Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar

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தமிழிசை இயக்கம் சுறுசுறுப்பாக நடைபெற்றுக் கொண்டிருந்த நேரம். தேவகோட்டையில் ஒரு கல்யாண வீட்டில் அரியக்குடி ராமானுஜ ஐயங்கார் கச்சேரி நடைபெற்றுக் கொண்டிருந்தது.

வெகுநேரம் அரியக்குடி தெலுங்கிலே பாடிக் கொண்டிருந்தார். நான் தமிழிசை இயக்கத்தின் காரியதரிசி. ஆகவே அரியக்குடியிடம் "தயவு செய்து தமிழில் பாடவும்" என்று சீட்டு எழுதிக் கொடுத்தேன்.

அரியக்குடி சீட்டை வாங்கிப் பார்த்துவிட்டுப் புன்முறுவல் பூத்தார். பாடுவதாக சைகை செய்தார். நான் வெற்றிப் பெருமிதத்துடன் அவர் பாடப் போகும் தமிழ்ப் பாட்டை எதிர்பார்த்திருந்தேன். பாட ஆரம்பித்தார் அரியக்குடி. அதுவும் என்னைப் பார்த்தே பாட ஆரம்பித்தார்.

"யாரடா குரங்கு நீ இங்கே வந்த யாரடா குரங்கு நீ.

அருணாசலக்கவிராயர் கீர்த்தனைதான். நான் அரியக்குடியை முறைத்துப் பார்த்தேன். இது தமிழ் பாட்டுதானே? என்று சொல்லிவிட்டு அதைப் பாடி முடித்தார்.

அந்தப்பாட்டு முடிந்ததும் என்னை அருகில் வரும்படி அரியக்குடி கூப்பிட்டார். சென்றேன். கோபப்படாதீர்கள்....சும்மா தமாஷ் செய்தேன். இனி பூராவும் தமிழ்ப் பாட்டுத்தான் என்று சொல்லி சுமார் இரண்டு மணி நேரம் தமிழிசையை முழக்கிச் சபையை மெய்மறக்கச் செய்தார்.

கச்சேரி முடிந்ததும் நான் அவர் அருகில் சென்று நன்றி சொன்னேன். அரியக்குடி என்னைப் பார்த்து, "இசைக்கு மொழி அவசியமா?" என்று கேட்டார் "அவசியம் தான்" என்றேன்.

"எதனால்?" என்றார்.

நம் முன்னோர்கள் இசையில் மொழிக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் கொடுத்திருக்கிறார்களே என்றேன். "எப்படி" என்று கேட்டார். இசைதான் முக்கியம் என்றால் நம்முன்னோர்கள் வாய்ப் பாட்டுக்காரர்களை நடுவில் வைப்பார்களா? ஒரு சாதாரண வித்வான் பாடினாலும் கும்பகோணம் ராஜமாணிக்கம் பிள்ளை, பாலக்காடு மனி போன்ற பெரியவர்கள் பக்க வாத்தியமாகத் தானே உட்காருகிறார்கள்? இசைதான் முக்கியம்:மொழி முக்கியம் இல்லை என்றால், ராஜமாணிக்கம் பிள்ளையைத்தானே நடுவில் வைக்க வேண்டும். இதிலிருந்தே மொழி முக்கியமென்று தெரியவில்லையா என்றேன்.

அரியக்குடி அன்றிலிருந்து தமிழ்ப்பாட்டு நிறையப் பாட ஆரம்பித்தார். இந்தச் சம்பவத்தை ஒரு சபையில் ராஜா சர் அண்ணாமலை செட்டியார் அவர்களிடம் அரியக்குடியே சொன்னார்.

