Dr Aravindhan T Ranganathan Rāga-s too change over a period and this change can be related to their lakṣaṇa, svarasthāna-s, or selective phrases. Contrastingly, very few rāga-s resisted this transformation and are with us in a form that they were a few centuries back. Interestingly, there are few rāga-s in an intermediate zone. They neither […]
Tag: Tyagaraja Svamigal
நேர்காணலுக்கு முன் ஓரிரு வார்த்தைகள்…………. ‘சம்ப்ரதாயா’ என்னும் அமைப்பு கர்னாடக சங்கீதத்தின் பல்வேறு பரிணாமங்களை ஆவணப்படுத்த அறிய முயற்சிகள் எடுத்துள்ளது. அவற்றில் ஒன்று சங்கீத பரம்பரையில் வந்த இசை கலைஞர்களை நேர்காணல் செய்து அவர்களின் கருத்துக்களை பதிவு செய்வது. இன்று ‘சம்ப்ரதாயா’ என்ற அமைப்பே ஒரு ஆவணமாக மாறி விட்டாலும், அவர்கள் எடுத்த முயற்சிகளில் பல பத்திரமாகவே இருக்கிறது. குறிப்பாக அவர்களிடமிருந்த விலை மதிப்பற்ற ‘ரெகொர்ட்’ டுகள் பல சென்னை ‘கலாக்ஷேத்ரா’ வில் கவனமாக பாதுகாக்கப்படுகின்றன. இந்த […]
வாலாஜாபேட்டை ஸ்ரீ வேங்கடரமண பாகவதர் மற்றும் அவர் குமாரன் ஸ்ரீ க்ருஷ்ணஸ்வாமி பாகவதர் ஸ்வரப்படுத்தியுள்ள ஸ்வாமிகளின் கீர்த்தனங்கள் பழைய, இப்பொழுது தெரியவே தெரியாத சம்ப்ரதாயத்தை காண்பிக்கிறது எனவும், அவைகளை ஆவணப்படுத்த வேண்டியது அவசியம் எனவும் ‘குர்ஜ்ஜரி’ ராகத்தை மேற்கோளாகக் காட்டி ஒரு பதிவாக சில நாட்கள் முன் பதிவிடப்பட்டிருந்தது சிலருக்கு நினைவிருக்கலாம். இப்பொழுது அவர்கள் எழுதியுள்ள ப்ரதிகளின் இன்னொரு பரிணாமத்தை பார்க்கலாம். த்யாகராஜ ஸ்வாமிகளின் க்ருதிகளில் மட்டும் ஏன் இவ்வளவு பாட பேதங்கள் என பல பேர் […]
We have seen about the rāga Rudrapriyā, its gṛha, amsa, nyāsa svarā-s and salient phrases in the two earlier posts. It was established that Rudrapriyā was mentioned by various names, the most common one being Karnāṭaka Kāpi. It was also illustrated the name Rudrapriyā was used to denote different scales in the past. We have […]
Remembering a person 174 years after his disappearance from this world is really noteworthy. This shows the contribution made by the person to the field of music. Svamigal has cataloged many of the events that happened in his life. These events can be identified if careful scrutiny of his compositions were done. One such kriti […]
It is customary for TLM, The Lost Melodies to talk about the lost compositions. For a change, we come up with the last compositions of Svamigal on his Aradhana day. Sri Tyagaraja was born in the year 1767, May 4 in the holy town of Tiruvarur to Sri Ramabrahmam and Seethamma (Shanta) as a third […]
Many of us associate the Kritis of Svamigal with anguish, sorrow, and seeking mercy. Not many know he was much romantic in a few of his compositions. “Like an orphaned girl, I am waiting here to get united with you”, “When will you show your presence and kiss me?”, “When can I embrace you?”. These […]
We will be seeing a kriti expressing the feeling of a realized bhakta, who is waiting to shed his mortal coil in our today’s tribute. For an avaduta Sanyasi, even his raiment is a burden. Whereas for a Saint who leads his life as a Gruhasta, this worldly life doesn’t appeal to him and he […]
Many of us would have noticed the differences between the kritis of Tyagaraja Svamigal and Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar. We can even see unnecessary comparison attempted by a few. This attempt gets futile if we understand the Sampradaya to which these composers adhered to. Tyagaraja Svamigal was a ‘nama siddhantin’ and he propogated the tenets of […]
The term mangalam indicates auspiciousness amongst its many other denotation that it conveys. Mangalam is usually heard at the end of a Nama samkeertanam, Sita kalyanam or at the end of a concert to be propitious to both the listener and reciter. Mangalam can be compared with the ‘phalastuthi’ recited at the end of any […]
Out of 600 or 700 compositions of Saint Tyāgarājā available to us, a significant fraction was composed in vinta or apūrva rāgā-s. Tyāgarājā was the first to use these rāgā-s and the source of these rāgā-s remain obscure. Saint didn’t reveal the name of these rāgā-s to his disciples. Thus, they remain a source of […]
Recently an article by Lalitaram Ramachandran on Swadeshi Indological Conference on Carnatic Music made me to notice an article on Tyagaraja Svamigal. That well written article was authored by the musician TM Krishna. That article had its own imprints on different layers of the society, which was evidenced by a session allotted to give a […]
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