LA Assignment 2

Group A
1. Ambuja Senapati
2. Ojasee Duble
3. Sanskruti Solkar
4. Pradeep Bhandari
5. Yadnyesh Dande
6. Vijay Khilari

Task: Specify details of three songs based on a) Rabindra sangeet b) Raag

Malkauns

a) Rabindra Sangeet

Rabindra Sangeet, also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent
written and composed by the Bengali Polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913
Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Indian and also the first non-European to receive such
recognition.

1. Song name: Ami Tomar Preme Habo Sabar

Link: https://youtu.be/Vv_3cdiSk7w
Album: All Time Greats - Sagar Sen
Written on: 1911
Raag - Bhairavi
Tal - Dadra
Year - 1972
Music Director(s) - Rabindranath Tagore
Singer(s) - Sagar Sen
Lyrics by: Rabindranath Tagore

2. Song name: Esho Amar Ghore Esho

Link: https://youtu.be/cwVrtPMBNE0
Album: Street Light (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Parjaay: Prem (64)
 Upa-parjaay: Prem-Boichitra
Taal: Dadra
Raag: Desh
Written on: 1926
Swarabitan: 31
Notation by: Dinendranath Tagore

3. Song name: Madhur Tomar Shes

Link: https://youtu.be/QvKIL1Ug0Ro
Album: Tanr Bandon Gaane
Parjaay: Puja (604)
Upa-parjaay: Shesh
Taal: Dadra
Raag: Behag
Written on: 1926 (21/9/1926 6 Aashwin 1333)
Swarabitan: 3
Notation by: Dinendranath Tagore

b) Raag Malkauns

Raag Malkauns (A.K.A. Malkosh) is a very popular rag in the North Indian

system (Hindustani Sangeet). In the South it is known as Hindolam. It is a

pentatonic rag that has the five notes Sa, Komal Ga, Ma, Komal Dha, and Komal

Ni. One would think that with so many komal (flat) notes that it would have a

strong minor quality about it. However, upon close examination we see that the

absence of the fifth and the strong presence of the fourth causes the mind to

"invert" it. Therefore, it tends to sound surprisingly similar to Dhani to which it

has a murchana relationship. Malkauns has a long history, and it appears to have

undergone numerous changes over the centuries. It is said that Malkauns are

derived from Malav Kaushik. However, modern Malkauns have no resemblance

to this ancient raag. The mood is meditative, perhaps even sad. Therefore, it

tends to be played at slow to medium speeds.

1. Song name: Deep Jalaye Jo Geeton Ke Maine

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngCQ2uJiO_o

Film - Kalakaar
Year - 1983
Raag - Malkauns
Tal - Kaherava
Music Director(s) - Bappi Lahari
Singer(s) - Suresh Wadkar
Lyrics by: Indeevar
Music: Kalyani Ji and Anand Ji

2. Song name: Aaye Sur Ke Panchhi Aaye

Link: https://youtu.be/mLpcOiAyq3g
Film - Sur Sangam
Year - 1985
Raag - Malkauns
Tal - Tintal
Music Director(s) - Laxmikant, Pyarelal
Singer(s) - Rajan Mishra
Lyrics: VASANT DEV

3. Song name: Adha Hai Chandrama Raat Adhi

Link: https://youtu.be/aasw1WDNhgY
Film - Navrang
Year - 1959
Raag - Malkauns
Tal - Dadra
Music Director(s) - C. Ramchandra
Singer(s) - Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhosle
Lyrics: Bharat Vyas