- சின்ன அண்ணாலை



tamizhisai iyakkam suRusuRuppAga naDaibeTRuk koNDirunda nEram. tEvagOTTaiyil oru kalyANa vITTil ariyakkuDi rAmAnuja aiya#ngAr kaccEri naDaibeTRuk koNDirundadu.

vegunEram ariyakkuDi telu#ngilE pADik koNDirundAr. nAn tamizhisai iyakkattin kAriyadarisi. AgavE ariyakkuDiyiDam "tayavu seydu tamizhil pADavum" enRu sITTu ezhudik koDuttEn.

ariyakkuDi sITTai vA#ngip pArttuviTTup punmuRuval pUttAr. pADuvadAga saigai seydAr. nAn veTRip perumidattuDan avar pADap pOgum tamizhp pATTai edirbArttirundEn. pADa ArambittAr ariyakkuDi. aduvum ennaip pArttE pADa ArambittAr.

"yAraDA kura#ngu nI i#ngE vanda yAraDA kura#ngu nI.

aruNAsalakkavirAyar kIrttanaidAn. nAn ariyakkuDiyai muRaittup pArttEn. idu tamizh pATTudAnE? enRu solliviTTu adaip pADi muDittAr.

andappATTu muDindadum ennai arugil varumbaDi ariyakkuDi kUppiTTAr. senREn. kObappaDAdIrgaL....summA tamAsh seydEn. ini pUrAvum tamizhp pATTuttAn enRu solli sumAr iraNDu maNi nEram tamizhisaiyai muzhakkic sabaiyai meymaRakkac seydAr.

kaccEri muDindadum nAn avar arugil senRu nanRi sonnEn. ariyakkuDi ennaip pArttu, "isaikku mozhi avasiyamA?" enRu kETTAr "avasiyam tAn" enREn.

"edanAl?" enRAr.

nam munnOrgaL isaiyil mozhikku mukkiyattuvam koDuttirukkiRArgaLE enREn. "eppaDi" enRu kETTAr. isaidAn mukkiyam enRAl nammunnOrgaL vAyp pATTukkArargaLai naDuvil vaippArgaLA? oru sAdAraNa vitvAn pADinAlum kumbagONam rAjamANikkam piLLai, pAlakkADu mani pOnRa periyavargaL pakka vAttiyamAgat tAnE uTgArugiRArgaL? isaidAn mukkiyam:mozhi mukkiyam illai enRAl, rAjamANikkam piLLaiyaittAnE naDuvil vaikka vENDum. idilirundE mozhi mukkiyamenRu teriyavillaiyA enREn.

ariyakkuDi anRilirundu tamizhppATTu niRaiyap pADa ArambittAr. indac sambavattai oru sabaiyil rAjA sar aNNAmalai seTTiyAr avargaLiDam ariyakkuDiyE sonnAr.

- sinna aNNAlai

http://www.dinamani.com/margazhi-isai-t ... 556352.ece

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Re: Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar

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A translation for those who may not follow Tamizh:
It was a time when Tamizh Isai movement was at its peak. Ariyakkudi’s concert was in progress in a marriage in Devakottai.
For a long time, Ariyakkudi was rendering only Telugu songs. I was the secretary of the Tamizh Isai movement. I sent a chit, ‘Please sing Tamizh songs.’
Seeing the chit, he smiled and gestured that he would oblige. With a feeling of pride, I was expecting the Tamizh song. He started to sing, and looking at me at that.
‘Monkey, who are you that have come here?’
It was Arunachala Kavi’s song. I stared at Ariyakkudi. He remarked, ‘This is a Tamizh song, is it not?’ and completed the song.
After that, he called me near and said, ‘Do not be upset. I was just making fun. From now on, only Tamizh songs.’ He sang Tamih songs for two hours and made the audience spell-bound.
At the end of the concert, I walked up to him and thanked him. He asked me, ‘Is language important for music?’ I said, ‘It is important.’ He shot back, ‘Why?’
I said, ‘Our elders have given prominence to it.’
He questioned, ‘How?’
I said, ‘If language is not important, would they have allotted the central seat for the singer even when famous accompanists like Rajamanikkam Pillai and PMI are on the stage? Would not the famous one be at the centre? Does it not imply that language is important?’
Ariyakkudi started to sing many Tamizh songs from that day. Ariyakkudi himself shared this with Sri Raja Annamalai Chettiar in a meeting.
-Chinna Annamalai

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I saw in Jan 23,2015 Hindu Friday review wherein they are publishing reviews from archives . HEre is ariyakudi review of 1963 by aarabhi
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday ... ertainment.

