Calcutta Youth Choir was set up in 1958 by Ruma Guha Thakurta with an Indian music composer who was also a poet and a what?
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Calcutta Youth Choir Calcutta Youth Choir (Bengali: ক্যালকাটা ইয়ুথ কয়্যার ) was set up in 1958 by Ruma Guha Thakurta with Salil Chowdhury and Satyajit Ray.
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Salil Chowdhury Salil Chowdhury (Bengali: সলিল চৌধুরী ; 'Solil Choudhuri' in phonetic Wiki-Bengali; 19 November 1922 – 5 September 1995) was an Indian music composer, who mainly composed for Bengali, Hindi and Malayalam films. He was also a poet and a playwright. He is affectionately called "Salilda" by his admirers.
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Shakeel Badayuni Shakeel Badayuni (Hindi: शकील बदायुनी, Urdu: شکیل بدایونی) (3 August 1916 – 20 April 1970) was an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter in Hindi films.
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Jagjit Singh Jagjit Singh, born Jagmohan Singh Dhiman (8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011), was an iconic Indian Ghazal singer, composer and musician. Known as the "Ghazal King", he gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian ghazal singer Chitra Singh in the 1970s and 1980s. Their combination album comprising music from the films, "Arth" and "Saath Saath" is the HMV's largest selling combination album of all time. "Sajda (An Offering, 1991)", Jagjit Singh's magnum opus double album with Lata Mangeshkar holds the same record in non-film category. He sang in numerous languages. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the government of India in 2003. In February 2014, Government of India released a postal stamp in his honour.
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Madras Symphony The Madras Symphony is a musical work by American composer Henry Cowell. It was composed in 1958. It was composed after Cowell's return from Madras, where he had studied Indian classical music.
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Ekram Ali Ekram Ali (Bengali: একরাম আলি ; born 1 July 1950) is a noted Indian Bengali poet and critic. Born in a small village named Teghoria (Dist. Birbhum, West Bengal) of a Bengali Muslim parentage. Before he came to Kolkata and took up journalism in a Bengali daily newspaper- Aajkaal, Ekram was brought up in Birbhum.
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K. V. Ramachandran K.V. Ramachandran (1898-1956) of Coimbatore and Madras was a 20th-century Indian music and art critic. He had a reputation for being extremely opinionated and influential, and people who knew him recall that he instilled fear in musicians, dancers and artists around the country. In addition to books, his writings were featured in "The Hindu", India's national newspaper, and the Journal of the Music Academy.
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Daud Rahbar Daud Rahbar (1926 – 5 October 2013) was a scholar of comparative religions, Arabic, Persian, Urdu literature and Indian classical music. Rahbar is regarded as accomplished essayist, poet, composer, short story writer, translator, philosopher, contributor to inter-civilization dialogue, musicologist, drummer, singer and guitarist. He translated his own Urdu works to English, such as "The Cup of Jamshid: A Collection of Ghazal Poetry" and then translated the "Urdu letters of Mirzā Asadu'lldh Khān Ghālib".
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Rajendra Shah Rajendra Keshavlal Shah (January 28, 1913 – January 2, 2010) was a lyrical poet who wrote in Gujarati. Born in Kapadvanaj, he authored more than 20 collections of poems and songs, mainly on the themes of the beauty of nature, and about the everyday lives of indigenous peoples and fisherfolk communities. In his poems using Sanskrit metrics, he was influenced by Rabindranath Tagore. He is considered as one of the giants of post Gandhi-era in Gujarati literature.
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Akshaya Mohanty Akshaya Mohanty (Odia: ଅକ୍ଷୟ ମହାନ୍ତି ), also known as "Khoka Bhai", was an Indian singer, lyricist, composer, musician and writer. He has contributed Odia Bhajans, Odissi songs, folk songs, film and non-film modern light songs in Odisha on contemporary themes and ballads based on popular legends in Odisha.
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Govindadasa Govindadasa (1535–1613, Bengali: গোবিন্দদাস ) was a Bengali Vaishnava poet known for his body of devotional songs addressed to Krishna. Living in an atmosphere of Krishna-bhakti preached by Sri Chaitanya (1486–1533), he composed extensively on the Radha-Krishna love legend. He is also known as Govinda Das Kaviraja.
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Tika Bhandari Tika Bhandari (Nepali: टीका भण्डारी ) is a prominent music composer and singer of Nepali music. He has composed music for over 300 Nepali modern songs and has released a total of 23 music albums. He is best known for composing songs like Goli Sishako, Khusi Ta Kahan (Deep Shrestha), Kina Dukcha Timro Man (Prem Dhoj Pradhan), Yo Maya Bhanne Chij (Anju Panta) Gaule, Jo Desh Lai (Kiran Pradhan), Ma Sabda Charera (Deepak Kharel), Chanchale Timra (Rabin Sharma), Chiso Chiso Sun Koshi (Kumar Kancha), Hamro Prem ko Katha (Karna Das), Harka Jeet (Tika Bhandari, Rajesh Payal Rai), Chhati Bhitra Dhuk Dhuki (Tika Bhandari), Qatar Gaye Suadi Gaye (Dekendra Thapa), Aadha Bato (Swarup Raj), Barsat ma uni rujhda (Ram Krishna Dhakal), Sagarmatha Roi Rahechha(Ram Krishna Dhakal), Gangalal ko Jasto mutu (Shiva Pariyar), Timro Man Bata (Pramod Kharel), Ma ta hajur van ko driver (Udit Narayan Jha), Jhilimili Gaun Gharai Ramailo (Deepa Narayan Jha), Ko Sanga Chaina Afno Simana (Mohammed Aziz) etc. Most of the Nepalese singers have sung his compositions. He received Nepal Bidhya Bhusan in 2003 for being faculty topper in M.A. in Political Science from Tribhuvan University. He is also the Deputy Director of Radio Nepal.
