Varnams

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davalangi
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Post by davalangi »

Meena
One link should show a folder 'varnams' (3 varnams). The second link should reveal a folder named 'kalyani' and that has the 6 compositions, including gAravamu. I just checked it when I replied to rshankar's post. I am new to xdrive, I hope I am not messing up. Could you please check again and let me know? Thanks!

meena
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Post by meena »

sorry both links takes me to the same varnam folder- 3 items.

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Post by meena »

davalangi

OK the 4th try i see it- labled 'kalyani' :)

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

Chitra: If you want the notation of Tanangambadi Panchanada Iyer's Ahiri varNa notation, please send me an email to luzchurch@hotmail.com and I will send it to you.

cmlover
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Post by cmlover »

Thanks Lakshman

Pl post the lyrics for the varnams too after hearing them.

Ashwin
A warm welcome to you. Kindly share with us your experiences with Prof SRJ. It will be great if you can make available the Lecdems since they will be highly educational for CM students (as well as Rasikas)! You can send them by yousendit.com to the e-mail meena_140@hotmail.com to be uploaded into our discussion x-drive. We appreciate your participation.

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Post by Lakshman »

Here are the lyrics of two of the varNAs.

inta calamu (varNa). rAgA: kAmbhOji. aTa tALA. Composer: Pallavi Gopala Iyer.

P: inta calamu jEsEya idi
A: kAntuDaina shrI shyAmarAjEndra rAghanuDai vara tanayA appurAyacandrA
C: nATI modalUcinnA


vanajAkSa nIvEga (varNa). rAgA: varALi. c/aTa tALA. Composer: Poochi Iyengar.

P: vanajAkSa nIvEgatiyani ninnu nammi vacciyunna nannAdarincara vAncita phaladA
A: manasukE nannu brOcEvArevaru lErurA manOharuDaina shrInivAsa karivarada
C: tAmasamu salupuTa meragAdurA

davalangi
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Post by davalangi »

Here is a link to the xdrive folder "SSP-Ragas" - a lecdem by Prof.SRJ at The Music Academy (Jan' 2005) on 'Ragas Exclusive to Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini'. SRJ covers the following ragas in the lecdem (detailed technical discussion of the raga lakshanas followed by an illustrative krithi) :

1) rAgacUdAmani
2) udayaravicandrika
3) mArgadeSi
4) dEvaranji
5) navaratnavilAsam
6) amritavarshini (the krithi is in a separate file)
7) sAlanganAttai
8) kalAvati

When you click on the link below, you should see a folder named 'SSP-Ragas'.

http://plus.xdrive.com/u/171331465/8501 ... 0rIzcqI8cV

Please post here if there should be any difficulty accessing the folder.

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Post by Lakshman »

Here is the last varNa.

nenarunci elukora (varNa). rAgA: bilahari. aTa tALA. Composer: Sonti Venkatasubbiah.

P: nenerunci elukora ninnE namminadanara
A: nabhO sAlanvayAmuna valayu pratApa simhEndruni
tanayu au shrI tuLaja janala guNashIla
C: nATi modacinnA nATi modalu
anubandha:
nATi modalu cittamura nadura vagaveNaminnA
gAsa maradula meppinca galedO

Lakshman
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Post by Lakshman »

In the anupallavi a word was misse. The corrected version should read:
A: ghunuDaina bhOsAlanvayA munavelayu .... etc

cmlover
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Post by cmlover »

Thanks very much Lakshman

Now we can enjoy the varNam fully with the saahityam.

Noticed the last one was by Sonti Venkatasubbiah. and I believe the Guru of Thyagaraja himself. Interestingly Thyagaraja must have learned it from him. Are there any historical references. Am I right at the first place?

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Post by Lakshman »

Must be my off day. Please ignore the above two posts.

nenarunci elukora (varNa). rAgA: bilahari. aTa tALA. Composer: Sonti Venkatasubbiah.

