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Hounds
Of Music
With
Visvabharati’s copyright on Tagore ending next year and the Centre refusing
to throw in its weight, the poet’s music may be finally unshackled
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Reformers
NO AULD
LANG SYNE:
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| Dasgupta
uses western orchestra with Tagore's songs |
Artistes
and record companies are relieved that the watchdog will finally be off
their back. Looking for innovative ways to present Tagore’s songs,
some of them are even digging into the many genres that influenced his
music and are bending rules of traditional arrangements.
Establishment
NO LAW,
NO ORDER:
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| Sinha
is fuming at copyright's end |
That’s
what Visvabharati contends. With no copyright, the soon-to-retire cultural
nanny fears that the purity of Tagore’s songs will be lost.
But that apart, from next year it will no longer earn money from
fines levied on copyright offenders.
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