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K. C. Dey Krishna Chandra Dey (Bengali: কৃষ্ণ চন্দ্র দে ) (1893–1962), better known as K.C. Dey, was a Bengali actor, singer, music composer and teacher born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He was S.D. Burman's first musical teacher and mentor. In 1906, at the age of thirteen, he lost his eyesight and became completely blind. He worked for various theatre groups and finally went on to work for New Theatres in Kolkata until 1940. He is best remembered for his Kirtan songs. K.C. Dey recorded around 600 songs, mostly in Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Gujurati and 8 Naats (Muslim religious songs).
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Indira Devi Chaudhurani Indira Devi Chaudhurani (29 December 1873- 12 August 1960) was a Bengali Indian litereaur, author and musician. Born to the Tagore family, Indira was the younger child of Satyendranath Tagore and Jnanadanandini Devi and younger sister of Surendranath Tagore. She is noted for her work in scoring the music for a number of songs by her uncle Rabindranath, to who she was particularly close. In her literary works, Indira Devi Chaudhurany died in 1960.
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Mazhar ud din Mazhar Ud Din Ramdasi was an Islamic scholar, columnist, and poet who was also known as Hassan Ul Asar. He wrote the Kashmir anthem, "Mary watan teri jannat main aain gay ik din" (میرے وطن تیری جنت میں آئیں گے اک دن).
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Abanindranath Tagore Abanindranath Tagore (অবনীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর) (7 August 1871 – 5 December 1951) was the principal artist and creator of "Indian Society of Oriental Art". He was also the first major exponent of Swadeshi values in Indian art, thereby founding the influential Bengal school of art, which led to the development of modern Indian painting He was also a noted writer, particularly for children. Popularly known as 'Aban Thakur', his books "Rajkahini, Budo Angla, Nalak," and "Khirer Putul" are landmarks in Bengali language children's literature.
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Rahul Rajesh Rahul Rajesh (born 1976, Dumka, Jharkhand) is an Indian poet writing in Hindi and a translator. His poems and articles have been published in leading Hindi literary magazines and national dailies like "Vaagartha", "Gyanodaya", "Hans", "Kathaadesh", "Bayaa", "Aajkal", "Samkaalin Bhaartiya Saahitya", "Indian Literature" (English), "Saakshaatkaar", "Vipaashaa", "Saakshya", "Doaabaa", "Kaadambini", "Akshar Parva", "Pahal", "Vasudha", "Samved", "Vartamaan Saahitya", "Dastak", "Kahan", "Anoupcharika", "Hindustaan", "BBC Patrika", "Jansattaa", "Sahaaraa Samay", "Prabhaat Khabar", "Deshbandhu", "Dainik Bhaaskar", "Nai Duniya", "Aaj", "Ranchi Express" and others.
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Bhanusimha Thakurer Padabali Bhanusimha Thakurer Padabali (Bengali: ভানুসিংহ ঠাকুরের পদাবলী , "Bhanushingho Thakurer Padabali"; lit. "The Songs of Bhanushingho Thakur") is a collection of Vaishnava lyrics composed in Brajabuli by Rabindranath Tagore. It was published in 1884. These lyrics, which were earlier brought out in several issues of "Bharati" magazine, were first anthologized in 1884. Later, Tagore described composing these songs in his reminiscences "Jiban Smriti". Rabindranath Tagore wrote his first substantial poems titled Bhanusimha Thakurer Padabali in Brajabuli under the pseudonym Bhānusiṃha ("Sun Lion") at age sixteen.
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Jayant Parmer Jayant Parmar (Urdu: جینت پرمار‎ , born October 11, 1954) is an Indian Urdu language poet known for raising Dalit issues in his poetry.
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Tarana Tarana or Taranah (Urdu: ‎ , Hindi: तराना ) is a type of composition in Hindustani classical vocal music in which certain words and syllables (e.g. "odani", "todani", "tadeem" and "yalali") based on Persian and Arabic phonemes are rendered at a medium ("madhya") or fast ("drut") pace ("laya"). It was invented by Amir Khusro (1253-1325 CE), and is similar to the Qalbana form of Sufi poetry. In modern times, the tarana is most commonly associated with the singer Amir Khan, who helped popularize it and researched its origins and the syllables used. Tarana was also used by Sikh tenth Guru Sri Guru Gobind Singh in his compositions like "jagardang nagardang bagardang".
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Narsinh Mehta Narsinh Mehta, also known as "Narsi Mehta" or "Narsi Bhagat" (1414–1481), was a poet-saint of Gujarat, India, notable as a bhakta, an exponent of Vaishnava poetry. He is especially revered in Gujarati literature, where he is acclaimed as its "Adi Kavi" (Sanskrit for "first among poets"). His bhajan "Vaishnav Jan To" was Mahatma Gandhi's favourite and has become synonymous to him.
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Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua (Urdu: لب پہ آتی ہی دعا بن کے تمنا میری‎ ), also known as Bachche Ki Dua, is a 1902 Urdu poem by Allama Muhammad Iqbal. It is a (child's) prayer to God seeking benevolent qualities of character and a life lived serving humanity. It is frequently sung at primary school morning assemblies as School song in Pakistan as well as many regions of India. The most famously heard on the media, is the one that was sung by the Indian singer, Siza Roy.