Balamuralikrishna
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Pallavi:
Vande Maataram: Prostration to the mother
Andi: Says, Maataram: our generation, Mundadugidu: Steps forward,
Our generation prostrate to the mother(India???)
Anupallavi:
Mana: Our, Bhaavitaram: next/future generation, Pondudu: will get/possess, Aananda:happy, Mandaaram: China rose
Our future generation will be happy- Here happiness has been attributed to China rose(hibiscus), mostly because china roses are red in colour which symbolises protection/security/happiness.
Charanam:
Virisenu: Blossomed, Bhuvipai: on earth, Aravindam:lotus, Kurisenu: Rained, manapai: on us, Makarandam: nectar, Merisenu: Flashed, murali:flute, Muresnu: become happy, Kavi(poet), Gayaka:Singer, Brindam:folks
All the earth looks blossomed and rain appears to be nectar, the sound of a flute soothing, all of which make the poets and an singers cheerful
Basically the song picturises everything in the subcontinent beautiful and happier..
Vande Maataram: Prostration to the mother
Andi: Says, Maataram: our generation, Mundadugidu: Steps forward,
Our generation prostrate to the mother(India???)
Anupallavi:
Mana: Our, Bhaavitaram: next/future generation, Pondudu: will get/possess, Aananda:happy, Mandaaram: China rose
Our future generation will be happy- Here happiness has been attributed to China rose(hibiscus), mostly because china roses are red in colour which symbolises protection/security/happiness.
Charanam:
Virisenu: Blossomed, Bhuvipai: on earth, Aravindam:lotus, Kurisenu: Rained, manapai: on us, Makarandam: nectar, Merisenu: Flashed, murali:flute, Muresnu: become happy, Kavi(poet), Gayaka:Singer, Brindam:folks
All the earth looks blossomed and rain appears to be nectar, the sound of a flute soothing, all of which make the poets and an singers cheerful
Basically the song picturises everything in the subcontinent beautiful and happier..
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Dear CML,Thanks Lakshman! That makes the kriti fully enjoyable
Rigapada/Kiran
Could you kindly translate too? Thanks!
As I was out of station, I could not immediately help you. Here is a translation:
guruni smarimpumu. rAgA: hamsavinOdini. Adi tALA.
P: guruni smarimpumu = Think of the teacher, manasA = O mind,
sadguruni smarimpumu = Think of the true teacher,
A: gurutara bhuktitO = with intense devotion, jnAnnArtthi vagucu
= with desire for knowledge, parama sushIluDai
karuNAkaruDau =(a guru who is) compassionate with high and
proper virtues,
C1: gAyaka sArva bhaumAdi ghana birudAnkituDau = adorned
with great titles like 'gAyaka sArva bhaumA', an emperor among
musicians, guNanidhini = an ocean of virtues,
shrIyutuDai = accompanied with excellence, sadA shiSya
samEtuDai = always accompanied by disciples, shrYamosagu =
one who gives happiness, shrI rAma krSNa sad (guruni) =
excellent (teacher) shrI rAma krSNa,
2: sakalAgma nigama sAra samyuta sangIta sAdhanatO = with
practice of music, the essence of all vedic scriptures, sadgatikai
= for salvation, sadamala dharma niyama samyutuDai = always
with pure good deeds and principles, sadA muraLI gAna
vilOluDau = always enjoying the music of the flute,
Gist:
P: O mind, think of the good teacher.
A: (Think) with intense devotion and desire for knowledge (of the
guru who is) virtuous and compassionate.
C1: (Think) of the excellent (Teacher) shri rAma krSNa, ( Sri
pArupalli rAma krSNayya pantulu, of Vijayawada) who is adorned
with titles like 'gAyaka sArva bhaumA', who is always
accompanied with disciples, who is an ocean of virtues and
excellence and one who gives happiness.
C2:(Think of the guru) with practice of music for salvation, music
which is the essence of all vedic scriptures. (Think of the guru
who) always enjoys the music of the flute, who always follows
pure good deeds and principles.