VKV Sir,
By the way who was the friend who came to India from US that is mentioned in the article , by any chance was that you or your brother.?

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Rajesh,
What a nice article! Arabhi! Wonder whose pen name it was.
And look, how many tiruppAvais did the season bring this year! Ari, the wiz brought them to the audience and they will remain popular, always.

Tani being called solo chance is charming to hear. UmayAlpuram is the Sivaraman mentioned here...And how much Ramabhadran is missed by us...

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A humorous article by Ariyakkudi in 1938 Ananda Vikatan Deepavali Malar.
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2012/12/6.html

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rajeshnat wrote:I saw in Jan 23,2015 Hindu Friday review wherein they are publishing reviews from archives . HEre is ariyakudi review of 1963 by aarabhi
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday ... ertainment.

VKV Sir,
By the way who was the friend who came to India from US that is mentioned in the article , by any chance was that you or your brother.?
It was not me bec. tho' I FIRST LANDED IN usa in 1959 first time I returned to India was in 1966!...However I do know TWO CANDIDATES BOTH FROM WASHINGTON D.C. who were in India at that time tho' they lived in USA: 1) My brother Dr.V.K.Balasubrahmanyan who was a principal scientist at NASA-It turns out he was one of TWO Indians first recruited for TIFR by DR.Homi Bhabha (the other one was my b-i-l DR.S.Naranan) BOTH WORLD FAMOUS& EMINENT Scientists). He & his wife Saroja were poineers in arranging, hosting etc of Indian Classical Music Artistes in USA in the sixties. 2) Sri. Sankaran of Word Bank who was a big fan also. 3) The third possibility is Dr.P.Rajagopalan founder of CMANA but my memory says he did not go at that time to India as we used to play almost DAILY TENNIS SINGLES!......VKV
There used to be so few Indians not to mention South Indians who were knowledgeable enough to APPRECIATE THE GREATNESS OF ARI. I NOTICE that things are not too different now even in this forum AS there are flippant, shallow references to the FOUNDER of the twentieth century Classical Carnatic music whose efforts & ingenuity is the REASON persons even discuss Carnatic MusicTODAY NOT TO MENTION ITS POPULARITY.. It is a pity that many rasikas can fall prey to self serving & not too accurate musicians who USE THE LOFTY STATUS OF ARI by attacking his music & IMMORTAL contributions....I am writing& STARTING a SEPARATE segment SOON on POINEERS in Indian Classical music in USA& INDIA where I hope to Discuss the BRAHMA OF CARNATIC MUSIC IN USA BOB BROWN & HIS CHOICE OF K.V.N. THE PRIME DISCIPLE OF ARI & PALGHT RAGHU PRIME DISCIPLE OF PMI TO REPRESENT OUR MUSIC AT WESLYAN. I want to do an accurate job, so its taking longer than usual. To an average Joe like me to discuss ARI, KVN & BOB Brown AS WELL AS PALGHAT RAGHU in the same article is QUITE A DAUNTING TASK!....VKV :lol: :!: :roll: ;)

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My perspective.I fully endorse VKV on his comments on ARI. BUT UNLIKE VKV, I DID NOT REALISE HIS GREATNESS IN MY EARLY LISTENING DAYS.In fact I epitomise Goldsmith's description in the Vilage Schoolmaster--"FOOLS WHO CAME TO SCOFF REMAINED TO PRAY--I am one of those fools who now pray at the altar of ARI,for giving the structure to a concert which most of us have taken for granted.
When VKV starts his narrative I shall interject with my own views on ARI-
T.o a new CM listener who is bombarded with the likes of the Sanjays/TMKs/SUDHAS/SOWMYA/ ,ARI's music would seem too formulaic and lacking in the pyrotechnics displayed by some of the current artistes.More on this later!!

