Description :Salil Chowdhury was an Indian music composer, who composed for Bengali songs and films. He was also a poet and a playwright. His music lessons were essentially those accorded to him by his surroundings the environment of Bengal where music grows like nature itself myriad in its manifestations. Salil Chowdhury's growth in music were incomplete without taking into account his social and political engagements. His personality as a socio-cultural activist shaped in the 1940s. Music was Salil's expression. But it was his social and political environment that motivated him to express himself in words and music in songs. In 1940 the impact of second world war, Communist party of India and Marxist ideas also affected Salil Chowdhury. His early songs reveal a keen sense of the social situation of the rural population, especially the peasants and sharecroppers, exploited to the bone by the ruling classes. Salil Chowdhury was also key figure of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). Present article is more about Salil Chowdhary's work in filed of Bengali music through his Bengali songs composition he also tried to focuses on socio-political condition of British ruling Bengal.
Source :Sangeet Natak Akademi
Type :Article
Received From :Sangeet Natak Akademi
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Mitra, Manav
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West Bengal
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2017-07-04T10:05:11Z
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2017-07-04T10:05:11Z
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1989
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Salil Chowdhury was an Indian music composer, who composed for Bengali songs and films. He was also a poet and a playwright. His music lessons were essentially those accorded to him by his surroundings the environment of Bengal where music grows like nature itself myriad in its manifestations. Salil Chowdhury's growth in music were incomplete without taking into account his social and political engagements. His personality as a socio-cultural activist shaped in the 1940s. Music was Salil's expression. But it was his social and political environment that motivated him to express himself in words and music in songs. In 1940 the impact of second world war, Communist party of India and Marxist ideas also affected Salil Chowdhury. His early songs reveal a keen sense of the social situation of the rural population, especially the peasants and sharecroppers, exploited to the bone by the ruling classes. Salil Chowdhury was also key figure of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). Present article is more about Salil Chowdhary's work in filed of Bengali music through his Bengali songs composition he also tried to focuses on socio-political condition of British ruling Bengal.
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