{"product_id":"songs-of-tagore-poetry-and-melody-paperback","title":"Songs of Tagore: Poetry and Melody - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRabindranath Tagore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnanda Lal\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSatyajit Ray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings the Tagore's unique music - Rabindrasangit - to a global audience, with a lucid introduction by Ananda Lal as well as selected songs in international transcription and English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabindranath Tagore\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSatyajit Ray\u003c\/b\u003e need no introduction to audiences worldwide. Nevertheless, readers of this book may like to know that Tagore was the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, and composed the songs chosen later as the national anthems of India and Bangladesh. Ray is of course a legendary director in global cinematic history, but he was also a fluent practitioner of Western classical and Indian music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnanda Lal\u003c\/b\u003e, an international authority on Tagore, theatre and translation, retired as Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. His most important publications include \u003ci\u003eRabindranath Tagore: Three Plays\u003c\/i\u003e (the first book in English exclusively on Tagorean drama), \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e (the first reference work on this subject in any language), and the research-based CD \u003ci\u003eThe Voice of Rabindranath Tagore\u003c\/i\u003e (on Tagore's own recordings). He has written on the interface between popular Western and contemporary Indian music, and was a regular columnist on rock and jazz for the newspapers \u003ci\u003eThe Statesman \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, Kolkata. Trained in Rabindrasangit at Indira, Kolkata, he has directed theatre productions and poetry-jazz performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53001942663475,"sku":"9781032233383","price":100.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Qp8qH3WRjn9781032233383.webp?v=1769417692","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/songs-of-tagore-poetry-and-melody-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}