G.N. Balasubramaniam (GNB)

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 24 Feb 2006, 19:51

en manattAmarai. rAgA: rItigauLa. Adi tALA.

P: en manattAmarai mEl e tAyE un malar tALinai vaittaruLvAyE
A: tunbam tuDaittE tUya nilaiyilE inbamAna un ishaigaL pADavE
C: tanmayamAkkum tava vazhi ariyEn dharmamum tyAgamum shiridum teriyEn
cinmaya rUpiNi shivai manOnmaNi varmamillAmalE vandudava nIyE

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 24 Feb 2006, 21:28

Thanks Lakshman!

Apparently SK was not at his best while rendering this ong. Also I expected a neraval at 'tanmayamaakkum tava vazhi ariyEn' which GNB would have handled divinely! The lyric flows very smooth and has been written with feeling. Perhaps my prejudice for GNB's masterly handling of ritigowlai shows. I can't help it!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 25 Feb 2006, 06:44

Here is the same sung by TV Ramachandran
http://rapidshare.de/files/14068535/enm ... R.mp3.html
I personally liked this better as being closer to how GNB would have rendered it. Of course no one can be compared to the maestro! Is there an odd chance of finding his rendition?

new_cmfan · Post by **new_cmfan** » 25 Feb 2006, 08:03

What does "varmamillAmalE" mean?

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 25 Feb 2006, 10:39

without any vengeance (varmam)
in other words don't be vengeful on me for my bad behaviours !

meena · Post by **meena** » 26 Feb 2006, 07:28

beautiful kriti rendered by sree SKR

parAmukham-Ela-namma, rAgA kanada. Adi tALA.

P:parAmukham-Ela-namma? parAdhIna-patita! nA pai
A:nirAdaravu nIve jesite, nirvahimpa-taramA? talli
C:marALa-jita mandagamani! mahAdEvamatir-Ayatavadani!
nirAmayE! nIrada-s'yAmalE! nityakalyANaguNAlayE!

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Sir GBR
could u pl. share with us when ur father composed this piece, and any anecdotes/notes/etc. behind this and other kritis u/l so far. thanku

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 26 Feb 2006, 08:21

Meena,
Here is MLVs version from an AIR concert...
http://rapidshare.de/files/14153132/04_ ... m.m4a.html
Ravi

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 26 Feb 2006, 10:38

Thanks meena/shankar

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 26 Feb 2006, 11:05

next a varna in gaavthi by trichur ramchandran

http://rapidshare.de/files/14158348/varna--gavt

hi.mp3.html

and a HM Track by nazakath salamath ali for reference

http://rapidshare.de/files/14158742/Gaa ... h.mp3.html

meena · Post by **meena** » 26 Feb 2006, 11:44

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 27 Feb 2006, 00:43

kamala vAsini (tv). rAgA: gAvati. Adi tALA.

P: kamala vAsini mAm pAhi kAmitArtha phaladAyakI
A: ramaNIya guNarasa sEvadi amarEsha manamOhini
C: nI manasu rAdA talli

meena · Post by **meena** » 27 Feb 2006, 00:49

Lji thanku

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 27 Feb 2006, 00:56

Thanks Lakshman. Are there other kritis in gAvathi?

GBR

Even if you don't have the info meena has requested pl tell us the relationship between BGAK and your Father! Was there also a Chembai connection?

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 27 Feb 2006, 01:55

This is his only composition in gAvati.

knrh05 · Post by **knrh05** » 27 Feb 2006, 02:36

Thillana in gavathi sung by Smt S. Rajeswari (her own composition, I think).
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gb_rajasekar · Post by **gb_rajasekar** » 27 Feb 2006, 08:55

Dear Rasikas,

First - Paramukha in Kanada.

He found that all the songs in kanada before were starting in the lower octave, he wanted to experiment. so he started in the higher octave, a new approach. for example suki evaro, ma mavasada etc.

My father first heard BGAK sing in Calcutta and felt greatly drawn to his singing. He wanted the whole of south india to enjoy him. He arranged for some concerts, arranged for his stay and i am told even went to the extent of arranging a nonveg cook so he could have his favourtie foods.

