[1] The Statesman writes, "Like the fine arts, music was an important part of the curriculum taught at Tagore's school.

[2] "Santiniketan revolutionized Bengali and, by extension, Indian perceptions of culture by challenging social prejudices against the performing arts.

[5] Dinendranath Tagore, grandson of Dwijendranath Tagore, the poet's eldest brother, was brought up in the culturally rich environment of Jorasanko Thakur Bari and was a talented musician familiar with both Hindustani classical music and music in western culture.

He requested Birendra Kishore Manikya, the king of Tripura, to send a Manipuri dance teacher and the latter sent Rajkumar Buddhimanta Singh to Santiniketan.

[8] Rabindranath Tagore was attracted to Kathakali mainly as a result of its rhythmic dance components like kalasam and sari, with only a veneer of gestural abhinaya.

[9] Eminent names in the musical arena such as Dinendranath Tagore, Bhimrao Hasurkar Sastri, Indira Devi Chaudhurani, Santidev Ghosh, Sushil Kumar Bhanja Choudhuri and Sailajaranjan Majumdar laid down rich traditions in earlier years.

[10] In later years the traditions were upheld by such persons as Kanika Banerjee and Nilima Sen.[11][12] In addition to those who studied at Santineiketan and remained back as notable teachers, some of the students who have emerged as popular singers, beyond Santiniketan, are: Suchitra Mitra,[13] Subinoy Roy,[14] Sumitra Guha[15] and Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya.

"[18] Sangit Bhavana imparts training in Rabindra Sangit, Hindusthani classical vocal and instrumental music (esraj, sitar, tabla, pakhvaj), Manipuri and Kathakali dance styles, dramas and Tagore's own musical dance-dramas.