Mini Project Idea - Dikshitar's Nottu Swara Compositions

[girish_a]

Here is an idea for a mini project - Why not upload uncopyrighted renditions of Dikshitar's Nottu Swara Sahitya compositions to one website from where they can all be downloaded? This would be a fascinating project. Right now, there is no one place from where you can get them all.

The objective should be to upload all the 40 Nottu Kritis.

Who wants to take this up? Let us know your plans.

[vidya]

A copy of the nottuswara sahityams with their notations(33 from PAP) that are
notated in the Prathamabhyasa pustakamu of Subbarama Dikshitar has been
typeset (by Dr.P.P.Narayanaswami) and placed here.

http://ibiblio.org/guruguha

Please do let us know if you come across any typos or other issues.

[s_hari]

A great idea.... Few nottu swara sahitya is here

http://sangeethamshare.org/murthy/031-D ... agdevi.mp3

Can any of the musicians in this forum sing this for us and rest of rasika community? Vidyarthi Sir... Are you listening???

There are lyrics.... Thanks to Shri Murthy...... (source - http://sangeethamshare.org/murthy/031-D ... Kritis.doc)

noTTu svara sAhityAs. All are in shankarAbharaNa rAgA.
1. tisra Eka tALA
AnjanEyam sadA bhAvayAmi apramEyam mudA cintayAmi
AnjanAnandam vAnarEsham varam pancavaktram surEshAdui vandyam
guruguha hitam shAntam sEvita shrI rAmapAdapankajam
sanjIvi parvatakaram mukhAbjam sadA rAmacandram bhajE
2. no tALA given
cintaya citta shrI paramashivam cintita bhaktim guruguha vandita mUrtim vishvOtpatim
bahutarakIrtim bhaktaprItim santatamachyuta pankaja bhavanuta shankaram kAncIsham
3. catusra Eka tALA
cintayEham sadA citsabhAnAyakam cintitArthadAyakam jIvEshvara bhEdApaham
cintAmaNi svarUpam tANDavEshvaram shAntam munimahitam sa guruguham shankaram
santatam sAmbhavIsham mudA bhAvayE anantakOTi brahmANDa nAtham vimalam
Adi madhyAntavarjam nirAdhAramAkAsha nAdAntaatham sundaram sudhAmshumauLim shivam
bhrAntivAraNa nipuNam bhAnukOTi bhAsvaram danti carmAmbaram dhanadahitam
bhAratIkAnta harinutam karadhrta mrgamEkAnta hrdayE shivakAmasundarIpatim
4. tisra Eka tALA
dAsharathE dIna dayAnidhE dAnava bhIkara dAmOdara kEshava mAmava sItAdhava
kEyUra hAra raghuvIra kOmaLa padAbja kOdaNDarAma shyAmaLa vigraha
sampUrNakAma nAmakIrtanE sadAmOda nArada vINAhladAhladA
5. tisra Eka tALA
dInabandhO dayAsindhO sudhImaNE mEmudam dEhi sadA dEhi jAnakI nAyakAmbhOjAnana
sAdhu samrakSaNApAngAkhila dEvatA sArvabhaumAdi vandya
6. rUpaka tALA
gurumUrtE bahukIrtE surasEnAdhipatE
1. surasEvita shivabhAvita sumatE anishamava mAm shrI
2. sarasIruha bhava vandita sakalAgamanuta dEva
3. surapati tanujAdhipatE suravara karuNAjaladhE
4. girijAtmaja SaNmukha bhava guruguha sharavaNabhava shrI
7. tisra Eka tALA
guruguhapada pankajamati guptamanishamAshrayE niraticaya nijaprakAshaka nityasukha
phalapradam
nIrajanAbha purandara mArAri vArijasambhava vEditavyam atri shukavasiSTha vAmadEvAdi
tapOdhana vanditam
8. catusra Eka tALA
guruguha sarasija karapada shubhakaramUrtE suravara shivasuta bhuvanapatE
murahara harihaya vidhinuta bahuvidhakIrtE narapati natamuniyuta sumatE
nirupama jayakara niratishayasukhada sarasa satatamava stithatara shaktE
9. tisra Eka tALA
hE mAyE mAm bAdhitum kAhitvam kAhitvam yAhi yAhi kAmAkSi kAncIpuranAyikE
