M.L.Vasanthakumari

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CRama
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All of us know that MLV was a trendsetter and she did many innovations within the boundaries of carnatic classical music. I am not going to elaborate any thing new.

In another thread (Review of Sowmya concert in KGS) there was a discussion on singing swaras for two places in a song. As requested by our member Rsachi, I am giving the links for a song Chinthayama kandamoolakandam where MLV had done elaborate neraval and swaras for the charanam first line Mangalakara mandahaasa vadanam and again she has done some cracker second kala swaras at Uthunga kamaneeya- Madhyamakalam.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/21qeqr
I am repeating the post in this thread so that many people may notice it and enjoy the song.

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Thank you, CRama. Abhishek did this at a recent concert and I was wondering if someone had done this before.
Excellent version by MLV.

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CRama,
Rock solid stuff from MLV. There seems to have been nothing tentative in her music! Listening to her, I think she was a life-long learner and innovator and pretty much a lone ranger the way she approached music. I wonder if I am right.
Thanks!
sachi

PS: if you play the same track on VLC Player with equaliser double pass, you can significantly enhance the music. I would gladly show you by a clip, but I am right now "powerless" in waking up my desktop right now....

PPS: in the context of the query, the first speed itself is pretty fast in MLV's rendition...
wonder if the contrast in the two speeds would be even more striking if the first speed had been slower. sorry if I am triggering a sterile discussion here.

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MLV with her elite friends..

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Folks: This is a rare picture of the GreatLadies Trio--the lady sitting to the left of MSAmma is my mother Narayani(alias Chinnani)--she is 94 and can sing(although slightly off key!) all the 32 Todi kritis of Saint Thyagaraja even today!! Sitting to my mother's left is the late Vijaya(daughter of the Sadasivams)
At my father's 90th Birthday in 2003,DKP and MSAmma sang Mamava Pattabhirama together for the first time !! That was a n era where great celebrities like MS Amma,DKP and MLV mingled with ordinary folks like us who had not much of musical credentials or achievements to write about.
Our family is indebted to all those musicians--male and female--who enriched our lives not only with their music but also with their unconditional friendships.

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Shri MKR..

here is the song ...MSS 045-With DKP--TNK-UKS-Mamava Pattabirama Manirangu

http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic. ... 66#p248366

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E swara MLV 29 DR ML Vasanthakumari tiruvaDi sharaNam kAmbOji xvid ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afqb3VhtzAI

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Writeup about Smt MLV by vidushi charumathi ramachandran.

http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday ... 300361.ece

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Who is the tampura artist who is seated behind Smt MLV and Sudha. I am assuming it is either subha ganesan or Sangeetha swaminathan.Can some one clarify?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfePKl8_vaw

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rshankar
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Thank you for the link.

Can someone confirm if the person standing next to Smt. MLV in Photo 48/48 was her daughter, the actress Srividya?

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July 3rd, the cancerian legend's Birthday...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb-m9tVfz6U

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concert 231-ML Vasanthakumari..
Birth day Girl...03-07-2014
Listen at:
http://myblogkumara.blogspot.in/2014/06 ... -viii.html

001-Viriboni-Bhairavi-P_Adiyapayya
002-GopikaGeetham
003-Ananda_natamaduvar-Poorvikalyani-N_Sivan
004-AdinayE_kaNNA-mOhanakalyANi-Adhi-ambujam_krishna
005-Thedi Thedi - Todi - Arunachala Kavi
006-Artha Piravi - Sankarabharana- Manickavasagar
007-Paarkadal-Ragamaligai
008-MAtha_innum-shrIranjani-Adhi-pApanAsham_shivan
009-Manadirkuhandadu -Sindhu Bhairavi-TanjavurShankaraIyer
010-kaNNan_enradumE-rAgamAlike-Adhi-ambujam_krishNa
011-Ellam_Inba_mayam-Ragamalika-U_Narayana_Kavi
012-Kapi raga thillana

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MLV 105-E SWARA-023-ML Vasanthakumari-SrI Viswanathmbajeham...Ragamalika..

http://mfi.re/listen/51oob815la2nmcc/ML ... adar_2.mp3

SrI Viswanatham Bhajeham in fourteen Ragas, set to Adi Tala. The sequence of fourteen Ragas that appear in this Ragamalika are Sriragam, Arabhi, Gowri, Nata, Gowla, Mohanam, followed by viloma swaras (rendering of swaras in the reverse order of Ragas). The second half contains Sama, Lalita, Bhairavam, Saranga, Sankarabharanam, Kambhoji, Devakriya, Bhoopalam, followed again by viloma swaras, and finally ending in the commencing Raga, Sriragam. This composition is in praise of Lord Viswanatha, of the temple located in the village Kulikkarai, near Tiruvarur, Tamilnadu.

