Rabindranath Tagore (PB)

itanjali the book of poems for which Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 was in fact a collection of songs. Much of what Tagore experienced-joy and frustration grief and devastation-was expressed through music and during his lifetime Tagore was most renowned for his songwriting. The distinction of his musical oeuvre lay in the near-perfect balance he achieved between the evocative lyrics the matching melody and the rhythmic structure in which each song was bound.The Singer and His Song is a unique biography of Tagore with music as its leitmotif. It traces the musical journey of the poet with anecdotes and allusions and includes translations of some of his most resonant songs. Written in elegant prose and accompanied by relevant photographs and paintings this highly original book is a fitting tribute to Tagore's enduring musical legacy.About the AuthorReba Som studied history at Presidency College Calcutta standing first class first both at the BA and MA examinations and obtained a PhD from Calcutta University. She was the recipient of the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship in 2000-02 and served as the regional director of the Rabindranath Tagore Centre ICCR Kolkata from 2008 to 2013. Her publications include Differences within Consensus: The Left-Right Divide in the Congress (1995) Subhas Chandra Bose and the Resolution of the Women's Question (2002) Gandhi Bose Nehru and the Making of the Modern Indian Mind (2004) and Margot: Sister Nivedita of Vivekananda (2017).Reba Som is a trained singer of Rabindrasangeet and Nazrul Geeti; her compact disc albums Selected Songs of Rabindranath Tagore (Saregama 2005) and Love Songs of Kazi Nazrul Islam (Times Music 2016) include her English translations of the lyrics.