This exercise book, catalogued by Kazi Mazahar Hossain (the poet's nephew), contains various significant elements of Kazi Nazrul Islam's work. The notebook, a “Swan Exercise Book” with its distinctive swan logo, includes multiple drafts of songs like “Rumjhum Jhumjhum Nūpur Bole” and “Jochnā Rāṅā Cān̐dinī Rāti,” along with their musical notations and ragas. Notable is the poet's use of graphs to denote musical climax and his creation of original ragas like Naṭ-Behāg. The notebook contains lists of artists and song assignments for dramatic performances, records of recording payments, and various types of songs including Shyama Sangeet and Bhajan. Some pages feature songs in different handwriting, including one tuned by Kazi Aniruddha. The notebook also contains interesting artistic elements like a pencil sketch of a leaf and administrative notes about document signing at the office.
Extent: 1 exercise book containing 44 pages.
Size and dimensions of original material: Height 19.4cm, width 16.8cm.
