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গ্রন্থপরিচয় ዓ SÖ then the spring and summer melodies possess equally strong associations and yet they do not stir us so profoundly. RollAND: Perhaps the melodies themselves have peculiar differences. TAGORE: In poetry a particular work possesses a subtle atmosphere of its own literary associations. The peculiar value of such words will never be intelligible to foreigners: they cannot be appreciated as being supremely beautiful by merely listening to them, or even by merely understanding their literal meaning, for the association will be lacking. In English take the following lines from Keats: ... magic casement opening on the foam of perilous seas in faery lands forlorn. 朗 If T translate it into Bengali. it would become meaningless ; it would have no significance for Bengali readers : "... magic casement. opening on the foam of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn. The phrases lack in living association to our people. Similarly it is possible that a certain clause, a certain grouping of notes, gradually acquires a value through growth of association. We may have musical phrases acquiring new values like words in literature through long continued usage. Rol AND . This kind of image formation occurs in European music. for example. in Bach whose careful phrasings have been carefully studied. Much of the beauty of his music is due to the use of certain musical forms which he borrow cu from the earlier music of the 7th and 18th centuries and which he used effectively with the Instinct of a genius. In pastoral music, certain groupings are used continually which are even now in vogue. If these particular groupings are used in non-pastoral music, even then they would create an atmosphere of pastoral life. It is probable that your associations of rain-Songs ure als brought about in the Same way. Rolland was match interested in Indian music (and m sked nan v questions. Rol .ANI ) : What are your chief instruments ? TAGORI. The 'ina which gives extremely pure notes: it has not the flexibility of the violin, but preserves the purity of our melodies in a characteristic ملال الا He was still thinking about the suggestiveness of literature und vetme back to Keats,