Veena Chittibabu

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 23 Apr 2006, 23:34

Chittibabu with TVG

maamoondi · Post by **maamoondi** » 27 Aug 2007, 02:23

Dear rasikas,

My good old friend Chitti babu was well known for his "koel" song is what I gather from musicnirvana.com
Would someone amongst us have this piece and if so, upload it merely for my hearing pleasure.

Many thanks

Maamoondi

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 27 Aug 2007, 03:07

May be "koel" is really "kuyil"..(purely my speculation). I vaguely remember hearing Chitti Babu's thukkada songs where he makes some interesting bird sounds using the Veena.

hsuvarna · Post by **hsuvarna** » 28 Aug 2007, 02:36

http://www.sangeethapriya.org/Downloads ... oosong.mp3

is available for download. I saw this before but did not hear thinking some trick play.
This is simply superb, the koyila is there in his strings. btw, anyone let me know which ragam it is.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 28 Aug 2007, 02:51

I had purchased the original LP disc of Cittibabu palying this song and the raga listed on the cover is "mishra".

Suji Ram · Post by **Suji Ram** » 28 Aug 2007, 03:01

sounds mAnD..ish to me

mishra mAnD?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 28 Aug 2007, 07:40

Suji,
You are right. It mostly sounded like mAND to me too. Yes, add that 'mishr' and the rest of the 'what is it?' is taken care of!
This perhaps was one of those tukkaDAs which catch on for some reason (novelty?). Give me Chittibabu's samudrapriyA any day...

KarnatikLover · Post by **KarnatikLover** » 15 Sep 2007, 10:52

I would say that one of his master pieces is the RTP in Karaharapriya, till date I have not heard a more impressive Thanam in that raga...
That cassette also has Bantureeti, which is out of the world... what a majestic treatment Chittibabu has given it... and Edudapadham in Khamas, another beauty...
how inspired he must have been on that day!

vallaki · Post by **vallaki** » 02 Jul 2009, 21:02

Chittibabu made me want to learn Veena. The veena never sounded more exotic, more captivating , until he popularized it.

Veena and Chittibabu are one, never separated from each other (IMO).

ramki1950 · Post by **ramki1950** » 10 Nov 2009, 09:02

Chittibabu had a unique style.His thanams were quite amazing.in one music season in 1971 at indian fine arts society he played a scintilating RTP in Karaharapriya.I can never forget that thanam. it was a thrilling experience.

keerthi · Post by **keerthi** » 21 May 2010, 09:05

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/05/21/stor ... 530300.htm

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 22 May 2010, 06:35

Keerthi,
So, kommalo kOyilA it is, in mAND.

FLUTE VISVESHWAR · Post by **FLUTE VISVESHWAR** » 11 Jun 2010, 20:12

KarnatikLover wrote:I would say that one of his master pieces is the RTP in Karaharapriya, till date I have not heard a more impressive Thanam in that raga...
That cassette also has Bantureeti, which is out of the world... what a majestic treatment Chittibabu has given it... and Edudapadham in Khamas, another beauty...
how inspired he must have been on that day!

i am a flute student. i have taken shri chittibabu sir's sangatis while plaing ninu vina in navarasakanada and other other songs. can you please mention in which album the rtp in karaharapriya is available.

isramesh · Post by **isramesh** » 14 Jun 2010, 10:11

Bantureethi and kharaharapriya alapana were released by HMV with the title "milestones" way back in the eighties. This album not available in the market now and even the hamaraCD website does not show these items. In Sangeethapriya website, many recordings of Sri Chittibabu are available - please search there and you might find them.

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 19 Jun 2010, 15:51

One Chittibabu concert I really treasure is a 1960s (1968?) Jamshedpur concert on Sangeethamshare - the RTP in SaNmugapriya is brilliant (especially the tAnam - what creative genius!).

