Prabhat Samgiita: Difference between revisions

== Etymology ==

If combined, all these variations could create a huge number of spelling variants for Prabhat Samgiit, however not all combinations are used. Subhas Sarkar mainly prefers the variant '''Prabháta Saḿgiita''' and sometimes uses '''Prabhāta saṃgīta'''.<ref name="Subhas Sarkar" /> There is no consistency of spelling, even within the same newspapers. [[The Hindu]] often spells '''Prabhat Samgiita'''<ref name=Sd /><ref name="Bangalore" /><ref name=ND>{{cite news|title=Prabhat Samgiita Divas celebrated|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/15/stories/2009091557350400.htm|accessdate=13 February 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=15/09/2009|location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref> however also spells '''Prabhat Sangit'''<ref name="MM">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/06/15/stories/2007061550170300.htm|title=Music and memories|date=15/06/2007|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=1 February 2013}}</ref> and also '''Prabhat Sangeet'''.<ref name="Metro">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/09/20/stories/2004092001980200.htm|title=Metro cultural round-up|date=20/09/2004|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=1 February 2013}}</ref> [[The Times of India]] uses both '''Prabhat Samgiita'''<ref name="Songs of a new dawn" /> and ''Prabhat Sangeet''.<ref name="TOI">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-27/faith-and-ritual/28101854_1_beauty-divine-music-music-heals|title=Divine music that evokes blissful experience|date=27/09/2009|publisher=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=1 February 2013}}</ref> Most other newspapers spell ''Prabhat Sangeet'', though some articles prefer ''Prabhat Sangit'' and '''Prabhata Samgiita'''. Publications of [[Ananda Marga]] usually goes by the spelling ''Prabháta Saḿgiita'' and also often by ''Prabhát Saḿgiita'' and ''Prabhát Saḿgiit''.<ref name="Samgiita">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Shrii Prabhat Ranjan|title=Saḿgiita: Song, Dance and Instrumental Music|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications|location=Kolkata, India|year=1987|edition=1st Edition|isbn=81-7252-250-9|accessdate=06/02/2013}}</ref> Older publications, however, tend to use the variant ''Prabhát Sauṋgiit'' or ''Prabháta Sauṋgiita''.<ref name=Vol1 /> Finally there are instances of unusual spellings as well, such as ''Prabhat Sangeeth''<ref name="DH" /> and ''Prabhat Samhitta''.<ref name="AN">{{cite news|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/film-review/top-cultural-icon-feted/article_26683|title=Top cultural icon feted|date=07/06/2011|publisher=[[Afternoon (newspaper)]]|accessdate=5 February 2013}}</ref>

P. R. Sarkar composed the first prabhat samgiit ''Bandhu he niye calo'' on 14 September 1982<ref name=Vol1 /> at [[Deoghar]], [[India]].<ref name=Homage /> He continued composing songs until his death on 21 October 1990.<ref name="Songs of a new dawn" /> During that eight years, he composed a total of 5,018 songs,<ref name=Ghista>{{cite book|last=Ghista|first=Garda|title=The Gujarat Genocide: A Case Study in Fundamentalist Cleansing|year=30/11/2006|publisher=AuthorHouse|location=[[Italy]]|isbn=9781425944537|pages=174|url=http://books.google.co.il/books?id=T-CazvdstPcC&pg=PA174&redir_esc=y}}</ref> including both lyrics and tune.<ref name=AN /><ref name="Statesman">{{cite news|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&show=archive&id=385734&catid=47&year=2011&month=10&day=7|title=Driven by devotion - Meena Banerjee was mesmerised by a few pleasant surprises|date=07/10/2011|publisher=[[The Statesman]]|accessdate=6 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="Jha">{{cite web|url=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/104328504/Shri-Shri-Anandamurti-Ujjawala-jha|title=Shri Shri Anandamurti: A 20th Century Indian Philosopher|last=Jha|first=Ujjawala|date=20/11/2011|publisher=Centre of Advanced Study in Sanskrit, [[University of Pune]]|pages=2|accessdate=1 February 2013|location=[[Pune]], [[India]]}}</ref> The last song, ''Ámrá gaŕe nova gurukul'', was composed on 20 October 1990, one day before his death<ref name="Vol10">{{cite book|last=Sarkár|first=Shrii Prabhát Raiṋjan|title=Prabhát Sauṋgiit (Tenth Volume)|publisher=Ananda Marga Publications|location=Kolkata, India|date=30/04/2003|edition=Second Edition|pages=xxviii|isbn=81-7252-214-2|accessdate=13/02/2013|language=Bengali}}</ref>

[[Renaissance Artists and Writers Association]] (RAWA), has sponsored many performances and recordings of selected songs.  These performances have featured artists such as [[Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande]], [[Rashid Khan]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]], [[Manoj Kumar]], [[Vithal Rao]], [[Shruti Sadolikar]], [[Haimanti Sukla]] and [[Archana Udupa]].{{citation needed |date=February 2013}}

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