[Reader-list] Dripta Piplai, 2nd posting

[Dripta Piplai]

A major part of my work is the preparation of the archive for the preservation of the multiple traditions in Rabindrasangit in Calcutta Music Schools.The investigation of the different variations of Tagore songs revealed some interesting findings.
   
  Variations of Rabindrasangit can be traced from different sources. For example- before Viswa Bharati, Santiniketan had published the notations of Rabindrasangit in Swarabitan, the notations were published in some magazines(e.g., Shatagan, Swaralipi-Gitimala, Bramhasangit Swaralipi etc.).But the published notations in Swarabitan are somehow different in many cases-and the fact is a debated fact, too. Sromona Roychowdhury, in her upcoming research work from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata has mentioned about some problems regarding the notation-changes.
  It has also been claimed in many cases that notations were changed deliberately by some persons and authorities in many cases.
   
  Different varieties of Rabindrasangit can also be found in records by some eminent artists which are very much different from the documented notations. And though the music schools follow the documented notations only, some institutes follow the recorded versions, which is, no doubt, an interesting fact.
  As Rajashree Bhattacharya, an eminent Rabindrasangit artist as well as teacher has pointed out, some institutes prefer to follow the recorded versions of some songs by Kanika Bandyapadhyay, instead of the notation-version.
   
  There are debates regarding some Muktachanda Rabindrasangit, too. And the centre of the debate is the 'authentic tune of Santiniketan'. It is interesting that a number of people are trying to establish their Gayan-style as the 'authentic Santiniketan style'.
   
  All these debates centering the issue of 'authentic variation' of Rabindrasangit reveals the chaos in the Rabindrasangit Schools of Calcutta-circle. And the chaos, on the other hand, is not allowing further documentation of the non-documented songs as well as the 'non-authentic' varieties of Rabindrasangit.

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