P: nenerunci elukora ninnE namminadanara
A: ghanuDaina bhOsAlanvayAmuna valayu pratApa simhEndruni
tanayuDau shrI tuLaja janapAa guNashIla
C: cinnanATi modalu
anubandha:
cinnanATi modalu cittamura nadura vagaveNaminnA
gAsa maradula meppinca galedO

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Post by Lakshman »

The varNa gAravamu ganna is by Subbarama Dikshitar-not Subbarama Bhagavatar.

chithra
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Post by chithra »

Davalangi: What a way to begin your membership in this forum - thanks for offering these treasures by SRJ. Welcome to the forum!

Krishna, thanks for the Hindola Vasantham Varnam - one of the few varnams in Roopaka Thaalam.

Apart from the Varali Chathusra Ata thaal varnam has anyone heard any of these Varnams being sung by other artists?

Are any MDR / SRJ renditions of Tiger's varnams available? Tiger had composed varnams in Vachaspathy (Khanda Ata) and Janaranjani; there are more, I believe - perhaps, Ashwin / Davalangi / Sri Lakshman will tell us.

Would anyone have the Poornachandrika Varnam, by PSI, in Khanda Ata; and , the Yadukula Kambhoji Pada varnam by Vadivelu (of the Thanjavur Quartette) - I mean the audio, of course.

Sri Lakshman Sir, my email is <chithra.te@gmail.com>. Thanks for offering to send me the notation of the Ahiri varnam - I truly appreciate it. Would you tell me your source for lyrics you have given above, as well as the Ahiri Varnam, so I may procure it the next time I am in India?

Mikka Nandri to all.

Chithra

Ashwin
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Post by Ashwin »

Thank you for welcoming me to the forum - I'd be very happy to contribute in any way that I can. With regards to Tiger's compositions, there are also varnams in SrI ranjani and maNirangu. There is a famous recording of MDR singing the former, which I must have somewhere, and I will try to extract a recording of SRJ Mama singing the maNirangu varnam from one of our lessons. Recently SRJ mama gave a workshop in Chennai under the auspices of IFCM in which he took up about six rare varnams, including subbarAma dIkShitar's cauka varnam in suraTi, this maNirangu varnam, and the sahAna aTa tAla varnam, "evarEmi". I believe notations for each were also provided to the attendees.

Ashwin

davalangi
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Post by davalangi »

Chithra - I will upload both the Janaranjani & Vacaspati varnams of Tiger (both SRJ renditions) sometime next week once I can clear space on my xdrive. Or maybe I should send them to Meena so that she can u/l to the forum's xdrive. As Ashwin pointed out, SRJ has also sung the Manirangu varnam (Cleveland 2004). I will u/l the suraTi couka varnam and Patnam's aTa tAla varnam in sahAna when I get a chance.

I might actually have SRJ singing the yadhukula kambhoji pada varnam in the "varnam through the ages" video. I will check into this!

I also provided a link to his lecdem at the Music Academy on "ragas exclusive to SSP". Please d/l that when you get a chance.

meena
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Post by meena »

Ashwin welcome!

Thanks for sharing with us. I'll be glad to u/l the varnams on our forum xdrive.

On ur/rohin website when i try to access sree SRJ
audio link- 72 melakarta ragas, i get an error message.

meena
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Post by meena »

I have u/l sree MDR rendetion of Tiger's sriranjani varna. This is from my collections :)

(CM forum xdrive folder)

Ashwin
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Post by Ashwin »

Ashwin welcome!

Thanks for sharing with us. I'll be glad to u/l the varnams on our forum xdrive.

On ur/rohin website when i try to access sree SRJ
audio link- 72 melakarta ragas, i get an error message.
Hi Meena

This web site hasnt been updated since my early undergrad days, and the files must have been deleted at some point. I'll see if I can find it and upload it as well...

