Dinendranath Tagore
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Dinendranath Tagore was a Bengali
musician and noted singer, a grandson of the eldest brother of Rabindranath Tagore
who codified many of the tunes that would appear impetuously to Rabindranath. He was affectionately known as Dinu Thakur, and served as principal of Visva-Bharati's Music school, Sangit Bhavana for its opening years.
Dinendranath was son of Dwijendranath Tagore
's eldest son Dipendranath, and was born into the culturally rich environment of the Jorasanko
Tagore family
. He was particularly well-trained in Hindustani classical music
, and many early Rabindra Sangeet
renderings in his baritone voice can be found in archives and recordings. For recording the melodies, he primarily used the sargam notation newly formalized by Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
, but he was equally well versed in the Western staff notation. Many are the legends of Rabindranath wandering around looking for Dinu before a particularly haunting tune left his imagination.
He was also involved with a number of dance dramas, including a tour performing Taser Desh (Land of cards) to Bombay in 1933. He also composed the music for the film Natir Puja in 1932.
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
musician and noted singer, a grandson of the eldest brother of Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
who codified many of the tunes that would appear impetuously to Rabindranath. He was affectionately known as Dinu Thakur, and served as principal of Visva-Bharati's Music school, Sangit Bhavana for its opening years.
Dinendranath was son of Dwijendranath Tagore
Dwijendranath Tagore
See Tagore for disambiguationDwijendranath Tagore was an Indian poet, song composer, philosopher, mathematician, and a pioneer in Bengali shorthand and musical notations.-Formative years:...
's eldest son Dipendranath, and was born into the culturally rich environment of the Jorasanko
Jorasanko
Jorasanko is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata. It is so called because of the two wooden or bamboo bridges that spanned a small stream at this point.-History:...
Tagore family
Tagore family
The Tagore family, with over three hundred years of history, has been one of the leading families of Kolkata, and is regarded as a key influence during the Bengal Renaissance...
. He was particularly well-trained in Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the Hindustani or North Indian style of Indian classical music found throughout the northern Indian subcontinent. The style is sometimes called North Indian Classical Music or Shāstriya Sangeet...
, and many early Rabindra Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet , also known as Tagore Songs in English, is a form of music composed by Rabindranath Tagore who added a new dimension to the musical concept of India in general and Bengal in specific....
renderings in his baritone voice can be found in archives and recordings. For recording the melodies, he primarily used the sargam notation newly formalized by Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande was an Indian musicologist who wrote the first modern treatise on Hindustani Classical Music , an art which had been propagated earlier for a few centuries mostly through oral traditions...
, but he was equally well versed in the Western staff notation. Many are the legends of Rabindranath wandering around looking for Dinu before a particularly haunting tune left his imagination.
He was also involved with a number of dance dramas, including a tour performing Taser Desh (Land of cards) to Bombay in 1933. He also composed the music for the film Natir Puja in 1932.