Spencer R. Venugopal

ramanjay · Post by **ramanjay** » 05 Feb 2006, 13:23

hi
me new to this group
scared to write to the elite and enlightened lot

could some one throw ligth on spencer venugopal's compositions and the lyrics of needayaleni in raga dhanyasi

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 07 Feb 2006, 21:43

Is the audio of the song available on the net?

abadri · Post by **abadri** » 10 Feb 2006, 01:43

Is the audio of the song available on the net?

Lakshmanji, a MS Subbulakshmi rendition:- [rapidshare links deleted]

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 10 Feb 2006, 03:00

Some minor corrections may be needed.

nI dayalEdani. rAgA: dhanyAsi. rUpaka tALA.

P: nI dayalEdani rAma nE evaritO moraliDudu
A: shrIkara sukumAra gangAdhara sati sOdara nIdu padAbhyamu nammiti nIku parAkElanayyA
C: mArakOTi lAvaNyamu gAravimpa shrI mukunda vIra nirAkAra suguNa dhIra ghana gambhIra
shrI raghuvara jAnaki manOramaNa kamala caraNa vErevarunita mAnamu vEda mUlAdhAra vina
(madhyamakAla)
shrI raja tama lOcana mrdu vacana surapati sukhapada padayugamulanu lAduyammi yammi yamminArAtO

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 10 Feb 2006, 03:28

Lakshman
Am correcting to the best of my knowledge.
nI dayalEdani. rAgA: dhanyAsi. rUpaka tALA.

P: nI dayalEdani rAma nEnevaritO moraliDudu
A: shrIkara sukumAra vara gangAdharasati sOdara nIdu padAbjamu nammiti
nIku parAkElanayyA
C: mArakOTi lAvaNyamukhAravinda shrI mukunda vIra nirAkAra suguNa dhIra ghana gambhIra
shrI raghuvara jAnaki manOramaNa kamalacaraNa vErevaru nI samAnamu vEdamUlAdhAra kIra(?)
(madhyamakAla)
nIraja sama lOcana mrdu vacana niravadhisukhaprada padayugamunanu [lAduyammi yammi] nammina nAtO
The parts marked in brackets appear to be incorrect but I am unable to think fo the correct sAhitya.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 10 Feb 2006, 03:40

Dr.S:
IT could be vErevaru shrtamAnavu. The recording is not very clear. Also I was sure there were errors in the last line. Thanks.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 10 Feb 2006, 03:41

abadri: Thanks for the link. If you find any more R.Venugopal's songs (apart from the popular ones), please let me know.

drshrikaanth · Post by **drshrikaanth** » 10 Feb 2006, 04:03

Lakshman
I have corrected most now after listening.Edited text above.

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 10 Feb 2006, 04:16

Thanks Dr.S

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 10 Feb 2006, 06:18

Lji,
Here are a couple sung by the composer himself:
http://rapidshare.de/files/12918308/srI ... _.mp3.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/12918676/srI ... i.mp3.html
Ravi

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 10 Feb 2006, 19:05

Thanks rshankar.

ramanjay · Post by **ramanjay** » 21 Feb 2006, 17:59

i have only looged in today aftr starting the thread. Thanks very much for the response.Thanks fo rthe lyrics of nee daya leni. I lik ethis kriti and even though it is a plea the song generates a lot of happiniess. Dhanyasi is really lovely raga !

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 06 Sep 2006, 09:33

rshankar: Do you have anymore audio tracks of Spencer Venugopal's compositions? There don't seem to be any albums containing renditions. I only recall Voleti Venkateswarulu's rendition of "rAma nI dAsuDanE" (mALavi) from an old AIR broadcast. It's nice to hear the composer render his own compositions.

mnsriram · Post by **mnsriram** » 06 Sep 2006, 16:54

kmrasika, a few compositions sung by the composer himself. I got this tape from a very close relative of Sri Pinakapani and I was told that Sri Pinakapani sent his son to Sri Venugopal's residence and had these recorded. I posted these last year when I started a thread on Sri Venugopal.

http://file.uploadr.com/944d

Hope we get to discuss more about this composer as I persoanlly like his compositions a lot. It seems Sri Voleti has taken up Sri Venugopal's compositions on the AIR Sangeeta Sikshana programme. Also, Sri KVN has rendered Sri Kamakshi in Todi.