BTW, the photograph you see on that page is Mama at Musiri Chambers in 1998. He sang a few Musiri favourites like tiruvaDi SaraNam, nIrajAkShi kAmAkShi, etc. but also sang aparAdhamulanniyu manninci preceded by a beautiful latAngi AlApanA, which I have since come to regard as the gold standard for latAngi :D, beginning in the style of TigervAL. I actually have a recording of this concert - unfortunately it was done with a very old recorder and so there is a lot of noise - but if you have either very good speakers or a nice pair of headphones, you can make out quite a bit. Here's a link to Mama's latAngi AlApana from that concert:

http://individual.utoronto.ca/iyer/Latangi.mp3

davalangi
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Post by davalangi »

Meena - If you want to put excerpts from the mElarAgamAlika on the forum xdrive, I can send you 1 or 2 chakras at a time. Each file (one chakra) is approximately 50Mb. I personally feel that this lecdem (at least parts of it) is a 'must-have'!

coolkarni

Post by coolkarni »

reply from meena and coolkarni

all other uploads of lecdems have been put on hold by me.they all can wait.
(the last one was rajams talk on koteeswara iyer.hopefully it will be discussed over the next week.)
you can then start at the rate of one chakra at a time ( wonder how many people are out there like me who want to ask WHAT IS A CHAKRA ?)
YOU CAN SEND IT TO MEENA BY YOUSENDIT.COM
For 20 years I lived with only one isai vizha excerpt of SRJ- a lovely charukesi in that-
and now ....
There is hope for kansens like me after all.

coolkarni

Post by coolkarni »

also
this lecdem (at least parts of it) is a 'must-have'!
you can edit that (atleast parts of it ) from your post.we will have it in full. :lol: :lol:

kannan
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Post by kannan »

WHAT IS A CHAKRA ?
The 72 Melakartas are split into 12 groups of 6 , each called a chakra. Some details are here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melakarta

Wish we could create someting with audio inputs for things like this..Of course that ought to be the tansens in the group so I am out :mrgreen:

chithra
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Post by chithra »

Davalangi, Ashwin:

Thanks for offering to share MDR, SRJ's renditions of Tiger's varnams. I look forward to them. I also have heard the Sahana varnam by SRJ - it is magificent, and would make a great addition to our Varnam archive.

Yes, I d/l the SSP Ragam items - will hear them over the weekend. In this connection, have you heard his Ekaika Ragam Tape?

Davalangi, a couple of years back SRJ's son was selling the Melaragamalika CDs by SRJ - is it appropriate to host them here? He had made the CDs from the video. Sorry to pour cold water - but I believe we should discuss this matter.

Chithra

drshrikaanth
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Post by drshrikaanth »

As you all know, a mELakarta will have the same 7 swaras in both ascent and descent in the c0rrect order(SRGMPDN and back). rAgas consist of a pUrvAnga (SRGM) and a uttarAnga(PDNS). S and P are constant notes and will not change.
As mentioned, the 72 mELakartas are divide into 12 cakras with 6 rAgas each. First let us divide these into equal halves of 36. The frist and the second halves are in a way, mirror images of each othe. Te first 36 contain M1 or Suddha madhyama. The 2nd have the M2 or pratimadhyama.
The way the rAgas progress is very methodical. Within each cakra, the pUrvAnga is same for all the 6 rAgas. Hence the only changes are in the uttarAnga. As S and P are unique and unchangeable, the changes occur only in D and N. Both these swaras have 3 variants. D1, D2, D3 and N1, N2, N3. Of these D2 = N1 are same as also N2 = D3. Therefore they cannot coexist in the same rAga. Also N must always have a higher frequency value than D in a rAga. Hence we cannot have a rAga withD3,N1 as that is against the rule and also will be the same as D2,N2. This leaves us with only 6 possible combinations that give rise to 6 mELas in a cakra. The way they progress is of fixed order
1st mELa of any cakra will have both Suddha swaras- D1,N1. Next we have D1, N2. Then D1, N3. Fourth D2,N2 (remember D2=N1), Fifth D2,N3 and lastly D3,N3. The same pattern repeats in eac cakra.
Now coming to the change from one cakra to the next;-
the variation is in the pUrvAnga only. Here again as we know which madhyama is present and S is constant, changes occur only in R and G. Again they admit of 3 variants wherein R2=G1 and G2=R3 and cannot coexist. Also G must be higher in frequency than R in a rAga. Therefore we have the 6 cakras progressing thus 1st R1,G1; 2nd R1,G2; 3rd R1,G3; 4th R2,G2; 5th R2G3 and lastly R3,G3. The same pattern repeats in the pratimadhyama half with only M being different.
Hence, for instance, the first mELa of each of the 1st 6 cakras is identical with respect to uttarAnga but vary in pUrvAnga. Whereas within a cakra, pUrvAnga is constant while uttarAnga differs.

