A snippet from Kalki's 1937 review

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 10 Jan 2018, 20:56

From a FB post:
Aug 1, 1937:
Kalki wrote an article in Anandavikatan: “I sat in ariyakkudi concert for 3h45m and he did not sing a single Tamizh song. It was frustrating so I told myself, ‘Let me go and hear some good Tamizh songs.’ So I went to chintamani movie.

shankarank · Post by **shankarank** » 13 Jan 2018, 08:28

That is so Kalki - preconceived ideas of what music should be - instead of hearing and letting his being figure out silently!

As SSI remarked : nAn pADittAn unakku pATTu enRAl ennavenRu teriyum! atai vaittu konDu en pATTaiyE vimarsikkirAyE!

SSI: "You know what is music only after I sang and showed you - now you use that to critique me?"

People like him kept many potential rasikas in the dark!

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 13 Jan 2018, 08:57

"tamizhp paTRu! pATTil adu edaRku?" enRArO?
Have love for your language. But don't bring it into classical music!--is a rough translation of the above. I am leaving out the other line of the pitAmaha for obvious reasons.
Of course, whether the quote is an exact translation of his words or not, we know not...

kvchellappa · Post by **kvchellappa** » 13 Jan 2018, 09:20

Then why tomtom that one should know meaning to enjoy music? TMK may as well be right.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 13 Jan 2018, 09:27

shankarank,
Do we have to play pinnal kOlATTam (May pole dance) with every bit that we discuss?

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