Composer of "raravenu gopabala" in bilahari

[hianusree]

HI,

I would like to know who has composed the bilahari swarajati "raravenu gopabala". Thank you in advance.

[Anu Sakthi]

Came across the below two sites on this topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAFRwl4Q7ec - Indian Raga mentions that it is believed to be composed by Patnam Subrahmanya Ayyar, however I did not come across this composition listed under this poet in Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patnam_Subramania_Iyer.

Appreciate, if any of the learned and knowledgeable members could shed some light on the authenticity. Thank you.


The notation and meaning in English are available in the link below
http://www.shivkumar.org/music/varnams/ ... ajati.html

[ajaysimha]

I writing this based on what i have heard.

Firstly this was composed as jathiswara only (s r g p ...) With swaras alone.
Still composer unknown

This has a pallavi and an anupallavi with 5 charanams

But today we see the shorter versions,
only 2nd, 3rd and 4th charanam is sung or played
1 and 5 are omitted.

As this as a beautiful jathiswaram others have attempted to Compose sahithyam for the same.
Making it a swarajathi

There are 2 version of sahithyam available
One on Krishna - rara venu gopabala
One on lord ranganatha - mangalam Sri rangadeesha

(Complete Rendering of both available on YouTube)

Still composer of sahithyam is not knon

@Lakshman ji any expert advice on this??

[Lakshman]

I have not listed any composer for this song in my database.

[Sachi_R]

rAra venu gOpabAla:
I heard long back from someone that the composer is a Telugu gentleman. I have forgotten the name.

The other lyric is perhaps a later, inspired, one.