A list of Sri Venugopal's compositions is available at

http://www.carnaticcorner.com/articles/venugopal.htm

keeravani · Post by **keeravani** » 07 Sep 2006, 03:43

vaa muruga vaa -vadivazaga shanmuga va in bEgada seems to be missing in the list - i thought it was composed by Spencer Sir.

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 03 Aug 2007, 11:42

Just bumping this thread - thanks to the generosity of mnsriram I was able learn up the shri rAgA swarajati which is just a magnificent composition. His bhairavi interpretations are wonderful - sATi evvarE was a favorite of DKP/DKJ and there's an awesome, grand misra CApu composition shrI kAmAkshi sung beautifully by Voleti Sir. I'd be happy to post a recording if anyone is interested. Please do share other renditions of Sri Venugopal's songs - a brilliant composer no doubt.

Jigyaasa · Post by **Jigyaasa** » 06 Aug 2007, 19:14

@prashant
It'd be a gr8 favour if u could post the recording for us!:)

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 07 Aug 2007, 07:50

Here you go Jigyaasa - enjoy this lovely krithi.

http://file.uploadr.com/fac7

paddu · Post by **paddu** » 07 Aug 2007, 10:20

Thank you Prashanth for sharing the wonderful song.

Jigyaasa · Post by **Jigyaasa** » 07 Aug 2007, 11:35

Thanx for the link:D

kmrasika · Post by **kmrasika** » 08 Aug 2007, 11:26

keeravani wrote:vaa muruga vaa -vadivazaga shanmuga va in bEgada seems to be missing in the list - i thought it was composed by Spencer Sir.

The book entitled, "kIrtanamAlA" containing his compositions does not contain this song either.

annapoorne · Post by **annapoorne** » 08 Aug 2007, 15:43

sriram and prashant

thanks very much for the upload

9.22 to 9.38 what is happening???!!!!!

ananthakotinamaskarams

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 08 Aug 2007, 16:34

I just replayed my copy of this recording and I don't detect anything out of the ordinary? Sri Voleti is singing faster sancharams towards the end of his AlApanA.

BTW the violin accompaniment is our own Sri Sharmaji. Mridangam by Sri Kamalakar Rao.

laxmiv · Post by **laxmiv** » 08 Aug 2007, 23:16

Voleti Garu's Bhairavi is music for the soul.

Prashant, you've mentioned about the Swarajathi in Sri Ragam. Can you please upload that when you get a chance?

Thanks

Laxmi

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 09 Aug 2007, 00:40

Here is the svarajati text:

shrI kAmAkSi nA (svarajati). rAgA: shrI. Adi tALA.

P: shrI kAmAkSi nA cinta dIrccammA
C1: dIna mAnava rakSaki
2: nE nI pAdamulanu nammitini
3: nA paritApamu kani karuNa jUDavamma
4: pAvani shrtajana pAlini parAtpari janani krpAkari
5: nI sari brOcuTaku vErevaru lErani amba niratamuga
gati nIvani nera nammiyunna nAdupai parAku sEyaku
6: sAma vara gAna lOla shrI pavanajAsana vinuta sarasijamukhi
nI dAsuDanE gadA padAmbujamulanu sadA sharaNaNTini

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 09 Aug 2007, 10:32

Laxmi - I will do so later today.

shri kAmAkshi part 1: http://file.uploadr.com/fb7c

shri kAmAkshi part 2: http://file.uploadr.com/fb7d

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 09 Aug 2007, 19:17

Keeravani wrote:

vaa muruga vaa -vadivazaga shanmuga va in bEgada seems to be missing in the list - i thought it was composed by Spencer Sir.

The list at carnaticcorner is incomplete. His compositions number over 200.

kutty · Post by **kutty** » 09 Aug 2007, 23:36

The following may be useful:

Nada Anuboothi
Music Categories > Carnatic - Vocal > Composers R... > R Venugopal
has the following tracks,

Mururga Tirumal - Harikambhoji by MLV

Neevanti - Varali by DKJ

Vaa Muruga Vaa - Begada by DKJ

Courtesy: Thanjavur

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 10 Aug 2007, 01:40

murugA tirumAl marugA is not by Spencer Venugopal. It is the composition of Tanjavur Shankara Iyer.

laxmiv · Post by **laxmiv** » 11 Aug 2007, 20:18

Prashant, thanks for the upload. He has sung with so much bhavam. It is very nice.
Lakshmanji, thanks for the lyrics.