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My childhood impressions: liked Maharajapuram, but thought Semmangudi was boring :( But ARI was magic. I loved listening to him. Somehow, his formula appealed to a child's expectations in music, its being interesting and arresting. He seemed carefree with his music, with a glint in his eye, when others sounded serious and laboring. GNB's music also charmed me.

The women singers, all of them sounded great, it seemed to me!


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https://www.mediafire.com/?1h42rdyft9ka5p4 a tempo /gait which is a bit tricky. the mridangam like a shadow

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Ariyakkudi's Gramaphone Records
'Kalki'
An article in Tamil in Vikatan (30's)

சங்கீத சங்கதிகள் - 67
அய்யங்காரின் பிளேட்
‘கல்கி’

http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2016/01/67_23.html

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Musical Tidbits - 94

Ramanuja Nootrandhaathi -1
( 100 Tamil verses in tribute to Sri Ramanuja )
Two verses notated by Sri Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar.

சங்கீத சங்கதிகள் - 94
இராமானுச நூற்றந்தாதி - 1
அரியக்குடி ராமானுஜய்யங்கார் ஸ்வரப்படுத்தியது.
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2016/10/94.html

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சங்கீத சங்கதிகள் - 95
இராமானுச நூற்றந்தாதி - 2
அரியக்குடி ராமானுஜய்யங்கார் ஸ்வரப்படுத்தியது.
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2016/10/95.html

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Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
Evari Mata - (Kambhoji)

ODEON RECORD A106

Part 1
https://soundcloud.com/thebranchdravidi ... ja-iyengar

Part 2
https://soundcloud.com/thebranchdravidi ... a-kambhoji

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#139 -> Thank you. Great. One approach that appeals to me is to give the rasikas , the same kruthi, as sung by different artistes ( vocalists as well as instrumentalists) provided it is not too long as in a concert but time-limited to about max 10 minutes. Old records fit that requirement perfectly. Let more such links keep flowing. especially if also sung by MS, DKP, Musiri, MMI

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726. சங்கீத சங்கதிகள் - 121
அருணாசலக் கவியின் பாட்டுக்கள் - 1
அரியக்குடி ராமானுஜய்யங்கார் ஸ்வரப்படுத்தியது
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2017/05/726-121.html