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You can find one in sangeethapriya.org; Posted there by Sri TV Gopalakrishnankumaran.nadesan wrote:Can some resourceful rasika pleas help me secure a mp3 recording of:
Mahaneeya madura - mahathi - roopakam - M Balamuralikrishna
preferrably sung by BMK himself! Thanks
http://www.sangeethapriya.org/Downloads/bmk/3/bmk3.html
There is a commercial release too, where BMK sings 4 of his 'creations' - mahati, sumukham, lavangi and sarvasrI
-Ramakriya
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Do we have to discuss about the greatness of Dr.MBK? His contribution to CM is immense and immeasurable.Please listen to his Music Academy 1975 concert on the bicent. celebrations of Shri Muthuswami Dikshitar.A composition on him in the raga Sucharitram could pass off as a Dikshitar composition.So scholarly and profound.Yet another concert of his at the Music Club wherein he sings a wonderful RTP in Hamsadwani will bear my view that such an exercise is futile.I had the chance to hear his unforgetable Delhi concert in the company of Prof T.N.Krishnan and Shri K,Sivaraman.The profund impact of that concert full of Tyagaraja krithis is still lingering in my memory Any one has recording of that concert ....... Ragjay
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hi coolkarni, do you by any chance have concerts of MBK with Lalgudi or Tnk violin accompaniment? Ofcourse other than the RTP Hamsavinodin concerts. I am very sure that some recordings with Lalgudi sung at Raga Tarangini are available.Any chance of getting these to share with this forum? Coolkarni I am sure you may be able to accede to my request. Bye Raghavan
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Perhaps none of the three.
citation: http://rohiniprasadk.blogspot.com/2005_ ... chive.htmlTyagaraja, the great Carnatic composer spent most of his life in Tanjore district and trained several great musicians until he passed away in 1847. One of them was his cousin Akumalla (Manambuchavadi) Venkatasubbayya. During his lifetime Venkatasubbayya also attracted several students and one of them was Susarla Dakshinamurthy Sastry (1860-1917). Sastry’s devotion to music drove him to walk all the way to Tamilnadu from his native Krishna district. After learning music from Venkatasubbayya, Dakshninamurthy Sastry returned to Andhra Pradesh. Sastry was the first to bring the musical tradition of Tyagaraja to Andhra region and several students benefited from him. One of them was Parupalli Ramakrishnayya (1883-1951) who is known today as the guru of the eminent vocalist Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna.
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See http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/12/08/stor ... 770300.htm for more info. We can call it the
Andhra branch of Sri Tyagarajaswamy tree.
One can listen to Sri Parupalli in surasa.net.
Andhra branch of Sri Tyagarajaswamy tree.
One can listen to Sri Parupalli in surasa.net.
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Here: http://surasa.net/music/karnatak/contri ... alli_songsOne can listen to Sri Parupalli in surasa.net
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http://video.webindia123.com/music/sing ... /index.htm
A really bad rendition of a horrendous self-composed varnam ...
A really bad rendition of a horrendous self-composed varnam ...
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Exquisite rendition of Sujana Jeevana by the maestro:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN7Zvr3PDtY[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN7Zvr3PDtY[/youtube]
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vandE mAtaram andi mAtaram
Salutations to the mother said my generation.
A: mundaDugiDu mana bhAvitaram
Our future generation will progress
pondudu-mAnanda-mandaram ( pondudumu=anandamu=andaram)
We will all attain happiness
C: virisenu bhuvipai aravindam
A lotus has bloomed on the earth
kurisenu manapai makarandam
The nectar rained on us.
merisenu muraLI svarAla andam
The beauty of the Murali's swaras glittered.
murisenu kavi gAyaka brndam
The collection of poets and singers was happy.
Salutations to the mother said my generation.