rakSitum yEhiyEhi kAmakOTIshvari kAmitArthapradEkAmranAthEshvari pAhipAhi
kAma sanjIvini sEvita shrI gurO kauLini mEmudam dEhi dEhi
10. catusra Eka tALA
jagadIsha guruguha haravidhi vinutam dEhatraya vilakSaNamAnanda lakSaNam
nityam shuddham buddham muktam satya nirvikalpam niSprapancamAnandamajam
11. catusra Eka tALA
kamalAsana vandita padAbjE kamanIya karOdaya sAmrAjyE kamalAnagarE sakalAkarE
kamala nayana dhrta jagadAdhArE kamalE vimalE guruguha janani kamalApatinuta
hrdayE mAyE kamala shashi vijaya vadanE amEyE kamalEndrANi vAgdEvi shrI gauRIpUjita
hrdayAnandE kamalAkSi pAhi kAmAkSi kAmEshvarasati kalyANi
12. tisra Eka tALA
kAnchIsham EkAmranAyakam nityamaham bhajE kAmAdi shatcOravrttamaham tyajE
pancAkSara svarUpamAgamAntasAram pancAsyamAdi kAraNam vishvEshvaram guruguham
13. tisra Eka tALA
mAyE citkalE jaya ramE mangaLakara rangaramaNi mArajanani
viSnujAyE Ehi shriyamabja mAlini drshya vishva vilAsE
dEhi varalakSmi sundari dIpyamAna pAdatalE padmE
divya tEjOmayi rakSamAm ranjani dEvatA pUjita shrI guruguhE
14. tisra Eka tALA
mucakunda varada tyAgarAja sundaratara pAdAravinda sarasa mandahAsa vadana jaya
vibhO
mukunda pUjitAnga dhavaLa sundaratara nandIsha surabrnda vandita guruguha gurO
15. catusra Eka tALA
pAhi durgE bhaktam tE padmakarE vijaya vichchhaktE Ehi dEhi sarvajnE yatinuta
gaNapati guruguha janani mAm
16. tisra Eka tALA
pAhimAm jAnakIvallabha shrIharE bhAratIsha priyAnanda mUrtE dEhi mE sampadam dIna
cintAmaNE
dEvadEvOttamAnanda kIrtE Ehi kAkutstha kOdaNdahasta IpsitArthapradAhlAdacita
17. tisra Eka tALA
pankajamukha shankarahita sankaTahara venkaTagirivAsa nArAyaNAnanta gOvinda dAmOdara
nanda samrakSAshrta vAtsalyA pAdAmbOruha pAhimAm dInabandhO
18. rUpaka tALA
paradEvatE bhava bhaktamOdini pAhimAm pAlini hamsini karuNAkari
kamalAkSi sundari kAmini kaulini shankari parishuddha cittaranjani mAlini
pAda pankEruha padmini guruguha rUpadhAriNi mantriNi yOgini shrI
18. catusra Eka tALA
pArvatIpatE sadA pAlauAshu shambhO pAdasarOjAnanda naTana dhIra vibhO hE prabhO
garvita dAvana bhIkara shankara dEvadEva gO kSIrAbhOnkAra varNa rUpAkAra
kAmAkSIshEkAmrapatE guruguha
20. tisra Eka tALA
pItavarNa bhajE bhairavam bhUta vEtALa samsEvyamAnam
pIta vastram suvarNapradam vItarAgam guruguhAtmajam
21. tisra Eka tALA
rAjIvalOcanam rAmacandram rAmAnujAgraja rAjEndram sadguna sAndram krpApAngam
sadguru guhamahitam shAntam rAvaNAntakam janakasutA ramaNam bhaktabharaNam
parama ghana shyAmaLam shrI raghukula tilakAbharaNam bharata shatrughna sOdaram
vibhISaNAvinutapadam sugrIva pramukhadinuta pAdapankajam kausalyAtmajam kOdaNdakaram
ahalyAdEvI shApa vimOcana sucaritram kaustubha dhAriNam kaivalyapradam
dasharatAtmajam bhajEham
22. tisra Eka tALA
rAma janArdana rAvaNa mardhana rAmAnujAgraja rAjavibhO
pAmara mOcana pankajalOcana bhaktajanapriya pAlayamAm
bhUmijAnAyaka bhuktipradAyaka bhUsura pAlana bhUmipatE
shyAmaLa vigraha shAnta guruguha sannuta shrI rAmacandra prabhO
23. catusra Eka tALA
rAmacandram rAjIvakSam shyAmaLAngam shAshvata kIrtim kOmaLahastam kOshalarAjam
mAmaka hrtkamalAkaram mArutiyuktam dHimantam mAnita bhaktam shrImantam
kaumAravaram guruguha mitram kAruNyanidhim dasharatha putram bhUmisutAbham
bhUpati rUpam kOmala pallava pAdam mOdam kAmagurum sitArAmam kaustubhabhUSam vandEham
24. catusra Eka tALA