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INRECO Carnatic Songs
CLASSICAL LIVE CONCERT | ARIYAKUDI RAMANUJA IYENGAR |
https://youtu.be/w1CurUDpH1Y
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Track List :
1. Ninne Neranammi 00:00
2. Maakelara 12:59
3. Nannupalimba 15:50
4. Sri Narada 30:46
5. Enduku Peddala 40:27
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very nice comment-intro by Sri.R.Subramanyan
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Ninne nera nammi nanu ra Ragam 51 pantuvaraaLi (kaamavardhani) mela Rupakam Talam Thyagarajar Krithi In this kruti Tyagaraja recollects the songs and games of his childhood which sometimes revealed the deceptive nature of the world.He condemns the futile arguments by scholars about Vedas and epics.He also denounces the ascetic sacrifices to achieve worldly desires.He States that states that he has placed total faith in the Lord.
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Makelara vicharamu Ragam Ravi chandrika Adi Talam Thyagarajar Krithi
This is one of the most beautiful songs written by Tyagaraja ji. Beauty lies not only in the raaga, but also in the lyrics. People sing mostly for their inner meaning. This song, "Maakelera vicharamu", explains why we should not worry at all. Tyagaraja follows the principle of "bhakti". If you are good "bhakta", lord will always help you. Being a "bhakta" means to love the god and indirectly everything he creates and bestows to us. The song really gives you strength and power to do anything. You don't need to worry about anything if you follow dharma and pray him. In this kruti Tyagaraja compares the world to a drama produced and conducted by SriRama.He feels that there is no cause for worry when Rama himself is our care-taking father. SrI tyAgarAja expresses his total dependence on SrI rAma.
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Nannu paalimpa raagam: Mohanam 28 harikaambhoji janya Adi Talam
Thyagarajar Krithi
Legend has it that Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavathar was carrying a beautiful picture of Sita Rama as his marriage gift for Thyagaraja's daughter. The Saint was apparently waiting for Sri. Venkataramanan to arrive so that he could lay his eyes on the picture and was so much distracted from even conducting the marriage rites. When Satguru saw the picture from a distance, he instantly composed this song as a tribute..
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Sri Narada Nada Ragam Kaanada rupaka Talam Thyagarajar Krithi
This Song was Composed Prasing the Sage Narada Sri Naarada! Like a bee humming around the lotus, you gyrate round sacred "Nada" dispensing divine music. (Alt: The honey-bee drinking from the lotus of Nada). One with an auspicious form. Protector of the honor of the forsaken and helpless devotees! Lord of the World! One with a face as radiant as the moon! One who knows well the technique of playing on the veena, which has its origin in the Vedas..........
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Enduku peddala vale ragam Sankarabharanam Adi Talam Thyagaraja Swamigal Krithi In this kruti, Tyagaraja expresses his distress in babbling about Sastras without any depth. He prays to Rama to bestow him the wisdom of the elders to enjoy real peace and bliss.He pleads with Lord to bestow on him the same kind of wisdom which great people have.

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https://youtu.be/i022yK7IaYg
Upload by Raju Asokan
Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar- Mysore Chowdiah -Palghat Mani Iyer- Manasuloni-Hindolam
( Thyagaraja Swami- old style Hindolam)
( saamaja varagamanaa being slightly different)
Incidentally , the only Hindolam by Sri.Thayagaraja

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Ariyakudi Shri Ramanuja Iyengar 78RPM recordings
Precious upload by Raju Asokan.
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https://youtu.be/K7PXE3cyfC4

Dhinamani Vamsa,-Harikambodhi
Elavathara,- Mukhari
Nanda ki lala, -Piloo
paridhanamichite,-Bilahari
rattiname,
sri ramachandra,
sundaramana,-
( Harikambodhi, Mukhari, Piloo, Bilahari
,Kapi, Kalyani)

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Ari(IyengarvAL) passed away on the 26th of Jan, 1967. Pasupathy has brought to us a piece written in Kalki a week after his demise which you can find in his Nostalgia thread in the Tamizh literature section.
Here's a translation of that for non-tamizh readers:

The Fall of A Mighty Tree

As if a mighty deodar tree fell, with its sturdy branches and foliage, AriyakuDi Ramanuja Iyengar is no more among us. He had lived a life of fame, lived all his life with music--a mighty life at that. He is now one with nAdabramha.
Having the distinction of coming from satguru tyAgarAja's Sishya paramparA, he reigned as an emperor for over fifty years--a unique feature in the history of CM. He appeared when the music scene was changing--just when it wasn't just a handful of wealthy patrons who were privileged to hear classical music. Sabhas were coming into existence. They comprised of wealthy patrons as well as the uninitiated.
AriyakuDi, that grand man of CM renovated the old concert format to suit the new audience. First, he gave importance to the lyrics, by singing with words with their impact, rather than sounding like some instrumental concert. The second but most salient feature of his concerts was his keen sense of proportion in presenting a piece which governed all his performances. AlApanA-s, neravals and swara prastArAs were all measured to a fine degree and presented. There were simply no excesses. The ranjaka factor shoul never be compromised was his credo.
The madhyama kAla tempo which he had mastered appealed to all.
His setting to tune all the thirty tiruppAvai hymns was a feat in itself--a service he has rendered to tamizh and Bhakti.
In this great land of ours, from the beginning of time, there have been great souls--BhIShmA, drONa and JAmbavAn are yet to be born again. Thrones they occupied remain empty.We have now lost AriyakuDi, and his seat lays vacant now...

