Saturday, August 20, 2011

Gitanjali and Santiniketan (contd-3)

In the morning prayer of Maghotsab eight songs of Rabindranath were sung of which one was  from Gitanjali .
"Joy prabala begabati Sureshwari". Jangla-Taora.
In the evening prayer 13 songs of Rabindranath were sung.One of them was,
'Kaar milan chao birahi', riginal one is
'Tabu milan de parabar'; Sriraag-Taora
  There were 21 songs in this list. Among them one was    'Timira duar kholo' and   the 12 songs of Gitanjali written earlier, another 8 songs  were new.
In the month of Phalgun (March), he wrote only one song,
' Aaji gandha bidhura samirane'; Gitanjali-11/45-46, swara-38.
12thPhalgun (24 Feb), in the night of Maghipurnima, 6th death anniversary was observed in Santiniketan.
At the end of the 1317, Rabindranath wrote 5 songs for Gitanjali at Santiniketan,
26, Chaitra (9th April); 'Aaji basanta jagrata dware' the song is used in the drama,Raja.
 27 Chaitra (10th April); 'Taba Singhasaner Asan hate'
28Chaitra (11th April), 'Tumi ebar amay laho he nath, laho'
and 'Jibana jakhana shukaye jay',
30 Chaitra (13 April), 'Ebar nirab kore dao he tomar'.
!2 Baisakh (25 Apri,1910)The School at Santiniketan remained closed for Summer vacation. This year some students and some teachers wanted to stay in the hostel.Rabindranath wrote two songs,
8th Baishakh (17 April);  'Biswa jakhan Nidra magan'
12 Baishakh (25 April); 'Se je pashe ese basechilo'