In a way, i have heard that my father was instrumental in bringing hindustani music to chennai. Before BGAK it was not popular to that extent.

he heard BGAK sing Gavati and liked the raga. He first set it as a signal tune in AIR where he was the chief producer. He then made a varnam in the same scale but in carnatic mode.. it has some vakra swaras. My father would discuss music with BGAK and i have heard that once he asked my father to sing andolika and my father obliged. he then learnt it.. i dont there is need for such great musicians to learn a raga.. knowing the scales and hear it being sung once is enough for them to catch the nuances and present it.. my father used to say that MLV had the ability to hear my father sing a new keerthanai two or three times and then would sing it herself in her concert without even learning it .

At their level it was not difficult. What is amazing in my opinion is that these stalwarts and also some of the newer musicians are able to learn the composition from just the notation and sing it well to make the keerthanai stand out.

Rgds
Rajasekar

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 Feb 2006, 09:43

Thanks GBR
for the background info and the BGAK connection!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 28 Feb 2006, 10:25

padamalraniaye in begada by trichur ramchandran

http://rapidshare.de/files/14316505/pad ... r.mp3.html

ninnu pogada in kuntalavarali by kalyuanraman

http://rapidshare.de/files/14316814/Nin ... n.mp3.html

meena · Post by **meena** » 28 Feb 2006, 11:41

pada malariNaiyE. rAgA: bEgaDA. Adi tALA.

P: pada malariNaiyE paNindEn tAyE
A: nidamunait-tozhudE nikhilamum marandEn nidhi nin dayai enrE nirantaram ninaindEn
C: vida vidamAna amita mana mAyayai udariDa nIyE udavAviDilO
madamOhAdiyil mati izhand-uzhalvEn madanan tanai tanda mAdhava sOdari

ninnu pogaDa taramA. rAgA: kuntalavarALi. Adi tALA.

P: ninnu pogaDa taramA talli
A: pannaga bhUSana pAkashAsana padmanAbha brahmAdulakaina
C: kannatalli tanDri nIvE gAdA karuNatOnu nannu kAvavE sadA
citta nATi modalu kOriyunna vinnapampu vinavE bAla nEnu

~source from Lji wonderful CD of 4000 kritis lyrics of various composers

kuntalavarali kriti is one of my fav.

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 28 Feb 2006, 21:19

Great! Thanks meena!

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 28 Feb 2006, 22:24

sorry folks.I am a bit late on the discussion on vandanatharini.

How did i miss the soulful rendering by MM Dandapani Desikar...
http://rapidshare.de/files/14352746/13- ... i.mp3.html

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 01 Mar 2006, 09:39

todays quota
three short tracks

http://rapidshare.de/files/14396360/Kam ... n.MP3.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/14396584/kav ... n.mp3.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/14396806/das ... r.mp3.html

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 01 Mar 2006, 19:34

kamala caraNE. rAgA : amrtabehAg. Adi tALA.

P: kamala caranE kanakAruNE karuNAmrta rasa pUraNE
A: amarEshanutE aparAjitE ramA shAradE sadA vanditE
C: namata sajjana durita shamanE amita mahima guna pUraNE
mama santApa hara sAdhanE vimarshanAnda nAda hrtsadanE

kavalai ellAm. rAgA: sarasvati. Adi tALA.

P: kavalai ellAm kaLaindiDuvadun paramE kamalAsini vANi paNiyum shivamE
A: abalai enrarindum annaiyE nIyE AdaravaLikkAdiruppadum muraiyO
C: avaniyilE dinam alaind tirindE tavap-payanAl nin kazhaliNai ninaindEn
evariDamum nAn irandu nillAmalE uvakaiyuDan un dayavaruLvAyE

dasha shata daLa. rAgA: hamsanAda. Adi tALA.

P: dasha shata daLa sarOjAsanE tridashAdi trimUrti vandya pAvanI
A: dasha dishAmOda tAmbUla smitAnanE dishakara prEma dIpita shubhAnganE
C: shashadhara kOTi prabhAkari sundari dasah kaNTha damana divya sOdari
VishadAcalakula vimala lalAmE vishvEshvara vAma vimarsha dAmE

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 01 Mar 2006, 22:56

Thanks Lakshman! very prompt!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 01 Mar 2006, 23:01

coolkarni

It is Tanjore Kalyanaraman and
Trichur Ramachandran !

