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Songs of joy and peace
Khushali Ne Bandagi Na Geeto, a new 60-minute audio CD of monajats of joy and peace brought out by Marzban Giara was released by Dastur Khurshed Dastoor of Udvada at the M. J. Agiary function in Lalbaug on March 1, 2013 and again the following day by Vispy Kapadia, chief guest at the Iran League annual prize distribution function at Cama Baug.
Comprising 16 devotional songs, including Iranshahno Garbo, Suraj ne vadhavvanu geet, Khudavind O Khavind, Navjoteni mubarakbadee and Chhaiye Ame Jarthosti, the project was sponsored by The Parsee Vegetarian and Temperance Society in memory of Kavi Firoz Rustomji Batliwalla, composer of the Parsi anthem, on his death centenary. Giara, in a note sent to Parsiana mentions that he had learnt these songs as a child at the navjote class conducted by the Dadar Parsee Youths’ Assembly. The nightingale of Nowroz Baug, Sanober Reporter has vocalized the songs with musical arrangement and recording by Firoz and Kaizad Patel at their studio in Bombay. The CD, along with a booklet of lyrics, can be purchased for Rs 150 from Giara, Dhunamae Building, 667, Lady Jehangir Road, Dadar, Bombay 400014; tel: 022-24166204; email: marzbang@gmail.com
Comprising 16 devotional songs, including Iranshahno Garbo, Suraj ne vadhavvanu geet, Khudavind O Khavind, Navjoteni mubarakbadee and Chhaiye Ame Jarthosti, the project was sponsored by The Parsee Vegetarian and Temperance Society in memory of Kavi Firoz Rustomji Batliwalla, composer of the Parsi anthem, on his death centenary. Giara, in a note sent to Parsiana mentions that he had learnt these songs as a child at the navjote class conducted by the Dadar Parsee Youths’ Assembly. The nightingale of Nowroz Baug, Sanober Reporter has vocalized the songs with musical arrangement and recording by Firoz and Kaizad Patel at their studio in Bombay. The CD, along with a booklet of lyrics, can be purchased for Rs 150 from Giara, Dhunamae Building, 667, Lady Jehangir Road, Dadar, Bombay 400014; tel: 022-24166204; email: marzbang@gmail.com
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