Rabindranath Tagore
Subtitle: The Singer and his Song
Edition: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Books (Viking Imprint)
Published: 11 June 2009
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780670082483
Description: Incl. 24 pp. photos and MP3 CD with 45 selected songs by various artists (Rezwana Chowdury Bonya, Sumitra Sen, Hemant Kumar, Sagar Sen, Arundhuti Home Chowduri, Srikanta Acharya, Reba Som, Suchitra Mitra, Maya Sen, Arjun Chakrabarti, Chorus, Suman Chatterjee, Ritu Guha, Kishore Kumar, Kanika Bandopadhyay, Chinmoy Chattopadhyay, Lopamudra Mitra, Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Purabi Mukhopadhyay and Dwijen Mukhopadhyay). <br>

Preface Xl <br>
1, Introduction 1 <br>
2. Early Beginnings 10 <br>
3. Music in the Family 15 <br>
4. Kadambari Debi: the Poet’s Muse 22 <br>
5. The English Interlude 27 <br>
6. Music and Feeling 36 <br>
7. Marriage and Death 46 <br>
8. Householder 53 <br>
9. Shelidah 60 <br>
10. Jeevandevata 67 <br> 
11. Three Phases of Musical Journey 80 <br>
12. Gitanjali 105 <br>
13. The Singer and His Song 116 <br>
14. Reaching Out to the World 121 <br>
15. Visva Bharati 128 <br>
16. Rabindrasangeet 140 <br>
17. Evening Melody: Victoria Ocampo 148 <br>
18. Fresh Creative Vitality: Art and Dance 156 <br>
19. The End 180 <br>
20. The Genius 184 <br>
Notes 197 <br>
Songs 229 <br>
Index 284 <br>

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Appendix: transliterated and translated songs <br>
- Titles marked with an asterisk are included on the MP3 CD. <br>

1. Gahan kusum kunja mājhé *
2. Shokhi bhābona kāhāre baulé *
3. Purāno shéyi dinér kauthā *
4. Kautobār bhébéchhjnu āpona bhuliyā 
5. Tomāréyi koriyāchhi jibaunéro dhrubotāra *
6. Mono more méghér shongī *
7. Bauro āsha koré éshéchhi go * 
8. Āmar prānér pauré cholé galo shé *
9. Mājhé mājhé taubo dekhā pāyi *
10. Āmāye bolo nā gahité bolo nā *
11. Aundho jauné dého ālo mrito jauné dého prān *
12. Noyono tomaré pāyé nā dékhité *
13. Oli bār bār phiré jāye 
14. Jhauro jhauro borishé baridhāra *
15. Bauro bédonār mauto bejéchho āmar prāné 
16. Kādālé tumi moré bhalobāshari ghāyé *
17. Tumi sondhyar meghomāla tumi āmar shādher shādhona *
18. Eki lābonyé purno prān *
19. Ākash bhaurā shurjo tāra 
20. Āmar mukti āloyé āloyé *
21. Shīmār mājhé aushim tumi *
22. Aushim dhaun toe āchhé tomar 
23. Jonāki ki shukhé oyi dāna duti *
24. Āmi chini go chini tomaré ogo bidéshini *
25. Tomār kholā hāowa lagiyé pāle *
26. Ebār tore mora gāngé *
27. Āchhé dukkho āchhé mrityu *
28. Jodi tore dāk shuné kéyu nā āshé *
29. Shakhi āndhāré ékéla ghauré 
30. Āmi kān pété royi *
31. Āmar mollikā boné *
32. Krishnokoli āmi tāréyi boli *
33. Jodi prém dilé nā prāné *
34 Méghér pauré mégh joméchhé *
35 Ektuku chhoya lāgé *
36. Paush todér dāk diyéchhé 
37. Shudhu jāowa āsha shudhu sroté bhāshā *
38. É monihār āmaye nāhi shājé *
39. Pauthé cholé jété jété 
40. Jeté jété eklā pauthé nibéchhé more bāti 
41. Āj jyotsnarāté shobai géchhé boné *
42. Éyi lobhinu shaungo taubo shundoro hé shundoro 
43. Tumi ki kéboli chhobi? *
44. More binā otthé kone shuré bāji *
45. Jibauno jaukhon shukayé jāye *
46. Tomār holo shuru *
47. Ésho shyamol shundor 
48. Bāshonti hé bhubonomohini *
49. Tār hāthé chhilo *
50. Shunil shagorér shyamol kinaré 
51. É shudhu aulosh māyā *
52. Duyi hāthé kālér mondira jé 
53. Nrityéro tālé tālé—hé Natarāj *
54. Āmi Chitrāngada rājendro mondini 
55. Khomité pārilām nā jé *
56. Kānna hāshir dol dolano  
57. Maumo chityé niti nrityé *
58. Jodi hāye jibauno purono nāyi holo maumo 
59. Hé nuton *
60. Prén bhoriyé trishā horiyé *
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