Tagore’s Touch to Carnatic Tunes
30 Monday Apr 2012
Source: The Hindu; Author: Nita Vidyarthi; Photo courtesy: The Hindu
Recital ‘Dakhina Pabane’ by Kalamandalam at The Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, Kolkata, traced the influences of Carnatic music on the poet through choreography. Tagore had the genius of adapting melodies and tunes from varied musical sources, be it Indian or Western, to compose beautiful songs by garlanding them with his lyrics.
Read more about the influence carnatic music had on Tagore.
1 comments
August 22, 2012 at 6:50 am
Interested to know Tagor’s contribution in karnataki music !