Tuesday, March 20, 2012

(video) "Sangeeter Mukti" - Rabindranath (Je kandone hiya kandiche : by Shama Rahman)(contd-21)

Rabindranath read the essay in Vichitra on 5th Sept and in Rammohan Library, organized by Sangeet Sangha founded by Pratima Devi, on 7th Sept. The later meeting was presided by Ashutosh Choudhury.
Before writing this essay Rabindranath wrote Amiya Chakraborty on 16th Aug ;
" I am in favour of Freedom of every affairs, even in Music.The thing which can move is alive.This is Freedom of Music. The gist of this essay. Some days ago I wrote and read an article :"Kartar Ichchay Karma", there are some reflection of this essay  -- the same conclusion can also be drawn there too. "Bureaucrat".... One can remember the former portion of one's designation " Rajkarmachari" but he cannot keep in his memory the 2nd portion of the designation. For this reason if there is no power within the tenants, in that case bureaucracy  can not possess highest form of power." According Rabindranath, the supremacy of the skill in Indian Music is equivalent with the bureaucracy -- ' the honour of the music teacher supercedes the music itself'.
In this essay, Rabindtranath spoke in favour of Freedom : " We cannot put in chians in the hands of Saraswati (goddess of learning), if it is made by the strings of her Bina ( music instrument). Mentioning his own method of utilising freedom in constructing Kabya and Music he said;
" Yet, how much tyrannize I do, I cannot cross the boundary of different nodes. I came to learn that I can avoid their frame of binding but their nucleus remains as it is.I believe this system will persist." Still he tried to cite with the help of example to open the line of diversity. He constructed two new musical times - :Ekadashi and Nabatal  and constructed new songs to explain those beats;
Kanpicho dehalata tharathara
Byakula bakuler Phoole
Je Kandane Hiya Kandiche
Duar mama Pathapashe
( All the songs are in Balaka)
But he could not avoid criticism.