caturdasha rAgamAlikA tALam: Adi

shrI muttusvAmi dIkShita viracitA

pallavi

shrI rAgaH

shrI vishvanAthaM bhaje.ahaM caturdashabhuvanarUpa-
rAgamAlikAbharaNadharaNAntaHkaraNam

caraNAni

arabhi rAgaH

shritajanasaMsArabhItyApahaM AdhyAtmikAdi-
tApatraya manobhItyApaham

gauri rAgaH

shrI vishAlAkShIgaurIshaM sakalaniShkaLa rUpa-
saccidAnandamayagaurIsham

nATa rAgaH

citravishvanATakaprakAshaM jagatprakAshaka
bhAskarashashAN^kakoTikoTiprakAsham

gauLa rAgaH

govindAdivinuta gauLAN^gaM kShIrakundendukarpUrAdi
vijayabhasitoddhULitagauLAN^gam

mohana rAgaH

guruguhasaMmohanakaraliN^gaM pa~ncIk.rtapa~ncamahAbhUta-
prapa~ncAdimohanakaraliN^gam

vilomam

mohana rAgaH

viri~nciviShNurudramUrtimayaM

gauLa rAgaH

viShayapa~ncakara hitamabhayaM

nATa rAgaH

niratishayasukhadanipuNataraM

gauri rAgaH

nigamasAramIshvaramamaraM

arabhi rAgaH

smaraharaM paramashivamatulaM

shrI rAgaH

sarasasadayah.rdayanilayamanishaM
shrI vishvanAthaM bhaje.aham

sAma rAgaH

sadAshivaM sAmagAnavinutaM prak.rtyAdisaptarUpa-
sAmagAnavinutam

lalita rAgaH

sanmAtraM lalitah.rdayaviditaM kAmakrodhAdirahita-
lalitah.rdayaviditam

bhairava rAgaH

cidAkAshabhairavaM puraharaM vidhikapAla-
trishUladharabhairavaM puraharam

sAraN^ga rAgaH

citsabheshvaraM sAraN^gadharaM dArukAvanatapodhana-
kalpitasAraN^gadharam

shaN^karAbharaNa rAgaH

sadAshrayAmi shaN^karAbharaNaM cintitArthavitaraNa-
dhurINataramANikyamayashaN^karAbharaNam

kAmbhoji rAgaH

sadgatidAyakAmbhojacaraNaM dharmArthAdinikhila-
puruShArthapradasamarthatarAmbhojacaraNa m

devakriya rAgaH

vadAnyadevakriyAkhelanaM s.rShTisthitivilaya-
tirodhAnAnugrahakAraNakriyAkhelanam

bhUpALa rAgaH

vaidyaliN^gabhUpAlapAlanaM shrIpurani.rtibhAga-
gartatIrasthiratarabhUpAlapAlanam

vilomam

bhUpALa rAgaH

gurugaNeshasuranareshamanishaM

devakriya rAgaH

kujabudhAdigrahagativihitaM

kAmbhoji rAgaH

varadamanalaravishashinayanaM

shaN^karAbharaNa rAgaH

vanajacandrasannibhavadanaM

sAraN^ga rAgaH

paramahaMsAnandanartanaM

bhairava rAgaH

patitapAvanakaraNamaghaharaNaM

lalitA rAgaH

parataraM paramamanolayajayaM

sAma rAgaH

parAdivAkprakAshAnandamayaM

mohana rAgaH

viri~nciviShNurudramUrtimayaM

gauLa rAgaH

viShayapa~ncakarahitamabhayaM

nATa rAgaH

niratishayasukhadanipuNataraM

gauri rAgaH

nigamasAramIshvaramamaraM

Arabhi rAgaH

smaraharaM paramashivamatulaM

shrI rAgaH

sarasasadayah.rdayanilayamanishaM
shrI vishvanAthaM bhaje.aham

CRama
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I heard that MD did not compose the Chittaswaram for this ragamalika. It was MLV who composed the chittaswaram. Very intelligently crafted chittaswaram. Pranams to her vidwath and manodharmam.

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truly a legend...I was fortunate that VidvAn Smt M L V was the one who introduced me to all the teachers in Rishi Valley High School just before my joining...MahAvidwAn Sri Palghat Mani Iyer had prepared a special mridangam for vidwAn Smt MLV's pitch to be used to teach me to accompany for songs...unfortunately that did not materialise as Mahavidwan Sri PMI passed away in May 1981. We consulted with Smt MLV and she too felt that I should continue my education back in Bombay only.

:namaste: to the great masters and all rasikas

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CRama wrote:
I heard that MD did not compose the Chittaswaram for this ragamalika. It was MLV who composed the chittaswaram. Very intelligently crafted chittaswaram. Pranams to her vidwath and manodharmam.
Oh God! Certainly not. It was Dikshitar himself who composed the chittaswaram. It is there in the SSP itself.

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Sorry. But I heard from a highly knowledgeabale source- hence I reported. Sorry

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Bombal - beautiful picture - including a very young Kum. Sudha Venkataraman (as she was at that time)....