GBR

since there are no mudras how do we know these are GNB's compositions. Of course many have been published. I am sure you have the manuscripts. Has GNB made any notations or comments. If so can they be made available. Thanks!

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 02 Mar 2006, 01:40

There are three volumes of GNB's compositions that have been published. Many people associate rAdhA samEtA krSNA and sudhAmAdhurya bhASaNi as GNB's work. Now that GBR has confirmed that the latter is indeed his father's, only rAdhA samEtA is left. We hope he can provide the details of sudhAmAdhurya.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 03 Mar 2006, 09:33

CML
indeed it was that duo.
you will see a few more tracks of this combination.

Here are the next three

http://rapidshare.de/files/14553772/ent ... m.mp3.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/14553946/man ... e.mp3.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/14554109/Pad ... n.mp3.html

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 07 Mar 2006, 09:39

http://rapidshare.de/files/14885709/mar ... arabhi.mp3

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 07 Mar 2006, 19:45

Here are the lyrics for the above four songs.

enta ninnu. rAgA: candrahasita. rUpaka tALA.

P: enta ninnu vEDitinE incukaina dayalEdA
A: antaranga bhaktitOnu santatambu pogaDitinE candrahasita mOmujUpi cinta dIrcuTa rAdA
C: kandarpa kOTi sadsha sundara vAmAnga taruNE bandUka kusuma nibha andamugala prabhAruNE
BrndArAgAdi eppuDu vanditAravinda caraNE centa velayu vara gaNEsha skanda bAla avatAraNE

manam irangAda. rAgA: ravicandrikA. Adi tALA.

P: manam irangAda marmamEdO malayAcala nivAsini amba
A: vinayamuDan un iNaiyaDi ninaivE kanatanamena dinam karudum enpAl innum
C: enakkunai pOlavE evarum illaiyE unakken uLLattin inam teriyAdO
tanakk-uvamaiyillA dayAnidhiyE jagam anaittaiyum rakSikkum Adi shaktiyE innum

pAda bhajana. rAgA: khamAs. rUpaka tALA.

P: pAda bhajana sadAnandamE paramEshvari nI
A: nAda rUpa sundari narahari sahOdari nI
C: kAdamba daNDakarE karuNAkari parAtparE
vIta madhyatalOdharE vEda vidhita guNAkarE

maravanu nE ninnu. ragA: Arabhi. Adi tALA.

P: maravanu nE ninnu maravanu nE marakatAngi mA ramaNa sOdari
A: vara vANI kamalA sEvitE vAncitArta dAyika niratE
C: krta prAyamulaninci nI pada dhyAnamE mukti mArgamanu koni
neranammiyunna janulaku shira sukhamosagu cintAmaNiyani

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 07 Mar 2006, 21:41

Thanks Lakshman!

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 07 Mar 2006, 23:31

Kulkarni/Lji,
Your combo is like 'rAma nAma pAyasakkE krishNa nAma sakkarE'
Keep them coming!
Ravi

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 09 Mar 2006, 18:21

http://rapidshare.de/files/15066124/man ... indola.mp3

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 09 Mar 2006, 21:12

mAnavakula bhUSaNa. rAgA: hindOLa. m/jhampa tALA.

P: mAmavakula bhUSaNa shrI tyAgarAja asamAna sangIta sAhitya nipuNAgrEsha
A: mAnanIya satta citta bhaktulakunaina gAna vidyA kaivalya mosagunanI jupina
C: shrI nAradAmshuDai dayatOnavatarinci mAnApamAna dvandva ripulella jayinci
jnAnArcilO sakala karmamulanu dehinci shrI nAthuni ellapuDu manasAra bhajinci
gAnAmrta tApa maNasha shrI rAmAmrta pAnArNava nI sudhA drSTicE galgina
(madhyamakAla)
Ena nAshana nAma jAnakIpati kAma dIna janahita prEma gAnarasAbdhi sOma

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 10 Mar 2006, 00:21

Is this Sri GNB's tribute to the saint?
Ravi

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 10 Mar 2006, 01:11

GBR

This one is by GNB himself! Is there any criteria for his choosing to sing his own kriti as against letting it be sung by his sishyas? Of course Hindolam is one of his favourites and he particularly shines here with a nice sahityam (I could understand most of them in spite of not knowing Telugu! Does one of you feel like helping?).

