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SYLLABUS FOR BCS (WRITTEN) EXAMINATION
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HISTORY OF MUSIC
(POST RELATED)
Subject Code: 461
Total Marks-200
Part-I
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 Music: characteristics and varieties.
b. Classical Music: Dhrupad, Dhamar, Khayal, Thumri.
c. Definition of Talas and Ragas (According to Eastern system).
d. Rabindranath Tagore‘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
Ullah Khan, Ustad Enaet Khan, Pandit Omkarnath, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan,
Pandit Ravi Sankar.
b. Beethoven, Mozart, Scbastian Bach, Hayden, Richard Wagner, Robert
Schuman, Franz Liszt, Frederic Handel, Oscar Straus, Fraunz Schubert.
c. Life and works of 5 Lyricist & Musicians: Rabindranath Tagore, Dejendra
Lal Roy, Rajani Kanta Sen, Atulprasaid Sen and Kazi Nazrul Islam.
Part 4. Musicians of Bangladesh: 25
a. Ustad Munis Raisuddin, Ustad Aeyet Ali Khan, Fuljhuri Khan, Ustad
Fozlul Haque, Pandit Barin Majumder.
b. Abbasuddin Ahmed, Folk Poet Jasimuddin, Shaid Altaf Mahmood, Samar
Das, Abdul Ahad, Abdul Latif, Azad Rahaman, Sekh Sadi Khan.
c. Baul Lalon, Radharaman, Hason Raja, Pagla Kanai, Panju Shah, Jalaluddin,
Ukil Musshi, Bijoy Sarkar, Bhaba Pagla, Kangal Harinath.
d. Mass Media & Stage Performance.
e. Modern Lyricist of Bengali Music: Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal, Dr. Maniruzzaman,
Sabir Ahmed Chowdhury, Nazrul Islam Babu, Abu Bakar Siddik,
Rafikuzzaman, Fazal-E-Khoda.