Ekushey Padak-winning singer, composer, researcher and writer Mustafa Zaman Abbasi passed away at York Hospital of Banani in Dhaka on Saturday.
He was 87. He is survived by his two daughters.
Abbasi was suffering from various age-related complications, his eldest daughter singer Samira Abbasi said.
His namaz-e-janaza was held at Gulshan Azad Mosque following zuhr prayers.
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus expressed deep shock at the death of Mustafa Zaman Abbasi.
In a condolence message, he said that the contribution of Mustafa Zaman Abbasi to the music of the country would be remembered forever.
Praying for eternal peace of the departed soul of Abbasi and convoying deep sympathy to the bereaved family, he said, 鈥楾he songs and research of this multi-dimensional musicologist will create scopes for new thoughts in cultural arena of Bangladesh.鈥�
Born at Balarampur of Cooch Behar in the British India on December 8, 1936, Mustafa Zaman Abbasi was the third son of legendary Bhawaiya folk singer and composer Abbasuddin Ahmed.
He was trained by Indian classical musicians such as Ustad Muhammad Hussain Khasru and Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan.
His uncle Abdul Karim was also a prominent folk singer. His sister Ferdausi Rahman is also a musician. His eldest brother Mustafa Kamal was chief justice of Bangladesh. Nashid Kamal, daughter of Mustafa, is a Nazrul singer.
As of 2016, he served as a senior research scholar at the Kazi Nazrul Islam and Abbasuddin Research and Study Centre of Independent University, Bangladesh.
He was awarded the Ekushey Padak for his contribution to music in 1995 and received the lifetime achievement award at the Nazrul Mela in 2013 for his work on national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
He anchored television programmes such as 鈥楢mar Thikana鈥� and 鈥楤hora Nadeer Banke鈥� at Bangladesh Betar and Bangladesh Television.
Abbasi wrote more than 50 books, including two on folk Bhawaiya music with staff notation of about 1,200 songs.
His books include Loksangeeter Itihas, Bhatir Desher Bhatiyali, Rumir Alaukik Bagan and Harinakhsi.
