Exploring the rich music traditions in Sachin Dev Burmans compositions

Abstract

Indian music especially, Bengali Cinema and Bombay film music scenario changed entirely after S D Burman entered the panorama. His songs were not just ordinary musical pieces. They are classics because they are eternal and extraordinary in terms of keeping with the film’s narrative. All his non film compositions too carry that sense of evocativeness. And this is the real quintessential spirit of a man who had the privilege to be born to royalty but he freely assimilated the local spirit of the largely unexplored territories of folk and tribal music and suffused them in his large musical inventory. This paper aims to explore the musical intellect of this genius who was perhaps the first who brought in such fresh, original rhythms without much ostentation. All his music is actually about the celebration of Music and how Music truly is one of the effervescent elements of the Universe.

Keywords: Universe, Repertoire, Music, Tripura, Bombay Cinema, Comilla, Trajectory, Pyaasa, Devdas, Sujata, Bandini, Guru Dutt, Vijay Anand, Johnny Walker, William Wordsworth

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