A: mundaDugiDu mana bhAvitaram
Our future generation will progress
pondudu-mAnanda-mandaram ( pondudumu=anandamu=andaram)
We will all attain happiness
C: virisenu bhuvipai aravindam
A lotus has bloomed on the earth
kurisenu manapai makarandam
The nectar rained on us.
merisenu muraLI svarAla andam
The beauty of the Murali's swaras glittered.
murisenu kavi gAyaka brndam
The collection of poets and singers was happy.
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Does someone have teh full concert (I guess it is 1968, Music Academy in Madras), with MSG and UKS and kanjira (?). Balamurali tails off a bit in his trademark Nagumo, but the song before that in Todi, Emi Chestinemi, is the one I am interested in. The recording of this concert in my possession starts unfortunately at the point where only 5 minutes of the todi alapana are left, and from then on it is a 45 minute piece. But even in this truncated 5 minute alapana, there is sufficient evidence that something special is in store, and after violin alapana, BMK polishes off the song quickly, and from that point onwards it is "fasten your seat belts" stuff. The swaras are highly complex, intricate, move from stage to stage beautifully and last for a full 25 minutes. Balamurali simply goes into celestial orbit, and the accompaniments are lifted to a different zone altogether. Those who were there that day must have had a vision of the divine. The rest of the concert is inevitably an anti climax and the recroding is not of very good quality, but despite that, is quite enjoyable too. I hope I have written enough to inspire some one to dig the full piece or concert out. I dont have the music in a digital version, hence cannot upload my piece. I would be grateful for a full concert recording.
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Hello BMK Fans,
Did you all know that Varistha means " Excellence that cannot be excelled " is a series of concerts to be remembered by the present generation. The celebrated legend Dr. BMK's performances are definitely historic and should be followed with a lot of dedication.
I wanted to share this information with the fellow rasikas.
Thanks.
Did you all know that Varistha means " Excellence that cannot be excelled " is a series of concerts to be remembered by the present generation. The celebrated legend Dr. BMK's performances are definitely historic and should be followed with a lot of dedication.
I wanted to share this information with the fellow rasikas.
Thanks.
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BMK's guru Parupalli Ramakrishnayya singing Manirangu:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs2nXsOcz6Y
Truly vintage music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs2nXsOcz6Y
Truly vintage music
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Can you tell me what song he is singing?ragam-talam wrote:BMK's guru Parupalli Ramakrishnayya singing Manirangu:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs2nXsOcz6Y
Truly vintage music
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Please visit http://chowdaiahandparvati.blogspot.com/ for two concerts of Balamurlikrishna in "Parvati", Mysore
(1) vinatage 1965 with M.S. Gopalkrishnan and T.V. Gopalkrishnan
(2) vintage 1971 with M.Chandrasekharan, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman and Vinayakaram
(1) vinatage 1965 with M.S. Gopalkrishnan and T.V. Gopalkrishnan
(2) vintage 1971 with M.Chandrasekharan, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman and Vinayakaram
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Thanks very much cpblog. That "Vintage 1965 in "Parvathi" : Balamurlikrishna with Parur MS Gopalkrishnan and T.V. Gopalkrishnan" concert is just awesome. What a great Emineramau-Shankarabharanam by BMK. Having MSG going toe to toe with BMK on the nagumomu alapana was fun to listen to. Excellent recording quality too.
In the second concert, BMK sings "Peridi Ninnu Penchina - Kharaharapriya". This is the first time I am listening to this song. It does not sound much like the usual kharaharapriya, does it? Got curious enough and checked other sources of this song by BMK, he sings it the same way and everywhere it is tagged as Kharaharapriya.
BTW, your 'parvathi' web site is coming along great. There are quite a few wonderful treasures there for everyone to listen and enjoy. Thanks very much.
In the second concert, BMK sings "Peridi Ninnu Penchina - Kharaharapriya". This is the first time I am listening to this song. It does not sound much like the usual kharaharapriya, does it? Got curious enough and checked other sources of this song by BMK, he sings it the same way and everywhere it is tagged as Kharaharapriya.