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 20 Jun 2010, 19:34

The kharaharapriyA RTP was available on the old musicindiaonline but it does not seem to be there on the new site.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 20 Jun 2010, 20:04

The LP by Chittibabu that has hamsanDa, khamAs, kuntalavarALi and the kharaharapriya RTP is titled The Sound of Veena. It is on Columbia label with the # S 33ESX 6020.

saranath1990 · Post by **saranath1990** » 04 Aug 2010, 14:05

Kharaharapriya RTP is available in this link!!
http://www.mediafire.com/?ymo1dnikmwk

amuthan · Post by **amuthan** » 18 Aug 2010, 05:30

hi, many years ago i had a recording of dr chittibabu playing jagadanandakaraka in nata. however this, among other songs, were on an old cassette which is long gone. i was wondering whether anyone knows where i could find the said recording. i find chittibabu's stunning rendering of nata raga alaapana unparalleled. help would be appreciated. thanks

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 31 Oct 2010, 20:20

Recordings from DD Barathi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OEfXO5NDU

E'-SWARA-001-Chittibabu Veena-Sudhamayee-Amruthavarshini.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=vka ... gtPvtGRzeo

E'-SWARA-002-Chittibabu Veena-marivErE dikkevaraiya-Shanmugapriya-Part I.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPp8OCDP ... re=related
E'-SWARA-003-Chittibabu Veena-marivErE dikkevaraiya-Shanmugapriya-Part II.flv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn1EiRFJ ... re=related
E'-SWARA-004-Chittibabu Veena-Thillana.flv

venkatakailasam

cpblog · Post by **cpblog** » 31 Dec 2010, 17:20

Along with the past memories from "Parvathi", Mysore, we wish all the Carnatic Music Rasikas from all over the World a Happy New Year - 2011 !!!

We wish to begin this English calendar year auspiciously with the strains of the Veena (supposedly the oldest mentioned instrument and a Divine one), and usher in memories of that great Vainika Chittibabu, as he played one night in the '60s, all alone in that house for a handful of the family. As further recollections to his great memory we also feature him with Palghat Raghu, Vellore Ramabhadran and KS Manjunath.

As always, may peace be with you all ("Sukhi Evaro")

http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com

Gladfan · Post by **Gladfan** » 11 Jun 2011, 10:57

The Chittibabu style appears to have all but disappeared on the modern stage. It is quite sad considering veena has also faded away in the modern world of Carnatic music.

I only know of one of his disciples being Smt Prabhavathi Ganesan, an excellent and very humble artist who has entirely imbibed the style of her guru. Unfortunately, she doesn't perform as much. Does anyone know of Chittibabu's other students?

kam · Post by **kam** » 15 Jun 2011, 20:23

Yes sir,there is an artist named Sri Nagesh babu garu who lives in A.P.I have been listening to his concerts from long ago.He absolutely imbibed his guru's style.Here is his recording of both audio and video :

http://youtu.be/zxdU40xs9iI
http://youtu.be/76SrTNp1vdE

His interview in gemini T.V :
http://youtu.be/P7H0YQGBS20
http://youtu.be/L5uf9vr0EXM
http://youtu.be/Vn9COCc0JQU

http://www.4shared.com/audio/eV_5vo2B/K ... chapu.html

Ramaprasad · Post by **Ramaprasad** » 19 Jun 2011, 08:08

I hope I can help here. Some of Chittibabu garu's other disciples are Shanthi Rao, Suma Sudindra and Sundar. I am surprised that Rajesh Vaidhya's name slipped by my fellow rasikas. And finally, there is Durga Krishnan who has established herself in the Boston area as a teacher and musician, and an active voice in the propagation of our music in the New England area (www.nescm.com). I believe she is also on the faculty of LearnQuest Academy

venkatakailasam · Post by **venkatakailasam** » 03 Aug 2014, 10:07

Chitti babu with TVG-rAgam_tAnam_pallavi-kalyANi.

http://mfi.re/listen/s861314wzsb7h2c/Ch ... alyANi.mp3

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