Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, a renowned Bangladeshi musicologist and author, passed away at a hospital in the capital on Saturday. He was 87.
Abbasi, who had been suffering from various old age complications, breathed his last at a hospital at Banani in the morning, according to family sources.
He is survived by his wife, and two daughters.
Abbasi, son of folk singer-composer Abbas Uddin Ahmed, was born on December 8, 1936. His eldest brother Mustafa Kamal was the chief justice of Bangladesh and his sister Ferdousi Rahman is a renowned 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 Ekushey Padak in 1995.
Abbasi learned music from Indian classical musicians including Ustad Muhammad Hussain Khasru and Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan.
He published more than fifty books including two books on Bhawaiya music with staff notation of about 1,200 songs and books on poems of Jalaluddin Rumi, Niffari and Sultan Bahu.
His books include Abbasuddin Ahmed, Manush o Shilpi, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Man and Poet and Puribo Ekaki.
He anchored television programmes including Amar Thikana and Bhora Nadeer Banke.