cmlover
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Post by cmlover »

Super DRS:

Could you kindly open a new thread called 'explanation of musical jargon' and post these descriptive explanations for the benefit of our readership. If it is done in the middle of these threads it will get buried and lost. These ongoing explanations will be always useful and educational for all threads and permit a finer understanding of subtle points in CM. Also our laya specialists may also add explanations therein on moot points of taaLaM.

Thank you and regards

davalangi
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Post by davalangi »

Chithra - There should be no copyright issues involved with sharing the melaragamalika audio CDs. Initially the intent of selling the CDs was to recover material/time costs and also use the funds to make more such rare recordings. The amount charged was also nominal - $15 for 2 mp3 CDs (~ 9 hrs). We haven't sold any copies in a while now. I guess it is being a bit unfair to the people who have already bought it....but hopefully a bigger audience can be reached in a forum like this, the main goal now being to distribute the 'wealth' :)

Here is a link to Subbarama Dikshitar's SuraTi varnam (also in rUpakam). SRJ is supported by Ashwin & Rohin Iyer, Sri.Easwaran on the mridangam and Sri.Chandramouli on the violin.

http://rapidshare.de/files/2921603/sura ... m.mp3.html

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Post by cmlover »

Dear davalangi
it is wonderful to make available Prof SRJ's lectures and demonstarions for the benefit of the CM community. As far as my limited knowledge goes he is the greatest living authority on classical CM and it is imperative that we capture and preserve his thoughts and lectures for posterity. From a historical perspective may I request you (Ashwin too!) to chronicle the background of these materials (i.e., when where how and why). It will be of great academic interest to a future CM historian.

Thank you!

davalangi
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Post by davalangi »

As a follow-up to the suraTi varNam, here is SRJ talking about suraTi rAgam (using the same varNam as an illustrative example) in one of his lecdems on "Role of gamakas".

http://rapidshare.de/files/2927823/surati.mp3.html

divakar
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Post by divakar »

davalangi: thanks for the varNams

Lakshmanji: few corrections (queries)

1. inta calamu - kAmbhOji varNam

P: inta calamu jEsEya idi meragAdurA
A: kAntuDaina shrI tuLajEndra kanuDI (saradaya) bhOjEndra
C: cinnanATi modalukoni

SRJ sings somewhere close to these. pl. correct me.

2. vanajAkSa - varALi varNam:
in anupallavi the first word is 'manasunci' not 'manasukE'

3. nenarunci yElukOrA - biLahari varNam

P: nenarunci yElukOrA ninnE namminadanarA
C: cinnanATi modalu cittamu (rAnaduvEla mEna)
minnagA sAmantula meppincaga lEdO

PS: i doubt those in paranthesis

nnramya
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Post by nnramya »

Davalangi and Ashwin,
Thankyou for sharing those wonderful varnams and excerpts.


>>all other uploads of lecdems have been put on hold by me.they all can wait.
(the last one was rajams talk on koteeswara iyer.hopefully it will be discussed over the next week.) <<

Dear Mr.Kulkarni,
Seemed to have missed that lec-dem by S.Rajam on Koteeswara Iyer. Is it still accessible? Can you direct me to its location?

Thank you so much!

--------------
Oops! Mr.Kulkarni - I got the lec-dem.....did not read the post in the other thread earlier.

Sorry!!!

chithra
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Post by chithra »

Davalangi:

Glad to know that there are no copyright concerns - great idea to spread SRJ's incredible erudition. He is a witty speaker too - his lec dems are educational and entertaining. Hope we get to hear them here. As CML points out we must record, preserve and share the scholarship of such musicians for ourselves and for posterity. Has that not always been India's weak point - lack of recorded / written history, and an absence of concern for the same?