sadAshivajAyE vijayE sarasija padayugaLE sakaLE vadana karAmbhOja tAraya shiva vAmAnkE
varakara vidhrtashukE sadayE guruguhasEvitE shashi shEkhara sambhAvitE
sudhArNava madhyagatE atilalitE shubhakara suranuta muraharamuditE
25. chatusra Eka tALA
sakala suravinuta shambhO svAmin vikaTa guruguha vijaya tripurahara EkAmrapatE
karuNAmUrtE EkAnEka vibhUtE EkAnta hrdaya EkabhOga dAyakanandakara vibhO
26. catusra Eka tALA
sAmagAnapriyE kAmakOTI nilayE shankari sundari sAratara lahari
caNDikE nirmalE kAmini mOdini pAhi guruguha janani
27. tisra Eka tALA
santAna saubhAgya lakSmIkalatram sangIta sAhitamOdam pavitram kuntIsutAptam
kOTIradIptam shAntam bhajE nandamAnandakandam mukundam dayAsAgaram pAdapadmam
28. tisra Eka tALA
santatam gOvindarAjam sadA vandita nAradamuni vrndam santAna krSNam Anandakandam
cintitam cidAnandakandam rukmiNI satyabhAmA samEtam nIlameghajita sundaragAtram
shankha cakradharam shAntam pankaja pAda padmakaram parashurAma sEvitam
guruguhamuda sArvabhauma nandagOpAlam giridharam vENugAnalOlam smarAmyaham
29. tisra Eka tALA
santatam pAhimAm sangIta shyAmaLE sarvAdhArE janani
cintitArthapradE cidrUpiNi shivE shrI guruguha sEvitE shivamanOkArE
30. tisra Eka tALA
shakti sahita gaNapatim shankarAdi sEvitam virakta sakala munivara sura rAja vinuta sEvitam
bhaktALipOSakam bhavasutam vinAyakam bhaktimuktipradam bhUSitAngam raktapadAmbujam bhAvayAmi
31. rUpaka tALA
shankaravara pankajakara shambhO dEva pashupatE OmkAra sutanO
shrI kAncInagarapatE EkAmrEsha guruguhAdi janaka mAm pAhi shrI
32. no tALA given
shauri vidhinutE shAmbhavi lalitE shAntE atItE shankaramuditE gauri surahitai EkAmrapatiyutE
kAmAkSi mAm pAhi vIravara vinuta caraNAmbhOjE ghOratamalayavara himagirijE
shUraharaNa guruguha mAtaha samsAratara caraNatara kamala 33. catusra Eka tALA
shyAmaLE mInAkSi sundarEshvarasAkSi shankari guruguhasamudbhavE shivEvA
pAmaralOcani pankajalOcani padmAsanavAsini hari lakSmivinutE shAmbhavi 34. tisrajAti Eka tALA
sOmAskandam svAnandakandam kAmAkSIsham kalyANa vESam
sOmaskandam svAnandakandam sundarAngamAshrayAmi
gangAdharam tam gaurI samEtam shrngAra rUpam shrI sOma sUtram
gangAdharam tam gaurI samEtam guruguha rUpamAshrayAmi
35. catusra Eka tALA
subrahmaNyam surasEvyAbjapadam sundara vadanam sukumAra vinuta lAvaNyam
shubhagAtram shubhakara nEtram sOmAtmakamAshrita kalpabhUruham
sUri guruguham surarAja vidhi vinutam sarvajnam sumatE cintaya gurunAtham
svajnAna vidAraNa paNDitam sAdhujana sUnrta vacanam
36. catusra Eka tALA
vAgdEvi mAmava kalyANi vANI brahmANi sutAmrOSTi vanajavadana guruguhamahitEdE
vasurapati vinuta vidhivihitE varNamayi vilasita kamalE vara madhura kavi janamudita
vaktrAbjE nityam mE varadE vyAsa sanaka shuka munigaNamuditE
37. catusra Eka tALA
vandE mInAkSi tvAm sarasija vaktrE parNE durgE natasura brndE shaktE guruguha pAlini
jalaruhacaraNE
sundara pANDyAnandE mAyE sUrijAnAdhArE sundararAja sahOdari gauri shubhakari satatamaham
38. tisra Eka tALA
varadarAja pAhi vibhO karigirIsha vishvaprabhO surapatinuta nagadhara
navanItacOra guruguhAdi vihita murahara mukunda shrI vihita muraha mukunda shrI
39. catusra Eka tALA
varashiva bAlam vallIlOlam vandE nandam hariharamOdam hamsAnandam hasasamukham
guruguha rUpam guptAkAram gOrakSantam surapatisEnamsubrahmaNyam suravinutam


