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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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DRAMA AND MUSIC
Part-II (Music)
Marks - 100
Part 1. History of Music (Theory): 25
(Ancient, Medieval & Modern Age)
a. Classical Music;
b. Bengali Music;
c. Folk Music;
d. Eastern & Western Music-a comparative study.
Part 2. Practical Oriented Theory (Music): 25
a. Bengali Folk songs: characteristics and varieties;
b. Classical Music : Dhrupad, Dhamar, Khayal, Thumri;
c. Definition of Talas and Ragas (According to Eastern system);
d. Rabindranath Tagor's Songs : Characteristics and varieties;
e. Kazi Nazrul Islam's songs: Characteristics and varieties.
Part 3. Life and Works of Musicians: 25
a. Ustad Alauddin Khan, Ustad Fayaz Khan, Ameer Khasru, Mian Tansen, Baiju Baora, Ustad
Vismilla Khan, Ustad Amir Khan, Ustad Karamat Ullahi Khan, Ustad Enauet Khan, Pandit
Omkarnath, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Pondit Ravi Sankar.
b. Beethoven, Mozart, Sebastion Bach, Hayen, Richard Wagner, Robert Schuman, Franz Liszt,
Frederic Handel, Oscar Straus, Fraunz Schubert.
Part 4. Musicians of Bangladesh: 25
a. Ustad Munsi Raisuddin, Ustad Aeyet Ali Khan, Fuljhuri Khan, Ustad Fozlul Haque, Pandit
Barin Majumder.
b. Abbasuddin Ahmad, Folk Poet Jasimuddin, Sahid Altaf Mahmood, Samar Das. Abdul Ahad,
Abdul Latif, Azad Rahman, Sekh Sadi Khan.
c. Baul Lalon, Radharamon, Hason Raja, Pagla Nanai, Pangu Shah, Jalaluddin, Ukil Musshi, Bioy
Sarkar.
d. Mass Media & Stage Performance.
e. Modern Lyricist of Bengali Music: Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal, Dr. Maniruzzaman, Sabir
Ahmed Choudhury, Nazrul Islam Babu, Abu Bakar, Rafiduzzaman, Fazal-E-Khoda.