By the by it is 'mAnavakula' and I guess Lakshman, it is a typo!

knrh05 · Post by **knrh05** » 10 Mar 2006, 04:53

It is Trichur Ramachandran singing the Hindola kriti.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 10 Mar 2006, 05:11

Sorry it is a typo.

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 15 Mar 2006, 08:29

Just one correction, I think in the beginning of the caraNam of the Arabhi song, it is Shr.ta prAyamula niMci nIpada.... If someone cud confirm this is the right sAhitya (this is gias given in the gAna bhAskara maNimAlai book).

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 15 Mar 2006, 09:57

http://rapidshare.de/files/15535035/epp ... airavi.mp3

http://rapidshare.de/files/15535190/bar ... richur.mp3

http://rapidshare.de/files/15535392/mam ... richur.mp3

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 15 Mar 2006, 11:10

http://rapidshare.de/files/15535190/bar ... richur.mp3

This composition is very OdeyArish ....'gOvinda hridaya nivAsini, mAra janaka cittaranjanI, shankarI' are some of the phrases: GNB also seems to have visualized a united concept of parAshaktI (a conglomeration of pArvatI, lakshmI and saraswatI)....
Ravi

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 15 Mar 2006, 11:35

lyrics please!

meena · Post by **meena** » 15 Mar 2006, 12:00

sorry, i'm missing bhairavi kriti from Lji lyrics collections! but not to worry Lji for sure will post it for us

bhAramA I bAluni. rAgA: hamsanAda. Adi tALA.

P: bhAramA I bAluni brOva parAshakti patita pAvani
A: sArasAkSi sakala lOkamula samrakSika lEdA
C: ghOra bhaya sAgara taraNi gOvinda hrdaya vAsini
mAra dahana citta manOhari mAm pAlaya sadA shankari

mama kulEshvaram. rAgA: tODi. t/Eka tALA.

P: mama kulEshvaram shAstAram santatam cintayEham Ananda tANDava puravihAram
A: shamitanata jana duritam nIlAmbara shObhitam amita sukha shrIpradam atulita divya guNAnvitam
C: kamala rucira karadhrta kashAyudha vibhUSitam amara munIshvara bhUta vaTuka nAyaka sEvitam
kamanIya nava yauvana sundarAmbA sahitam sumashara guhAgrajam shrI rAjam harihara sutam
(madhyama kAlam)
rAkA shashinibha vadanam ravi sOmAnasa nayanam
rayagati turanga gamanam rakSita samasta bhuvanam

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 15 Mar 2006, 12:14

bAramA:
VRs rendition is different from the posted sAhitya (thx Meena) at the italiscized words:
ghOra bhava sAgara taraNI, gOvinda hridaya vAsinI
mAra janaka cittamanOharI mAm pAlaya sadA shankari

Now, mAra dahana cittamanOhari will be the same as panchabANAri prANa priya satI (i.e. Parvati)...but mAra janaka cittamanOharI will be Lakshmi (manmathanai InRaLum tAyE)...!
Ravi

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 15 Mar 2006, 12:21

mama kulEshvaram. rAgA: tODi. t/Eka tALA.

kamanIya nava yauvana sundarAmbA sahitam sumashara guhAgrajam shrI rAjam harihara sutam

I thought that shAstA was a brahmachAri...what is the story/myth regarding nava yauvana sundarAmbA?

Ravi

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 15 Mar 2006, 12:22

shankar

Your corrction makes sense and I am sure that is the way it was composed!

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 15 Mar 2006, 12:26

shankar

I thought that shAstA was a brahmachAri...what is the story/myth regarding nava yauvana sundarAmbA

?

shAstA was not abrahmacAri. The dEvi is known as pUrNapuShkalAmbA! GNB is quite right in his lyric!

gb_rajasekar · Post by **gb_rajasekar** » 15 Mar 2006, 14:56

Dear Rasikas,

Todi Keerthanai as the wording mamakuleswaram indicates is dedicated to our Kuladeivam, situated in Ananda Thandavapuram near our Village Gudalur where my father was born. It is around 12KM from Mayavaram.