-hari

[rshankar]

Go to the end of this page: It has renderings of several of the nOTTuswara sAhityams.

http://tributes.sangeethapriya.org/diks ... ithis.html

There are a couple of these that have been sung in the typical CM SankarAbharaNam - they are nowhere near attractive as the flat-note Western major scale-like versions - These are absolute gems in their own right, and I think, like the English notes (HKMB's, right?), they have to be sung with flat notes. SyAmaLE mInAkSI sounds like a waltz to me - am I right?

[veenajj]

We are planning to release a CD of Vocal rendition of 37 Nottuswara Sahityams with Violin and Veena accompaniment around the time of Dikshitar Aradhana Utsavam (October 27th) this year. We hope you will find this useful.

Jeyaraaj & Jaysri

[s_hari]

Wow - veenajj... Please do let us know when this is available...

Shankar - Thanks... Though i know the page you referred, didn't notice the .mp3 for nottu swaram until now... Will help me to learn and also teach kids...

-hari

[PUNARVASU]

My little grandson-5 months old-seems to like these nottuswarams-Shakthi sahitha, varashivabAlam, shyAmalE mInakshi-I sing the sahithyam followed by the swaram- and he goes off to sleep.

[shastri]

I was researching this topic and stumbled upon http://kanniks.com
I assume this would interest many of us (on this topic)

Best wishes

[shastri]

My little grandson-5 months old-seems to like these nottuswarams-Shakthi sahitha, varashivabAlam, shyAmalE mInakshi-I sing the sahithyam followed by the swaram- and he goes off to sleep.

Yes, it was a similar observation with my daughter's musical preferences that I got looking for these. Easy for both my daughter and me to learn and sing-along (at least try to ), very melodious, and waaay more meaningful then the alternatives (english rhymes, in our case)

Best wishes

[PUNARVASU]

Sahastri,
Exactly; when I see the various toys with all the nursery rhymes music, I was wondering why can't we have toys with geethams, nottuswarams etc. There may be no takers.
I have to learn one on Shiva, to complete the 'SHIVA FAMILY'.

