M.L.Vasanthakumari

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kedharam
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beautiful picture. thanks:)

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Next to MLV is her husband Vikatam Krishnamurthy--a wonderful Mimic--once during a music festival in Bombay in the 50's at Shanmukhanada sabha he gave a 90 minute 'stand-up comedy routine--imitating Rajaji,Kamaraj et al and had the audience in stitches. The gentleman on the right looks familiar to me but cannot recall now.

Mama was 86 and Mami was 72--what radiance and "lakshmeekaram' in both their faces..
MLV died in 1990@ 62-just 2 years after this photo--the last year before her death,despite the acute suffering she went thro,she was very stoic about it.

A classy artiste--awesome talent but humble to the core,an elder sister to her disciples,treated the accompaniments with great respect and generosity. MLV loved my Mom's vattal Kuzhambu whenever she visited Bombay.

An embarrassing anecdote in my next post!!

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Respected Rasikas,

We had an old recording from "Parvathi", Mysore of Dr. M.L.V.'s concert in 1972.
It was such a beautiful concert that in-spite of small audio irritations here and there we really wanted all of you to hear
the wide elaborations that she goes through, here, in her "Bhajans, Dasa compositions and Ragamalikas".

As usual she has a fine team to accompany her in Smt Prabhavathi, Sri Subrahmanyam,Sri Krishnamurthy Rao and Sri H.P.Ramachar.

Thanking you as always in your kindness,
http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/

CPBlog Team

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Dear Cpblog team

In the recently uploaded MLV concert with gamanashramA RTP - the kalyANi and bhairavi suites are from the previous Parvathi Concert in 1971 where she has sung a RTP in Bhairavi. The 1971 concert has Ghatam accompaniment which is clear in the neraval of the kalyani piece. This concert with kanjira as upa pakkavadyam clearly gives this away.

Please remove the two pieces from the upload of the new concert.

Thanks for the wonderful music, as always.

Rgds

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Dear Arunsri,

We remain very obliged to you for your keen sense with the music, and for taking the trouble to point out these inconsistencies.
A true Rasika!
We hope we have made the modifications as you desired (please let us know if not).

Best Wishes,

CPBlog team

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMLiY8ZAWFk

P.Leela and M.L.Vasanthakumari

Regards,
Aditya.

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Aditto wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMLiY8ZAWFk P.Leela and M.L.Vasanthakumari
The tamizh version. Aditya are you sure it is P. Leela in the telugu version. I think the youtube link is correct in that the other singer is Soolamangalam Smt. Rajalaksjmi (one of the Soolamangalam Sisters)...

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On her birth day to day..made a video to day..for the occasion...
tAmadamEn svAmi-tODi--Composed by Papanasam sivan...
Rendered by Dr. ML Vasanthkumari..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lU2PiYO38

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A rare peek into how MLV honed all those incredible skills 8) ;)
http://www.mediafire.com/?53yphsirepq81e4

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Here is an hour RTP by MLV....( audio courtesy Kasturi...1960 concert)

MLV-Thodi-RTP.mp3 - 57.7 Mb

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MLV-Kannara_kande_achutana_kanchi_punya_Varali_Adi_Purandaradasa...courtesy Kasturi...

MLV-Kannara_kande_achutana_kanchi_punya_Varali_Adi_Purandaradasa.mp3 - 5.3 Mb

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Thanks venkatakailasamenkatakailasam, Varsha.
varsha wrote:A rare peek into how MLV honed all those incredible skills 8) ;)
Nice..

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varsha wrote:A rare peek into how MLV honed all those incredible skills
Wasn't this from a movie? Inspector? No idea on which dancer this was pictured.

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P.K. Saraswathi

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Pratyaksham Bala wrote:P.K. Saraswathi
Thanks, PB!

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E swara MLV 27 DR ML Vasanthakumari Concert Recorded from FM Gold..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX-m5zVzvxM



E swara MLV 28- DR ML Vasanthakumari RTP Harikamboji xvid

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

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E swara MLV 26 Smt. ML Vasanthakumari RTP Raga Manirangu xvid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1pUu70n5HE


E swara MLV 25-Smt. ML Vasanthakumari- RTP Madyamavathi pallavi Thirupathi venkata xvid

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

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Above postings are meant as Part of 85th Birth Anniversary of Smt.MLV...falling on 3rd July ...

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maNiyAna maNirangu to honor the uyar peNmaNi, iSai maNi!

Thanks, VK.

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It is very sad that even on her birth day-to day,

we are not remembering the great artist like MLV..

Only God should save this forum..

With high regrets..

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venkatakailasam wrote:It is very sad that even on her birth day-to day,

we are not remembering the great artist like MLV..

Only God should save this forum..

With high regrets..
http://radioweb.in/programs/m-l-vasanthakumari * " I cordially invite you for " Guru Vandhanan" a special programme on the 85th Birth Anniversary of my Revered Guru ' Sangitha Kalanidhi Padmabhushan' Dr M L Vasanthakumari On July 3rd @ Vedha Vyasar Thapovanam. Sembakkam CHennai 600073." This invite was from Shubha Ganesan.
*There was an AIR morning broadcast yesterday.
* We can listen to various downloads (including one from TVG who is prompt in uploading AIR concerts.)available in sangeethapriya.org.You have also uploaded a lot.
*As such I had opportunity to remember her atleast through these sources noted above.
* Grapevine would have had it- I will not be surprised if one of her foremost disciples is chosen for a coveted award this year! :-o
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:| It can't be Charumathi (has nothing to do with her merits, but only because her husband was a recent recipient)...

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satyabalu...Thanks..

Subha Ganesan has sent the invitation through our FB Group MLV..of which she a member..

IT IS NOT INDIVIDUALS whom I referred .... It is the obligations of a forum meant for betterment of Carnatic music that has failed to honor a great artist

on her birth anniversary.....the inherent apathy... which was regretted..

arasi...husbands standing in the way of recognition of merit of their spouses, shows the flaws in the system of selection...

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True. And hope music has its own merit, no matter the gender or one's relationship to a previous awardee. Charumathi was so good in Cleveland and I like her style.

Satyabalu's post about the grape vine made me say it. It's July, and about time speculations gather steam about the SK award. Sudha's name was bandied about even last year, and that's what I was hinting at...

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My unequivocal vote would be for Ravi Kiran--no need to wait till he reaches 60 plus!!e should acknowledge artistes who genuinely enhance the knowledge and understanding of the rasika base,without being condescending.

I feel observing him, over the years- especially during the Music Season--be it the Academy or the Sampradaya forums -he is very smart not cocky,not obsequiously humble and yet amiable and nice to converse with.

As usual my post has nothing to with MLV but I cannot help it if I have imbibed the Mudicondan trait sans the Vidwath!!!

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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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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

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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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