<P> Every December, the city of Chennai in India has its eight - week - long Music Season, which is the world's largest cultural event . </P> <P> Carnatic music has served as the foundation for most music in South India, including folk music, festival music and has also extended its influence to film music in the past 100--150 years or so . </P> <P> There are many types of music which comes under the category of light classical or semi-classical . Some of the forms are Thumri, Dadra, Ghazal, Chaiti, Kajri, Tappa, Natya Sangeet and Qawwali . These forms place emphasis on explicitly seeking emotion from the audience, as opposed to the classical forms . </P> <P> Rabindra Sangeet (Bengali: রবীন্দ্রসঙ্গীত Robindro Shonggit, Bengali pronunciation: (ɾobind̪ɾo ʃoŋɡit̪)), also known as Tagore songs, are songs written and composed by Rabindranath Tagore . They have distinctive characteristics in the music of Bengal, popular in India and Bangladesh . "Sangeet" means music, "Rabindra Sangeet" means music (or more aptly Songs) of Rabindra . </P>

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