[vasanthakokilam]

I was researching this topic and stumbled upon http://kanniks.com
I assume this would interest many of us (on this topic)

Best wishes

Here is a news coverage of Kannikeswaran's talk last year: http://chennaionline.com/MusicSeason2007/fts15.asp

[Suji Ram]

I was researching this topic and stumbled upon http://kanniks.com
I assume this would interest many of us (on this topic)

Best wishes

very nice.
You can listen to some of the compositions on this site with added celtic music
esp.. kamalasana vandita

[ramakriya]

A copy of the nottuswara sahityams with their notations(33 in number) that are
notated in the Prathamabhyasa pustakamu of Subbarama Dikshitar has been
typeset (by Dr.P.P.Narayanaswami) and placed here.

http://ibiblio.org/guruguha

Please do let us know if you come across any typos or other issues.

Vidya,

I thought Udupa's book had more than 33.. But I will check and let you know.

-Ramakriya

[vasanthakokilam]

SyAmaLE mInAkSI sounds like a waltz to me - am I right?

I was looking for a recording of this to see if it is so, but I can not find one.

In general, a lot of these nottu swara songs which are marked as Tisra Eka seems to be actually Chathusra Eka thalam, thisra nadai. Calling them thisra eka is fine as long as it is OK to treat the sub-beats as the beats of the thalam.

The thisra nadai gives it the Waltz structure( I think ).

If you go by the western dance terminilogy: Waltz is thisra nadai, Fox Trot is Chathsra nadai. Are there dance terms for Kanda and Misra nadai?

[Suji Ram]

VK
you can listen at hummaa
Actually you can learn it as it is a lesson

http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:eY ... cd=9&gl=us

[vasanthakokilam]

Thanks Suji.

It is Chathusra nadai, Chathusra Eka, so one can dance to fox trot steps

Sakthi Sahita Ganapathim would be Waltz

[Suji Ram]

Thanks Suji.

It is Chathusra nadai, Chathusra Eka, so one can dance to a fox trot steps

Imagine MD dancing to his tunes.

[vidya]

I thought Udupa's book had more than 33.. But I will check and let you know.
-Ramakriya

Ramakriya,
The file I've linked has all 40 but the Prathamabhyasa pustakamu only contains 33 which was what I was trying to convey..
Are you referring to Udupa's (and SKR Rao's) Kannada version of prathamabhyasa pustakamu? Or is it something else?
If the former it can't be more than 33.

[rshankar]

Sakthi Sahita Ganapathim would be Waltz

I thought SyAmaLE mInAkSI is the waltz...isn't it?

[vasanthakokilam]

Ravi: I listened to the version at the link provided by Suji:
http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:eY ... cd=9&gl=us

There it goes like the folowing:

Code: Select all

Shya ma |le mee  |na .| kshi .||
Sun  da |re swara|sa .| kshi .||

This will make it Chathusra Jathi Eka Chathusra Nadai. For Waltz, you need a grouping of three, don't you? It is possible I got the rhythmic pattern wrong. Corrections welcome!

[rshankar]

You are right - you do need a 3/4 beat for waltz...for some reason I counted six (3x2), and not eight (4x2)...

[gangar]

We are planning to release a CD of Vocal rendition of 37 Nottuswara Sahityams with Violin and Veena accompaniment around the time of Dikshitar Aradhana Utsavam (October 27th) this year. We hope you will find this useful.

Jeyaraaj & Jaysri

students of geetanjali-{my school} render these vocally also on keybord/piano.propose to teach them all by end july08
gangaramachandran
geetanjali

[vgvindan]

A few days back, I was listening to a lecdem in Worldspace on Nottu-svara Sahityams. The way the kritis were presented left me wondering whether Dikshitar really meant them to sung that way - wherein not a single word was distinguishable; it was in double or treble tIvra gati. On top of it, it was mentioned that nottu-svara sAhityams are meant to be lessons for beginners. This statement seems to contradict the gati in which it is sung.

I think there is more to the origin of nottu-svara sAhityas - IMHO, they are not meant to cater for English 'bosses' or audience.
This needs to be gone into.

