pt. Vilayat Khan g) Pt. Gopeshwar Banerjee h) Shri Hemanta Mukherjee (Hemant Kumar) i) Sri Manna Dey j) Mr. Kumar Sanu (Kedar Bhattacherjee) k) Pt. Shankar Ghose l) Pt. Swapan Choudhury m) Pt. Kumar Bose n) Pt. Jayanta Bose (It is difficult to find his competitor in India in the Harmonium) o) Shri Amar Paul( The famous Country-song-singer, from East Bengal now living in Kolkata) p) Pt. Anindo Chatterjee, [ He is famous after Pt. Samta Prasad of Benaras Gharana, for the rendetions of "Dhere Dhere" "bol bani" on the Tabla] q) Ms. Sandhya Mukherjee
r) Shri Manabendra Mukherjee, etc.
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