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Dinendranath Tagore | |
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| Born | (1882-12-16)16 December 1882 |
| Died | 21 July 1935(1935-07-21) (aged 52) |
| Occupations | Musician and poet |
| Spouse(s) | Binapani Devi (m.1897) Kamala Devi (m.1902) |
Dinendranath Tagore (16 December 1882– 21 July 1935), also known asDinu Thakur, was aBengali musician, singer and poet.[1]
He codified many of the tunes that would appear impetuously to Rabindranath. He served as principal ofVisva-Bharati's Music school,Sangit Bhavana for its opening years.[2]He was the first person who introduced the songs of Tagore as the name ofRabindra Sangeet.
Dinendranath was son of Sushila Devi and Dwipendranath Tagore, Grandson of Dwijendranath Tagore, the eldest brother of Rabindranath and was born into the culturally rich environment of theJorasanko Thakur Bari of theTagore family. He was particularly well-trained inHindustani classical music, and many earlyRabindra Sangeet renderings in his baritone voice can be found in archives and recordings. For recording the melodies, he primarily used the sargam notation newly formalised byPandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, but he was equally well versed in the Western staff notation. Many Ashramites and contemporaries recall that whenever a particularly haunting note was thought by Rabindranath, he always looked around for Dinu to have it noted. Perhaps for this reason, he was affectionately and respectfully called "Amar gaaner bhandari" [the keeper of my songs] by Rabindranath himself. Dinendranath could play a number of Eastern and Western musical instruments also, notable being the esraj and piano.
He was also involved with a number of dance dramas of Tagore, including a tour performingTaser Desh (Land of cards) toBombay in 1933. He also composed the music for the filmNatir Puja in 1932.
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