Laxmi

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 21 Jun 2009, 18:10

Are there any biographical notes about this composer?

narayan · Post by **narayan** » 22 Jun 2009, 07:53

As far as I know, Muruga muruga in Nayaki is by Spencer, which I have heard by Aruna Sairam/Geeta Raja, and there is Ramanee dasu... in Malavi which Voleti has sung.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 22 Jun 2009, 08:30

Mohan,
As his name suggests, he used to work for Spencers. Comes from a musical/rasikAs family. Sister, a good violinist. Have lost touch with them but knew the family well when I was a child.
I have also heard that DKJ tuned a few (?) songs. That he was a VOleti fan too.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 23 Jun 2009, 00:29

His brother is a good singer, and a very nice person - lives in Canada. DKJ has sung several of his compositions - although I am not sure about the tuning part - I thought Sri Venugopal was a vAgEyakkAra.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 23 Jun 2009, 05:40

Arasi and ravi thanks for the notes. Is Sri Venugopal still alive?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 23 Jun 2009, 07:48

Mohan,
As far as I know, he is alive and well. As I said, I had lost touch and last saw him and his wife at a family wedding in the seventies, after so many years.

Ravi,
He could be a vaggEyakara too. However, DKJ did tune vA murugA. I remember the canadian brother too. Yes, the family is musical. By the way, Jaya Srinivasan, known for her multi lingual kathaA kAlakshepams is their brother's wife.

tmtfan1 · Post by **tmtfan1** » 23 Jun 2009, 10:16

Spencer Venugopal,s sanskrit sahithyams book is available in Karnatatic book house in Chennai. Tamil sahithyams are getting ready, I belueve.

gowri narayanan · Post by **gowri narayanan** » 27 Jun 2009, 14:22

vaa muruga vaa in begada is indeed composed by Spencer Venugopal sir.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 13 Jul 2009, 11:22

arasi wrote:Mohan,
However, DKJ did tune vA murugA.

the sangatis in Va Muruga are really quite superb - especially how they can take in so many elegant elements of begada in a single line eg the line 'theyn madura ..'

prashant · Post by **prashant** » 13 Jul 2009, 11:37

mohan wrote:
arasi wrote:Mohan,
However, DKJ did tune vA murugA.
the sangatis in Va Muruga are really quite superb - especially how they can take in so many elegant elements of begada in a single line eg the line 'theyn madura ..'

Totally. The last one, especially, with the pGG piDi at madura, is awesome! One of the most unique bEgaDAs...

smala · Post by **smala** » 15 Aug 2009, 13:33

MLV sings Vaa Muruga Vaa.................http://www.hummaa.com/search/search.php ... Muruga+Vaa

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 11 Sep 2010, 09:48

Few know that Spencer Venugopal is also an excellent writer and orator.

Can anyone give the contact No. / address of Shri Venugopal? Kindly help.

nagthilaka · Post by **nagthilaka** » 20 Apr 2019, 08:20

Lakshmanji,
Can someone give me the list of compositions of Sri. Spencer Venugopal?? Thanks

ram1999 · Post by **ram1999** » 20 Apr 2019, 18:12

sari evvare - bhairavi
rama nee dasu - malavi
sri kamakshi - bhairavi
sada nee pada - thodi
palumaruvekini - sowrashtram
vaa murga - begada

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...

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 21 Apr 2019, 02:18

Here is a more complete list.