[ramakriya]

I thought Udupa's book had more than 33.. But I will check and let you know.
-Ramakriya

Ramakriya,
The file I've linked has all 40 but the Prathamabhyasa pustakamu only contains 33 which was what I was trying to convey..
Are you referring to Udupa's (and SKR Rao's) Kannada version of prathamabhyasa pustakamu? Or is it something else?
If the former it can't be more than 33.

Vidya,

I was referring to the two volumes of MD Kritis by Anandarama uDupa. It is not the same as prathamAbhyAsa pustakamu. I haven't checked them yet..

-Ramakriya

[ramakriya]

vidya,

Udupa's book has 39 note swaras. So one less than the 40 you have given.

-Ramakriya

[Lakshman]

The book by M.R.Shankara Murthy also gives the notations for 39 noTTus. He has also added 8 other songs and given the titles of some of the equivalent english songs.
For example: jagadIsha guruguha is "Lord MacDonald's Reel", rAmacandra rAjIvAkSam is "Let us lead a life of pleasure" and santatam pAhimAm is "God save the queen" etc.

[vidya]

Ramakriya,
Thanks for the info. The number I have is 39 too - I think I used the 40 from the previous poster..
Lakshmanji,
Thanks for the info on MR Shankara murthy. Btw Many of the renditions uploaded on Sangeethapriya and clearly marked "unknown" [those sung in a teaching mode]) are recordings of Shri.M.R.Shankaramurthy. The original source of it was a tape - the last of the copies of it passed on by a kind member of their family.

[rshankar]

Btw Many of the renditions uploaded on Sangeethapriya and clearly marked "unknown" [those sung in a teaching mode]) are recordings of Shri.M.R.Shankaramurthy. The original source of it was a tape - the last of the copies of it passed on by a kind member of their family.

Vidya,

Thanks for that information, and a bigger 'Thanks' to the family for sharing!

[mnsriram]

We are planning to release a CD of Vocal rendition of 37 Nottuswara Sahityams with Violin and Veena accompaniment around the time of Dikshitar Aradhana Utsavam (October 27th) this year. We hope you will find this useful.

Jeyaraaj & Jaysri

Is this now available?

[vasanthakokilam]

I searched the net at large and put these mappings together. Hear and comment if these mappings of the original to MD's versions are accurate.

Here is what I have put together so far. See if you hear the similaries between the western original and the MD versions. A few are probably a stretch or may be I did not find the right original.

Jagadisa Guruguha: http://www.sangeethamshare.org/sunil/gu ... nknown.mp3
Lord MacDonald's Reel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrZqb-YAGYc

Kamalasana: http://www.sangeethamshare.org/sunil/gu ... nknown.mp3
Galopede: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVNKbB4lN34

Kancheesam Ekambaram: http://www.sangeethamshare.org/sunil/gu ... nknown.mp3
Country Dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuC6ZesUkv8 ( after a minute or minute and a half or so )

santatam paHimam: http://www.sangeethamshare.org/sunil/gu ... nknown.mp3
God save the king: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idb0HSnxsy4

Sakthi Sahita Ganapathim: http://www.sangeethamshare.org/sunil/gu ... nknown.mp3
voleuz - Vous-dancer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma9RwlbI3zQ

Syamala Meenakshi: http://www.hummaa.com/music/artist/8835/Students
Twinkle Twinkle little star: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT_IZmQ85K4 ( not the beginning but the body of the song has a lot of similarity )

[ravichitrapu]

from ravi vizag -
TM Krishna & group have released a set of Dikshitar's nottu swara compositions - available on
http://mio.to/album/T.M.+Krishna/Nottus ... %282015%29
a different kind of experience listening to these lilting indian melodies in western notes.
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[ravichitrapu]

TM Krishna and his group have released in 2015 a recording of Dikshitar's nottuswara sahityam on musicindiaonline -
the online link is here
http://mio.to/album/T.M.+Krishna/Nottus ... hna+(2015)
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