Ashutosh Deb

Ashutosh Deb

Ashutosh Deb (1803-1856) was a musician and Hindu priest in Calcutta. He was the producer of an early Bengali dictionary. He was also a sitar player and composed many popular "tappa" and other songs.Chakrabarty, Ramakanta. "Nidhu Babu and his Tappā." Published in Banerjee, Jayasri (ed.), "The Music of Bengal". Baroda: Indian Musicological Society, 1987.]

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