bhajana sEyavE. rAgA: bahudAri. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
bhava mOcani shivE (tv). rAgA: AndOLikA. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
dayajUDaga rAdA. rAgA: bhAvini. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
E mAya jEsitivO (tv). rAgA: mALavi. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
gajavadana gaNapatE. rAgA: nATa. k/cApu tALA. R.Venugopal
gaNa nAyakam. rAgA: navarasakannaDa. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
ika nannu brOva. rAgA: riSabhapriyA. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
kadalaka nA manasunu. rAgA: hamIrkalyANi. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
kaladu lEdana. rAgA: vAgadIshvari. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
kAmAkSi akhila. rAgA: tODi. m/jhampa tALA. R.Venugopal
kAmAkSi kAmakOTi. rAgA: kAmbhOji. cApu tALA. R.Venugopal
karuNAnidhE kamalApatE. rAgA: kOkilapriyA. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
karuNatOnu karapADu. rAgA: sarasAngi. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
mahima teliya. rAgA: dharmavati. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
manavini vinumA. rAgA: nalinakAnti. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
manOhari mAtangi. rAgamAlikA. rUpaka tALA. R,Venugopal
marava tagunA mati. rAgA: husEni. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
mAravairi manOhari. rAgA: kIravANi. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
maravakurA rAma. rAgA: latAngi. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
murugA murugA ennum. rAgA: nAyaki. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
nannu brOvavE nAtalli (tv). rAgA: kannaDa. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
nE moraliDitE. rAgA: shankarAbharaNa. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
nI padAmbujamE. rAgA: sAvEri. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
nI sari daivamA. rAgA: kEdAragauLa. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
nirAkArincuTa. rAgA: kharaharapriyA. tisragati Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
nA manasu telisinanu. rAgA: vijayashrI. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
nA tApamu jUciyu. rAgA: cintAmaNI. cApu tALA. R.Venugopal
nI dayalEdani rAma. rAgA: dhanyAsi. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
nIrajAyatAkSi nikhila. rAgA: kalyANi cApu tALA. R.Venugopal
nIvaNTi daivamu gAnanu. rAgA: varALi. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
pada pankaja. rAgA: Anandabhairavi. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
palukuTa taramE. rAgA: KaPI. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
palumAru. rAgA: yadukulakAmbhOji. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
paradEvatE pAhi (tv). rAgA: pUrNacandrikA. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
parAku nIkE. rAgA: dhanyAsi. tisranaDai Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
parama sukhadamE. rAgA: amrtavAhini. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
rAmam ravikulAbdhipam. rAgA: rAmapriyA. cApu tALA. R.Venugopal
sadA nI pAdayuga. rAgA: tODi. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
sarasija lOcani (tv). rAgA: phalamanjari. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
sari samAna daivamu. rAgA: viTapi. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
sarva vighna haraNa. rAgA: AbhOgi. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
sATi evvarE nI sATi evvarE. rAgA: bhairavi. cApu tALA. R.Venugopal
shrI kAmAkSi ambA. rAgA: bhairavi. cApu tALA. R.Venugopal
shrI kAmAkSi nA (svarajati). rAgA: shrI. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
shrI kAmAkSi tanayE. rAgA: dEvagAndhAri. cApu tALA. R.Venugopal
shrI kAmAkSi. rAgA: tODi. m/jhampa tALA. R.Venugopal
shrI lalitE. rAgA: laita. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
shrI ramAramaNa. rAgA: suraTi. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
shrI tripurasundari. rAgA: vAcaspati. cApu tALA. R.Venugopal
shrI vANi sarasvati. rAgA: harikAmbhOji. m/jhampa tALA. R.Venugopal
sOmashEkharuDaina. rAgA: dhanyAsi. t/tripuTa tALA. R.Venugopal
tAmadamA kAttaruLa. rAgA: tODi. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
tAmasambu. rAgA: gaurimanOhari. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
tarAtaramu teliyadA (j). rAgA: bilahari. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
telupa taramA. rAgA: garuDadhvani. Adi tALA. R.Venugopal
vA murugA vA. rAgA: bEgaDa. rUpaka tALA. R.Venugopal
varavINA vAdana. rAgA: cArukEsi. t/tripuTa tALA. R.Venugopal

nagthilaka · Post by **nagthilaka** » 21 Apr 2019, 07:43

Thanks a million

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 22 Apr 2019, 13:06

Thanks Lakshman for the list of Spencer kritis.
It's really an eye opener!

Woder why our musicians do not include the compositions in concerts!

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 22 Apr 2019, 13:15

I have listened to Sri Venugopal's speeches at a few occasions and it's been a pleasure to enjoy his narrative and command of English.

I recently listened to him at a function to felicitate Smt Jaya Balakrishnan of Nada inbam ( Ragasudha) and he gave a stellar speech in 'pure' Tamil to my great excitement. Because I thought he would talk only in English though proficient as a composer in Tamil.
Spencer Venugopal வாழ்க!

Sivaramakrishnan · Post by **Sivaramakrishnan** » 24 Apr 2019, 10:27

Wonder why Venugopal's kritis are not much heard in concert circuits. DKJ used to sing. Youngsters may take advantage of the fairly good collection of the compositions

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 12 Feb 2024, 23:32

Neela Ramgopal has sung some of his songs in a concert here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV-lBji0U_o

rasikas.org

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