As the custom in villages those days the guarding deity is Sastha.

The names are Sastha and Sundarambal. Incidentally, my mother's name is also Sundarambal, as she was my grand father's siter's daughter
and as such it was her kuladeivam from the mother's side.. She was possibly named after the deity too by her parents.When my father's mother went to see my mother after her birth, she is supposed to have addressed her as daughter in law. So it was an engagement at birth for her. My father was seven years old then. They got married when my father was 18 and she 11. (1928)

MLV has sung this composition wonderfully in her cassette release Guru Vandana.

Trichur Ramachandran took this composition for the One Hour, one Raga in FM broadcast a few years back and has done full justice to the raga and the composition, IMHO.. I will try and give this cassette to Sri Kulkarni when I meet him next so he can upload same ( FM broadcast imho can be uploaded- correct me if I am wrong).

This is typical Dikshathar style of composing in slower pace and as per MLV has all the 10 gamakas attributed to Todi. Some of you can explain it better than me. ( I myself read this in the net somewhere)

Hope you find the information interesting.

Rgds
Rajasekar

cmlover · Post by **cmlover** » 15 Mar 2006, 22:32

Thanks GBR

You answered just reading my mind. I guessed 'shAstA' would be your kuladeivam based on the song that you now confirm. Traditionally the dEvi in keraLa is known as 'pUrNapuShkalAmbA' and hence the name 'puShkala' used to be quite popular there. Of course 'sundarambal' is yet another local variation. Thanks for the interesting family dynamics. So GNB fulfilled the traditional 'aththai makaLai kaTTu' proverb!

We look forward to TVR's elaboration of tODi the raga supreme of GNB!
(Do please make available in case any stray renderings of these songs by GNB himself is available with you!)

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 16 Mar 2006, 09:59

eppuDu nI kr.pa

rAgam: bhairavi
tALam: Adi

p. eppuDu nI kr.pa galgunO
ennALingka tirigevalenA

a. kapaTAtmulaina adamulanujEri
kAma kA~ncana dAsanai nAku

c. tappulanniyu tALu kommani
keppuDu ninnE kOravalenA
vibhuDu nIvEyani vidhisurESha mA
dhuvuDunaina sadA bhajiMcE talli

Regd. the discussion on the consort(s) of ShAstA, I remember seeing a picture of ShAstA featured in a one gnAnabhUmi edition having two consorts, pUrnA & pushkalAmbA. I'm guessing this is a contention from another school of thought. Sorry to go off tangent, but what does the name, malligaippurattama mAthA have in relation to ShAstA?

Sri GBR Sir, I was wondering whether you had a picture of your Father's vidyA maNDalam (i.e. his altar) that you can share with us. I ask this as most ShrIvidyOpAsakAs have their own (i.e. there's an illustration of muttusvAmi dIkshitar's in the inner cover of one of Sundaram Iyer's books depicting the vigrahAs of gaNapati, subrahmaNya & dEvi).

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 18 Mar 2006, 14:35

here is a short but very educative speech by TRS .on the occasion of the release of a Book of compositions by GNB.

Ihttp://rapidshare.de/files/15781087/02-Gnb_Compositions_Book_1_Release_Fucntion_Speech.mp3

Also thought it fit to put it up this weekend along with a very beautiful concert of GNB with Chowdiah anf Murughabhoopathy.
Just to add some spice to the proceedings here.
This was one the first full length concerts I heard at a very kind hearted gentleman's home at west mambalam in 1982.(Mr Vijayaraghavan at umapathy street)Everytime i listen to Chowdiahs Essays in panthuvarali , reethigowla and Shudha Saveri , I still get the goosebumps!!

http://rapidshare.de/files/15781504/01-Intachalamu.mp3
http://rapidshare.de/files/15782034/02-Jayajaya.mp3
http://rapidshare.de/files/15783011/03-Raghuvara.mp3
http://rapidshare.de/files/15784197/04- ... dheera.mp3

will keep posting the remaining tracks over the weekend.

GBR... we are all indebted to you for allowing us to enjoy these treasures