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It was a one page eulogy. Had no room perhaps for adding the other gift he gave us--rAma nATaka kritis of Arunachala kavi!

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Thanks, Arasi.
Here is the original Kalki article in Tamil.
http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2020/01/1444-212.html

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1535. சங்கீத சங்கதிகள் - 231
அருணாசலக் கவியின் பாட்டுக்கள் - 9
அரியக்குடி ராமானுஜய்யங்கார் ஸ்வரப்படுத்தியது
https://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2020/05/1535-231.html

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The Lost Melodies will be hosting a talk on Sri Ramanuja Iyengar. The talk will be premiered on The Lost Melodies You Tube channel on 19.5.21, 6 PM.

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Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar - All India Radio Madras,
1956

https://youtu.be/gLM65cPErvY
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Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar - All India Radio Madras,


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Nādabhṛṅga takes great pleasure in presenting another high quality recording of the Grand Titan Sriman Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar, performed at All India Radio Madras, in the year 1956.

This particular concert is very special as the opening varnam "Viriboni" has been rendered in Adi tala Mishra gati, instead of the usual Khanda Ata tala. The programme details are:

Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar
Palghat K V Narayanaswamy - Vocal Support
Papa K S Venkataramiah - Violin
Palghat T S Mani Iyer - Mridangam

1. Viribōṇī (Varṇam) - Bhairavī - Ādi (Miśra Gati) - Paccimiriam Ādiyappaiyyā [00:00]
2. Tolinēnujēyu - Kōkiladhvanī - Ādi - Tyāgarāja [07:37]
3. Rāmanātham Bhajeham - Kāśirāmakriyā - Rūpakam - Muddusvāmi Dīkṣita [10:43]
4. Śrī Subrahmaṇyāya Namaste - Kāmbhōji - Rūpakam - Muddusvāmi Dīkṣita [24:04]
5. Entani Nē Varṇintunu - Mukhāri - Rūpakam - Tyāgarāja [59:16]
6. Māyanai Mannu Vaḍamadurai (Tiruppāvai) - Śrīrāga - Ādi - Āṇḍāḷ [01:14:53]

Note: This particular concert has been recalled by Sri K V Narayanaswamy in a lecture demonstration given at the Indian Fine Arts Society, Madras, on 30th December, 1989. The lecture-demonstration can be heard here: https://youtu.be/LYZqZBQeQ3E
(For the specific portion where he mentions this concert: 04:10 - 05:15

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https://solvanam.com/2009/12/24/%e0%ae% ... %e0%af%8d/
'Solvanam' Editorial team has compiled this tribute to Sri. ariyakkkudi raamaanuja iyengaar by three giants.
1- Palgat MaNi Iyer
2- Musiri Subramanya Iyer
3. GNB
It is in Thamizh.
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PMI
"மேலும் நாத வித்தையில் புதிது புதிதாகச் செய்வதற்கு விசேஷமாக ஒன்றும் இல்லை. செய்ததையே திரும்பத் திரும்ப தபஸ் பண்ணுவது போல அருள் பெறுவதுதான் முக்கியம் என்பது என் அபிப்பராயம்."
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Musiri
யாருக்கும் புரியாத ராகங்களை ஐயங்கார் அவர்கள் தொடுவதில்லை. எல்லோருக்கும் நன்கு தெரிந்த ராகங்களையே தேர்ந்தெடுத்துப் பாடுவார். எல்லாவற்றிலும் ராகத்தின் உருவம் எடுத்த எடுப்பில் விளங்கும்படி பாடுவது இவருடைய முறை.
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GNB says
ஸ்ரீ அய்யங்கார் அவர்களின் சங்கீதத்தில் முக்ய அம்சங்கள் மூன்று: (1) ஸம்பிரதாயம் (2) அழகு (3) மிதம்.
வர்ணத்தில் ஆரம்பித்து முறையே கீர்த்தனங்கள், ராகம், தானம், பல்லவி, சில்லறைகள் பாடுவது என்ற பழக்கம் தற்காலத்தில் இவர்தான் விசேஷமாகப் பிரபலப்படுத்தி இருக்கிறார்.
@shankarank will like this, as I do.
I do not know of any vocalist of the 'Carnatic Summer , who did not approve and adopt this concert pattern. They were all giants.

