THILLANAS

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 30 Jun 2005, 23:22

I love listening to thillAnAs: they are so uplifting and wonderful for visual imagery, to close your eyes and imagine movement across the stage. Are there others who feel this way?
I have uploaded a thillAnA in mAyAmALavagowlai by Vidwan Madurai N. Krishnan. In this composition he very cleverly uses swaras and the sounds: 'thath', 'dhiht', 'thOm' and 'num'. While these swaras in mAyAmALavagowLai are the basis of most music (lessons), the four sounds are supposed to be the basis of the rhythm in the world. Legend has it that as shivA was dancing in his ambalam, a small bell from his anklet was losened and it fell: streaking across the sky as a meteor, it struck fear in the hearts of all. When devotees prayed to him, shivA agreed to absorb the impact of its fall. He allowed it to fall on his locks, when it made the sound 'thath', and then it bounced off his right shoulder making the sound 'dhith', and fell on his right knee creating the sound 'thOm', and finally, it made the sound 'num' when it hit his right ankle before rolling harmlessly on to the ground. These sounds, thath, dhith, thOm, and num then went on to form the basis of all the rhythms, not just in dance, but of all life itself. Or so, the myth says.
Hope you can download and enjoy this thillAnA.
Ravi

poongavur · Post by **poongavur** » 30 Jun 2005, 23:30

rshankar: I think you forgot to give the link

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 30 Jun 2005, 23:39

I think you can go to http://plus.xdrive.com and sign in and then launch the xdrive and look for the different songs you can download. This one is under a folder called 'My Music'.
I can see it there...
Ravi

poongavur · Post by **poongavur** » 30 Jun 2005, 23:48

Thanks. I didn't realize it is in x-drive.

meena · Post by **meena** » 01 Jul 2005, 00:09

rshankar

in order to access ur folder/account u need to provide the access link.

meena · Post by **meena** » 01 Jul 2005, 00:12

shankarji
u see 'my music' folder -because u have signed in ur account.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 01 Jul 2005, 00:16

Thanks to Meenaji and Poogavurji for bringing that to my attention. Apparently I need permission to post into the other folders. While I figure that out, I have uploaded the same on rapidshare, and here is the link. I am SORRY for the inconvinience!
http://rapidshare.de/files/2709907/01_t ... i.m4a.html

poongavur · Post by **poongavur** » 01 Jul 2005, 00:17

Nope. Can't see it in x-drive. Need access link URL, please.

revision at 2:50 pm (atlanta time): ignore the above. this crossed with rshankar's post :cheesy:

poongavur · Post by **poongavur** » 01 Jul 2005, 09:13

thanks for the u/l rshankar. Just listened. Krishnadasan (his mudra?) does a good job with just those four sounds and Sudha Ragunathan has certainly rendered it well. It is a refreshing piece.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 01 Jul 2005, 09:20

You are welcome: Madurai N. Krishnan is an extrodinarily erudite composer. If I remember correctly, he is one of the co-founders of Sudharani Raghupathy's school of Dance, and he has composed many beautiful thillAnAs, and padha varNams. krishNadAsan is his mudra. I love the charaNams of his thillAnAs.
Ravi

meena · Post by **meena** » 01 Jul 2005, 11:52

shankarji
yes ur correct he is the director of shree bharatalaya institute. and he has published all his comp.-book titled:'Madurai Margam"
any lyrics of vidwan M.N krishnan ur interested pl. let me know.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 01 Jul 2005, 20:10

rshankar
here are 4 gems from the inimitable TNS

http://rapidshare.de/files/2727569/thil ... s.mp3.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/2727799/thil ... a.mp3.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/2728007/Till ... t.mp3.html

http://rapidshare.de/files/2728186/08-t ... _.mp3.html

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 01 Jul 2005, 20:29

Thanks Kulkarni sa'ab: I was able to d/l the chandhrakauns and basant thillAnAs: They were excellent!

The chandhrakauns AlAp was superb: it reminded of one my favorite BArathiyAr compositions (I have TNS singing that also): 'chandhiran oLiyil avaLai kaNdEn'

poongavur · Post by **poongavur** » 01 Jul 2005, 22:57

Oh, Bharathi's 'chandiran oliyil ..' by TNS. It is a great rendition, indeed. Unfortunately, have to wait (don't know how long) to d/l & here the new u/ls from coolkarni.

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 11 Jul 2005, 11:02

i have uploaded three thillanas to the X drive folder.

one by trs in brindava saranga
second by mani krishnaswamy in suruti
and the last by BV raman/BV laxman in hamir kalyani

meena · Post by **meena** » 11 Jul 2005, 11:16

Thanku kulkarniji for smt mani krishnaswamy.

I was fortunate to have met her at Kalakshetra, 8 yrs ago.

For those who do not know, her gurus were Tiger, vasudevachar, musiri, list goes on and on.

natyasri123 · Post by **natyasri123** » 18 Jan 2009, 21:22

hi, iam new to this fourm.. i am looking for quality downloadable music for bharatanatyam. any help is much appreciated. i find it a little financially difficult to buy the music. in return i can share the music i have.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 18 Jan 2009, 21:41

Natyasri,

In sangeethapriya, there are many tilllAnAs that you can download, along with some padams as well. They are for the (vocal) concert platform, but, I think you can use them for dance as well. There will be no jatis in them.

natyasri123 · Post by **natyasri123** » 19 Jan 2009, 12:02

thankyou rshankar. i will definataly chek that out. but iam looking for some thing i can readily use for dancing. pls let me know if you coem across anything like that. infact i was thinking there should be forum to share such bharatanatyam music as well. it will be so helpful to people like me. one cd costs around 150/- this is the minimum charge and one often doesnt use all the contents of the cassette. if i take it from my teacher, my teacher would charge not less than 1000/- for just copying the song, add the class fees. only becoz the teacher is good one continues. i hope u understand.

Umesh · Post by **Umesh** » 20 Jan 2009, 08:10

You can also try musicindiaonline.com, hummaa.com, and itunes. They all have some Bharatanatyam albums. You can stream every song in its entirety (except itunes- only 30 seconds), but you must purchase each song or a complete album in order to download.

The reason why many people won't be willing to freely share dance music is of course that studio recordings are very expensive and people want to get back some of the money they spent making them (hence the Rs. 1000 your teacher charges just for one song). It sounds like a lot, but you're probably aware that these recordings cost tens of thousands of rupees, so I understand where these teachers are coming from. However, if you don't mind dancing to commercially released dance music (the cd's you buy for Rs. 150), then that is your best bet. Or make good friends with some musicians!!

natyasri123 · Post by **natyasri123** » 20 Jan 2009, 14:16

u r right umesh. infact the rs1000/- is discounted for me. and i completely understand the reasons. but i feel there should be a wayto exchange muscic. sometimes the pre recorded ones.the position iam in, even rs 150 is beyond my means.