Madurai G.S.Mani

[S.NAGESWARAN]

Dear vkv, cmlover and Rasikas,

I have opened a new thread "Evolution of carnatic music in films" to day.

I have touched upon the contributions of Sivan for the carnatic music krithis in Tamil and his contributions to film music.

The efforts of MMI and DKJ in popularising Tamil krithis of Sivan and a LEC-DEM on Sivan by Sri DKJ.

Kindly visit the thread and post your valuable comments in the thread.

S.NAGESWARAN.

[ambika.sundaram]

I have talked to this great musician ....... a living encyclopedia of carnatic music ....

[cookmex]

Interesting interview -

http://rameshsaregama.blogspot.com/2010 ... -mani.html

[keerthi]

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2011/06/10/stor ... 320200.htm

[rajeshnat]

Keerthi
Wonderful right up ,I got to know significantly more about madurai gold standard mani especially his poojarajitha mudrA. What I always like in him is his perspectives of different genres of music will be taken and be anchored to one branch of music that he presents.

[vasanthakokilam]

Mani, now at the age of 77, is a consultant and advisor to many present-day music directors of Tamil cinema. So what does the veteran think about today's film music? “It has gone too mechanized but the orchestration has developed well,”

Quite a precise summary of today's film music. I did not know he still acts as a consultant and advisor to music directors. May be some of the film songs with interesting carnatic flavor are created with input from him. Next time someone encounters him, please ask which movies he had consulted for.

[S.NAGESWARAN]

Dear Sri Rajesh,

Sri G.S,Mani's compositions have his mudhra as " RAJAPOOJITHA".

S.NAGESWARAN.
14.06.2011.

[rajeshnat]

Dear Sri Rajesh,

Sri G.S,Mani's compositions have his mudhra as " RAJAPOOJITHA".

S.NAGESWARAN.
14.06.2011.

nageswaran sir,
Thanks it is rajapoojitha and not poojarajitha as I typed in the last post.

[hnbhagavan]

Here is Enta Muddo by Sri Madurai GS Mani

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8ut6oCe-mE

[vijay.siddharth]

Dear All,

Would you have any idea on where to get notations for the compositions of Madurai Sri GS Mani?

Cheers

Siddharth

[rajeshnat]

Madurai Gold Standard Mani explaining MSV the creator:
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The extraordinary madurai GOld Standard Mani is a spectacular musician . Without any inhibitions he just appreciates creators of music. MSV is a legend, see what kind of tunes and the process of how msv got these tunes as GSMani elucidates contextually with relevant snippets.

Particularly his explanation of talents like MSV and Kannadasan combo and also one or two extremely complex songs of Pattukkottai kalyanasundram where MSV just like that tunes .

All said ,Gold Standard Mani was right there as an assistant music director to MSV. At the age of 85/86 see how GS mani sings with passion and explains with passion. As a pureplay carnatic musician this genius GS Mani had his own limitation as a performing carnatic musician, but he as a stalwart of world music that too being in trenches with musicians like MSV KVM and many before that he genuninely fallings at the feet of music devathai is humility at its best.

https://youtu.be/U7esV4AWgu4?t=240 - start

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQbo2X-pCik - This is also superb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sixJLiIDdz4 kannadasan and MSV

Check all other links especially his talk in Russian consulate in 2019.


I personally did not know the below song in kalyani sung by Seergazhi and MLV that I heard after GS Mani sir explained . Encapsulation of perhaps 25 core karnatic krithis ,all in a 3 and half minute kalyani- MLV rocking with her superb rendition. The song has a whole chapter of prose as poetry and what a great tunesmith was MSV , thanks to GS Mani sir who explained it .
Has Covid made me like even melakartha 65.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61cSzlrWla0

[rajeshnat]

Madurai Gold Standard Mani writeup in The Hindu dated July 16th,2021. Nice writeup hope more practioners bring his compositions. When GSM sir performed in the home of Late Nageswaran Sir home, i recollect that day he sang his own sudda saarang krithi as main (rajendra tanaye .....???). Great musician who can connect film , hindustani and ofcourse carnatic all with ease and he calls spade a spade. Out of all this tukkadas i think his naalai varum endru nambalaama in chandrakauns is his flagship krithi

https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/ ... 359183.ece

[Manian]

Madurai Mani Iyer's Raga alaphana with all vowels in an International Phonetic vowels:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gABejo5q0Q

Srasvathir reborn and disappeared. He wanted ordinary people to enjoy music and did not form any company to make money. He was Madura Mani accoriding to Ariyakudi.

[CRama]

manian. This thread is about Madurai G.S.Mani and your post is about Madurai Mani Iyer. Pl post in the relevant thread.