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Very nice article thanks! SrI GNB elucidates almost everything great! Only that we don't have his prime time recordings to experience it all.

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with reference to solvanam article cited in p-151, @arasi madam has given a nice translation of the
tribute paid to ARI , by Palghat MaNi Iyer. .
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The translation follows.
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Trying to describe a musician whose entity is completeness is almost an impossible task. Still, one can speak without reserve about him and to whatever extent you praise him, it would all ring true. It would all be well-deserved.

The most salient feature of Iyengar's music is 'proportion' which is: that the various features of the concert should be based on it. It is as if they are finely weighed by him and followed meticulously throughout the concert. This measured feature, from the beginning of the concert to the end, would not vary. However you analyze it, it would neither exceed it nor shortchange it. All along, the music would be succinct and fine-tuned.

At first, you would hear him engage in what could be called 'giving sound' in a regulated manner. Secondly, while 'giving sound' to the sahitya and swaras, he would do so without laying undue emphasis on them and by not over-emoting the lyrics, calibrating the balance throughout his performance.The same with nAda and pronunciation. This, while applying it to talam as well. He follows this in what is impossible for most: madhyama kAla. There is something called 'irenDum keTTAn " kAla pramANam (neither here nor there). MEl kAlam in it would be tough to execute. In kIzh kAlam, without stability and full expression, the kAla pramANam might fail you. This kAla pramAnam is a test for musicians--both vocalists and instrumentalists. When one achieves performing in it with ease, we can assume that the musician has a reasonable control over his music. How Ariyakudi has made it his own trademark! When he sings songs in this kAlapramAnam, the uruppaDis (pieces) attain a special sheen.
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We have heard some say that such a veteran, a genius like him could add more novelties to his music. I would say that they see his music at a superficial level. I can answer them with clout that Iyengar is open to many new ideas. With him, they would sound just as fully developed and honed as his age-old pieces! That is, they would shine as if they are well-worn pieces!

When it comes to feats in laya, my feeling is that there aren't that many novel features in it to experiment with. Following the old formats and repeating them is in itself a kind of tapasya and to attain grace by it all is the thing to hope for.

Iyengar has listened abundantly to hoards of age-old vidwans singing and playing all along. He has chosen the best in them and has made them his own. Thus, the modernity that we find around us will not affect his singing.

While traveling with him by train or other means, this is what I have come to experience. Most of the time would be spent in music, his singing too. He would sing old traditional pallavis --some of them possessing lots of punishing laya vinyAsAs. However complex they are, he would make them sound sweet and agreeable. if they don't allow for it, he would leave them alone.
in his singing, everything would fit in. Whatever he sings has sweetness and beauty. That he has been singing gloriously for this long, one can believe is because of his pUrva janma puNya and of God's grace. There is yet another thing which is obvious to us: he isn't one bit proud. That's why his music glows.

Singing is no special effort for Iyengar. It's just as easy as speech for him. .
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Palaghat Mani Iyer about ARI ( a Tamil article in 'Kalki' )
2240. சங்கீத சங்கதிகள் - 329
பேச்சுள்ளவரை பாடுவார்
பாலக்காடு மணி ஐயர்
https://s-pasupathy.blogspot.com/2022/09/2240-329.html

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Thank you @Pasupathy.

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https://youtu.be/25-l0jno2k0

An unheard Ragam Tanam Pallavi by Ramanuja Iyengar.

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