Chithra

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Post by chithra »

Meena:

Thanks much for sharing MDR's rendition of the Sri Ranjani Varnam. Downloaded it this evening, and I am enjoying it as I write. The sound is so clear - who are the accompanists, and when and where did the concert take place? Any chance of sharing the concert?

BTW, this Sri Ranjani remimds me of MDR's rendition of Thyagaraja Swamy's Brocheva - he renders it with an unique and distinctively-MDR flair.

Mikka, mikka manamarndha nandri, Meena

Chithra

meena
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Post by meena »

chitra

Glad to learn u are enjoying the clip. I listen to this clip everyday (a ritual) and my favorite piece.

Only he can render a kriti so well, simple yet elegant. I can go on and on about him. :)

sorry ,I do not have info. regarding the accompanists/concert.

btw. he has composed a kriti in rAgA SrIranjani -vighna rAja vinutara.
yet again a wonderful kriti.

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Post by meena »

chithra,

The accomp. are: V. Thiagarajan (violin) and Madras A. Kannan on mrudangam.

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Post by chithra »

btw. he has composed a kriti in rAgA SrIranjani -vighna rAja vinutara.
yet again a wonderful kriti.
Meena, whom are you referring to - MDR / Tiger? If you have it, any chance of your sharing? The only krithi composed by MDr that I know of is Saagara Sayana Vibho - beautiful Bagesree. I love to hear KVN' rendition.

Thank for the info - much appreciated

Chithra

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Post by meena »

vighna rAja vinutara- composed by mdr. Sorry

to listen to few mdr compositions :
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Post by chithra »

Merci, Meena - Chithra

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Post by nnramya »

Dear Chitra,
MDR has composed around 300 compositions. It was almost lost.....it was lying in the dust somewhere in some organisation and recently was unearthed due to the persistent efforts of his son and some other individuals.

He has written them in some 12 books or something...cant recall exactly. The most popular is Sagara Shayana - Bageshri.

He has rendered some in his concerts. A few you may recognise :

1. Harium haranum - Attana
2. Rama Rama - Neelambari
3. Gajavadana - Hamsadhwani
4. Mayamma - Ranjani
5. Thyagaraja gurum - Kedaram
6. Manasa sri ramuni - Bowli
7. Nanda gopa - Kaapi
8. Kaapi thillana

and Sagara Shayana, of course!

I'll send you some links to articles abt his compositions.

Regards,
Ramya.

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Post by nnramya »