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Concert 281-ML Vasanthakumari
Remembrance day 31-10-2014
Listen at:
http://myblogkumara.blogspot.in/2014/09 ... art-x.html

001-Thedi Thedi - Todi - Arunachala Kavi
002--En_palli_kondir-Mohanam_Adi_MLV-ArunachalaKavi
003-Aru padai vidamarnda - Ragamalika - MP Sivan
004-AnandaNatanaJagadeesha- Keeravani-RTP
005-manasA-mana--manasAmarthyavardhani--rUpaka
006-RTP in Hrikambhoji
007-kaNNan_enradumE-rAgamAlike-Adhi-ambujam_krishNa


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MLV 126-09-rAgam_tAnam_pallavi-shaNmukhapriyA...60mts...

http://mfi.re/listen/96933sxjeyxna3s/ML ... apriyA.mp3

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Looks like this book should be a great one. Personally I like MLV for her dare devil artistry.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp ... 938259.ece

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A share from my friend

From G N B's brother


I would like to share an anecdote relating to MLV.

My brother GNB's eldest daughter Jayalaksmi's marriage was fixed, I think , in 1959/60. She was literally crazy of MLV. and MLV never left our house whenever she visited us for learning music, without spending some time with her. My brother, immediately fixed his MANASIKA Guru Ariyakydi's concert for the reception.

When MLV came to know of the marriage, she told my brother that she will sing for her reception. My brother had to tell her about the concert already fixed. She immediately said, " What if? Let him sing as usual at 6 PM reception and I will sing in the night at 9PM. My brother readily consented , to his daughters great delight.

Needless to say, both the performances were extra-ordinarily superb and when the function was over, when all of us, family members went to the Dining hall at 12.30AM, there was nothing left except for rice, Vathakuzhambu and Curd rice. The big pandal at Edward Elliot's road was overflowing with rasikas .

This is yet another instance to show her dedication to her Guru as also the spontaneous warmth and affection she had for all of in our family. A lovable personality indeed, whose memory we very fondly cherish.

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What a musician. Here she is at it again - seems a all GNB song concert @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IemyWwHVhSQ

Prakash Narayan Rao's youtube is a treasure trove indeed!

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Thanjavooran,
A big thanks! The lady (a true one) is remembered for her large heart and kind ways by many and this from her guru's family is precious...

Sankark,
We miss you and Sridharang in the KavithaigaL forum :( Thanks for bringing PNRao's offering here to us. Listening to it now...

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Be back soon. Intend to continue with Kannan Kadhai Amudham

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Devour this masterly amruthavarshini from one of the most compelling trailblazers of our time on her birthday, 3rd of July -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JunNQ4nLguE

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There was a video that runs for just 5 minutes of a performance of MLV of a composition of Sri.Muthuswamy Dikshidar 'Pahimam Parvatim Parameswarim' in the raga Mohanam and this was available in the YouTube for sometime but is not available now.

If anyone has a copy of this available with him, may please upload again and give the link.

K.Nagarajan

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Remembering the legend - Oct 31

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk1uCURBEYg

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any Hindi Bhajans by MLV?

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Did Smt. MLV ever sing "Eppo Varuvaro" (Gopalakrishna Bharathi, Jonpuri)? If so, if anyone could post a link, that would be much appreciated!

Sincerely,
Bhaskar

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varsha wrote:MLV is MLV !!!!
+1 (as many as possible again).

Ended up through this topic in one of MLV's concert. And the first song is thEdith thEdi - posted the lyrics @
http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic ... 11&t=27890. Where did she find these gems? Did she tune/notate them or she learnt on her own from notations?

sarvAntaryAmi - perhaps MA concert for the centenary bi-centenary of Thyagaraja - again she seems to be the only one to have sung it in a concert. I haven't come across anyone else rendering that one.

Update: that is a Ambujam Krishna song.

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What is the ragam of thedi thedi? I have not heard that so far.
Sarvantharyami- Radha Jayalakshmi has also sung that.
There is another rare song of Tyagaraja in that concert of MLV- Kshetrapalaka in Bilahari. I have not heard that song from any body else.

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CRama wrote:What is the ragam of thedi thedi? I have not heard that so far.
thOdi

The link for the concert is available in the topic I have posted in Sahitya forum. You could download and listen. Starts with thOdi and a fantastic mOhanam + tAnam + yEn paLLi. Haven't yet listened to the rest of the concert.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdDefl9E7AU from 1960

Any references to MLV's Huseni/Mukhari/Manji/Ahiri/Asaveri/Saveri/YKK/MMG?

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Remembering the legend, Oct 31 -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk1uCURBEYg

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Any references to MLV's Huseni/Mukhari/Manji/Ahiri/Asaveri/Saveri/YKK/MMG?

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/bm94m59mzq8ag/mlv

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Any references to MLV's Huseni/Mukhari/Manji/Ahiri/Asaveri/Saveri/YKK/MMG?
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/bm94m59mzq8ag/mlv
Remembering the legend, Oct 31
And what a fine one !!! Thanks

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Dear Rasikas

That 1960 concert of Smt MLV seems to be a concert of some later year. Her sound is seems to be more like that of late 70s and some voice to support her in the audio? Can somebody clarify?

Sivaprasad

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varsha wrote:Any references to MLV's Huseni/Mukhari/Manji/Ahiri/Asaveri/Saveri/YKK/MMG?

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/bm94m59mzq8ag/mlv
thanks much varsha.


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Thank you :) :) :)

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On MLV's Birth Anniversary :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AypG0sNBipE

:) :) :)

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