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cited. The site is a pure delight in its presentation style and content.)
ref:
https://guruguha.org/pallavi-gopala-iyer/
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author-Ravi Rajagopalan
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Pallavi Gopala Iyer is one of the composers from the pre-trinity period who adorned the Tanjore Court and was a vaggeyakara par excellence, in his own right. We do have accounts of him from Subbarama Dikshitar and also from manuscripts and references in the Sarasvathi Mahal Library of Tanjore and from Prof Sambamoorthy.
Subbarama Dikshitar has also recorded for posterity, the notation for a number of his compositions which offers us an invaluable glimpse of the music of those days bygone and which help us understand raga lakshana as it existed in the run up to the times of the Trinity.
HIS LIFE & TIMES:
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In his “Vaggeyakara Caritamu”, Subbarama Dikshitar states that Gopala Iyer adorned the Tanjore Court during the times of King Amarasimha(1787-1802) and King Serfoji(1802-1832)¹. Prof Sambamoorthy places the timeline of Pallavi Gopala Iyer as the latter part of 18th century and first quarter of 19th century. Given this and other collateral evidences, he should have lived circa 1750-1820. And thus he was in all probability slightly elder to the Trinitarians.
Pallavi Gopala Iyer was one of the disciples of
PatchimirPiam Adiyappayya ( for his Bhairavi ata tala tana varna)
Adiyappayya’s other illustrious disciples include Syama Shastri, Ghanam Krishna Iyer
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Pallavi Gopala Iyer was one of the prominent gems of the Tanjore Court, which at that point in time had more than 360 vidvans ornamenting it!
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GOPALA IYER – THE VAGGEYAKARA:
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Gopala Iyer’s colophon was “Venkata”. Apart from having been part of the Tanjore Court, he also visited the Mysore Court during the reign of Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar (1799-1868). His compositions sport the raja mudra as an ankita as well.The following are the compositions that are available to us through the Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (SSP), its anubandha and manuscripts found in the Sarasvati Mahal Library.
Varnas:
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Vanajakshi – Kalyani – Ata tala (Mudra : Kasturiranga)
MS Subbulakshmi- Vanajakshi Ninekori- Varnam- Kalyani- Pallavi Gopala Iyer
https://youtu.be/miJwqzBjqdw
Kanakangi – Todi – Ata tala
Intacalamu – Kambhoji – Ata tala
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Kritis:
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Amba Nadu – Todi
Hari sarva paripurna -kambodhi ?
Mahishasura mardhini – Kalyani
Needu carana pankaja – Kalyani
Needu Murtini – Nattakurinji
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Musiri Subramanya Iyer - amba nAdu vinnapamu - tODi - pallavi gOpAla iyer
https://youtu.be/7-EUsw_a_HY
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