M.D.Ramanathan Alphabetical List


Aparadhamulellanu Gowrimanhohari Aadi
Bhaja Bhaja Manuja Behag Aadi
Bharatesanute Arabhi Misra Chapu
Brindavanaloka Kalyani Aadi
Brochudaku Samayaide Begada Rupaka
Dandapani Ramapriya Rupaka
Dari Neevale Begada Rupaka
Dharmavathi Dharmavathi Rupaka
Durgadevi Sri Aadi
Emdukichapalamu Purvikalyani Aadi
Ennakutram cheideno Huseni Aadi
Gajavadana Hamsadhwani Rupaka
Gurucharanam Kannada Aadi
Guruvaram Bhaja Manasa Dhanyasi Rupakam
Hariyum Haranam Atana Rupakam
Innamum Begada Aadi
Jagadambike Kedaram Rupakam
Janani Natajanapalini Sankarabharanam Misra Chapu
Jaya Jaya Sri Vasanta Triputa
Kamalakshi Sankarabharanam Jhampa
Kanda unakkinda Thodi Aadi
Krishnananda Mukunda Kharaharapriya Misra Chapu
Lalithe Natakurinji Misra Chapu
Mahadeva Abhogi Aadi
Manamai Ramanai Sindhu Bhairavi Misra Chapu
Manasa Sriramuni Bhupalam Aadi
Mayamma Ranjani Rupakam
Narayananenru Sollu Desh Misra Chapu
Neepadamula Nera Nammiti Chakravakam Jhampa
Neranammina Anandabhairavi Misra Chapu
Neranamminanura Hamsadhwani Aadi
Nivale Daivamu Yadukula Kambhoji Misra Chapu
Nivamti Dhaivamu Kapi Aadi
Nive Dinarakshakudu Devagandhari Aadi
Padasaroja Mukhari Aadi
Padasaroja Saveri Aadi
Padayugamunu Janaranjani Aadi
Paduvom Parandham Purnachandrika Aadi
Palaya Mam Begada Rupakam
Palayamam Ritigowla Aadi
Parakelanayya Mohana Tisra Laghu
Parthasarathe Surutti Rupakam
Parvathi Parameswaram Natai Aadi
Pavana Rama Atana Rupakam
Purnatrayesa Purnachandrika Aadi
Raghuvara Bilahari Aadi
Rama Raghava Thodi Rupakam
Rama Rama Nilambari Aadi
Ramam bhaja Arabhi Aadi
Sagara Sayana Vibho Bagesri Aadi
Saketanatham Bhaje Kamavardhani Khanda Chapu
Sami Ninne Kori (Varnam) Ranjani Aadi
Sankaram Sankarabharanam Rupakam
Sarasijamukha Yadukula Kambhoji Aadi
Sitamanohara Kanada Aadi
Sri Ramadutam Darbar Aadi
Sri Valmikapuravesa Sama Aadi
Sriguruvaram Hamsadhwani Rupakam
Srimohana Rama Mohana Rupakam
Stanumalayum Kambhoji Aadi
Sundaramurthini Natakurinji Rupakam
Thyagarajagurumasraye Kedaram Aadi
Tillana Bilahari Aadi
Tillana Kapi Triputa
Tillana Kadanakuthoohalam Aadi
Tillana Sindhu Bhairavi Aadi
Velavane Sahana Aadi
Venkatesa Girisa Madhyamavathi Aadi
Vighnaraja Sri Ranjani Aadi
Vinave Gowla Aadi


Source : www.swathitirunal.org

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Post by nnramya »

Chitra and Meena :
Here is an article published sometime ago abt the MDR manuscripts. The songs are so beautiful......its a miracle that those books were recovered and we are very lucky that they were not lost.

http://carnatica.net/nvr/mdr-editorial.htm

Also, another list of his compositions :
http://www.carnatica.net/lyrics/mdr-kritis.htm

His mudra is "Varadadasa" referring to his guru, of course.....dasa of his guru "varada"!

Such a great man!! I too, can go on and on!!! :-)

davalangi
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Post by davalangi »

Here is the link to Tiger's Vachaspati varnam. SRJ is accompanied by Sri.Rajarao and Sri.S.Varadarajan. Vocal support is by Ashwin & Rohin Iyer.

http://rapidshare.de/files/2945635/vach ... m.mp3.html

divakar
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Post by divakar »

davalangi: Thanks a lot for TIGER's vAcaspati varNam.

Ashwin: can you provide the text of the varNam ? thanks.

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Post by chithra »

Thanks, Ramya, for the wealth of info on MDR. Yes, I recognise the ones you have listed in the first post. I tend to concentrate so much on the music, I often lose sight of the lyrics; even if the lyrics are in the language I understand I tend not to pay attention because of the music (I do not blame the music, only myself - am like instrumentalists in this regard). So, I never noticed his mudra of Varada dasa in those comps. of MDR.

Divakar:

here are the lyrics for Vachaspathy - I have written down what I have in my music notation (did not get the lyrics separately). I most probably have murdered it, but someone else will fix it, I am sure:

Pallavi: Vandanamu O Narinchiti (or onarinchiti) vela kola;
Sashtaangam Bhooma Bharatha Lakshmi Vani nin

Anupallavi:
Mandhara dara poora arivirim chathulu thoshitha charithe
Mara Vasantha modhini Sri Rukminiki chirayu nosagumo

Charanam:
Anthamuna Kalkshethra AdhyakshiNi SuposhiNi

Chithra

divakar
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Post by divakar »

chithra: thanks for the text.

ok. this is how it has to be (in transliteration scheme)

