Dhim Tare Tare Nare - Hamsanandi tillana HMB

[Rsachi]

I heard Sriranjani sing a nice, very "modern" sounding, tillana yesterday.
You can hear it too from GG here:

http://bit.ly/185Yow2

Both the renderings are very evocative but sound as if inspired by a present day Bharatanatyam dancer.
How come Sri HMB came up with something like that way back, with so many Hindustani touches too!?

Enlighten me, please.

[rshankar]

Both Ms. Sriranjini and Smt. GG are in the SiSya parampara of Sri HKMB...

[Rsachi]

Ok, I read that as, 'it is tuned by TNS'.
Is that right!?

[mahavishnu]

It is not just the TNS factor, IMHO.

HMB was a very progressive, experimental vaggeyakkara.

He was quite profoundly influenced by Marathi music (yes, abhangs) during his time in Mysore. He experimented a good bit with HM also. Gowda malhar, saranga malhar and even his famous hamsanandi (sohini) were all influenced deeply by HM. TNS has talked about the HM-inspired hamsanandi a few times in his lec-dems.

[rshankar]

IIRC, Sri Muttiah Bhagavatar has also composed in marAThi.

[Rsachi]

Very well. Thanks.

Not having followed his compositions too much, I thought he composed in a pretty Carnatic mould, using themes and languages suited to his 'samsthana'-s.

I would love to hear his Hindustani-flavoured compositions sung by erstwhile greats (featured in the first half of AIR by LD).