BTW, your 'parvathi' web site is coming along great. There are quite a few wonderful treasures there for everyone to listen and enjoy. Thanks very much.
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Thank you Vasanthakokilam for your keen analysis.vasanthakokilam wrote:Thanks very much cpblog. That "Vintage 1965 in "Parvathi" : Balamurlikrishna with Parur MS Gopalkrishnan and T.V. Gopalkrishnan" concert is just awesome. What a great Emineramau-Shankarabharanam by BMK. Having MSG going toe to toe with BMK on the nagumomu alapana was fun to listen to. Excellent recording quality too.
In the second concert, BMK sings "Peridi Ninnu Penchina - Kharaharapriya". This is the first time I am listening to this song. It does not sound much like the usual kharaharapriya, does it? Got curious enough and checked other sources of this song by BMK, he sings it the same way and everywhere it is tagged as Kharaharapriya.
BTW, your 'parvathi' web site is coming along great. There are quite a few wonderful treasures there for everyone to listen and enjoy. Thanks very much.
We here are but drudges and scribes and the honor goes to these great souls who could uplift mankind with their god given gifts and keep our heritage alive. We are not kidding, but a great era has passed away and there are just so many gems in terms of music and anecdotes left behind from their days in"Parvathi". Just yesterday, somebody introduced us to a recording of 'GNB's first meeting with Vasudevachar' in Mysore and some great GNB wit! We will plan to see how we can share all of this as a part of our homage to these great souls! Once again, thanks to all of you who are keeping memories alive by discussion, by critiquing, by listening and eulogizing ....generation to generation the play must go on...
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"Balamurali's style is said to be teasing - an alapana that leaves the audience guessing. But that style was not the one he used that day. " hmmm....
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/01/29/stor ... 390800.htm
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/01/29/stor ... 390800.htm
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Re:
Has BMK evinced an opinion about the viola compared to the violin? He seems to still be the only CMusician who plays the viola. So why viola?arasi wrote:Thanks, Meena!
thamizh saying goes thus: kural iruppavarukku viral edaRku? When you have a fine voice, why go for an instrument? viral is fingers, so anything played with fingers...
BMK and TNS, defying the saying
-Then Paanan
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This article mentions the following:rajeshnat wrote:http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/01/29/stor ... 390800.htm
"The only aspect missing in the concert was niraval."
Perhaps this explains why Prince Rama Varma also eschews the neraval.
See here: http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=13434
"I didn't expect a neraval and asked him after the concert why he doesn't sing neravals. He said that he finds most neraval lines rather meaningless and personally prefers to bring out the beauty of the ragam with alapanai and kalpanaswaras instead."
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Re: Balamuralikrishna
Wish the legendary Padmavibhooshan Dr Balamuralikrishna Sir a very Happy 80th Birthday! Eagerly looking forward to his concert on the 31st in London...http://www.bhavan.net/event_detail.htm/84
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Best wishes to the maestro on his 80th birthday! It is amazing that he is still performing and touring at this age.
http://thehindu.com/arts/music/article5 ... epage=true
(the article mentions he is 81 but as far as I know he was born on 6 July 1930)
http://thehindu.com/arts/music/article5 ... epage=true
(the article mentions he is 81 but as far as I know he was born on 6 July 1930)
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And still looking young!
Best birthday wishes to him.
Best birthday wishes to him.
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If the quote of Rama Varma, the musician and desciple of BMK "he finds most neraval lines rather meaningless" is correct and true version, it is highly incorrect, not acceptable and objectionable. Neraval is one of the highly evolved part of manodharma sangita aspect of KM, next only to Raga Alapana to show case the manodharma vidwath-comprising both raga and laya gnanam. The selected line(s) for neraval is taken from the original work of the vaggeyakara and can not be termed'meaningless'. Yes, if the performer takes up the line, mindlessly, it is definitely meaningless, not otherwise.
Neraval singing has become very rare and likely to become extinct, if corrective action is not taken immediately.
Neraval singing has become very rare and likely to become extinct, if corrective action is not taken immediately.