P: vaNdanamonariNciti vElakoladi
sAshTANgammu mA bharata lakshmi vANi kin

A: maNdAra dhara pUra arivirim catulu tOshita caritE
mAra vasaNta mOdini SrI rukmiNiki cirAyu nosagumu

C: aNtamuna kalAkshEtra adhyakshiNi supOshiNi

vaNdanamonariNciti = vaNdanamu + onariNciti (is a single word)
vElakoladi = thousands of
( veyyi, vEla = thousand; kola = measure )

last word in pallavi is 'kin' which is formation of 'ki' meaning 'to'

meena
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Post by meena »

ramya

The following kritis have been rendered by sree mdr in concerts.

Gajavadana Maam Paahi - Hamsadhwani
Vighnaraja - Sriranjani
Gajaanana - Todi
Mangalacharane - Hindolam
Subrahmanyam Bhajare - Hindolam
Thyaagaraaja Gurum - Kedaaram
Saagarashayana - Baageshri
Innamum Ee Chalama - Begada
Janani Natajanapaalini - Shankarabharanam
Paraakela - Mohanam
Naamkeerthaname - Bilahari
Sree Chaamundeshwari - Bilahari
Maathanga Tanaye - Punnagavaraali
Paadayugamu - Janaranjani
Neevanti Daivamu - Kaapi
Manasa Sree Rama - Bhowli
Ennakutram - Huseni
Neevale Daivamu - Yadukula Kaambhoji
Hariyum Haranum Onre Endru - Ataana
Velavane Unakku - Sahaana
Maayamma - Ranjani
Raama Raama â?? Neelaambari
Maname â?? Sindhubhairavi
Nandagopa â?? Kaapi
Saraswati - Khamaas
Va Va Muruga - Kaapi
Gurucharanam - Kannada
Tillaana - Kaapi
Tillaana - Kaanada
Tillaana - Ranjani
Tillaana - Kadanakutuhalam
Tillaana - Hindolam
Tillaana - Behag
Tillaana â?? Sindhubhairavi

Thanku for the articles. I have am aware of them all :)


here's another composition of Tigers:

karuNai kaDalE (varNa). rAgA: kalyANi. Adi tALA.

P: karuNai kaDalE kalyANi kAttaruL iduvE samayam
A: taruvaDar kadamba vana murai tiruvoTriyUrt-tyAgEshan manOhari
C: sundari sutantari nIyE sUkkumargaL pOTriDum

nnramya
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Post by nnramya »

Thanks Meena! I wasn't aware that he had rendered that many of his songs, in his concerts. I should lookout for them!

Do you have a recording of any of those songs, other than the often heard ones (eg. other than Gajavadana, Saagara shayana, Harium haranum, Thyagaraja, Mayamma and the Kapi thillana) that you can upload for us? Does anyone?

Thanks!

meena
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Post by meena »

sorry ramya

we have to abide by the new changes. Any u/l has to be directly related to a topic under discussion.

maybe when we get to discuss composers/artists kulkarniji may consider.

nnramya
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Post by nnramya »

Absolutely Meena! Completely slipped my mind - the changes!

We'll wait! :-)

coolkarni

Post by coolkarni »

maybe when we get to discuss composers/artists kulkarniji may consider.
the post on mdrs compositions has made me have a relook at his renderings in his concerts and AIR broadcasts.
just listened to mangalacharane -incidentally this is not listed above, but has the varada dasar mudra-and i thought it is worth picking up as many renderings as possible..
i have opened a folder on x drive called mdrs compositions and will be starting a thread.if mangalacharane was any benchmark, it is going to be a wonderful experience.
(somebody alert divakar, just in case he misses out) :lol:

divakar
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Post by divakar »

kulkarniji,
i'm aware of that kriti of mdr's. its good to have a seperate folder on mdr-comp. i listed all his comp that he sang in the concerts with lyrics in addition to those provided by lakshmanji and meenaji. ofcourse, these are from the collection that i have (courtesy: rajuji, varadarajan, bala, taramanujam, lakshmanji, and rasikapriya) of mdr's concerts. many thanks to all of them.

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