Bengali Songs from Bangladesh

Traditional Bangladeshi music is linked to particular groups of people, such as fishermen, cart-drivers, hermits and so on. Most songs were based on classical themes. Change in Bangla music occurred at different times independently of western influence. Most notable of these changes were:
- Popularity of folk music of Sufi genres.
- Works of Kazi Nazrul Islam and Rabindranath Tagore.
- Bringing folk music into mainstream
- Fusion of traditional Bengali music with electronic and other Western instruments.
Rabindranath Tagore wrote thousands of songs that are cherished even today. A famous writer of Bengal whose music was very popular in Bangladesh is Kazi Nazrul Islam. Lalon Fokir is a popular Bangladeshi mystic poet, famous for his spiritual tunes.
Bangla classical is like the classical music in the rest of the Indian sub-continent, it is based on modes called ragas (rag, in Bangla). All traditional Bangla music are based on classical music or on its variations.

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