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Saveri
Saveri (pronounced sāvēri) is a Carnatic music ragam. This raga is a janya of the 15th Melakarta raga Mayamalavagowla. This raga brings out karuna rasa, i.e. it brings mood of compassion.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications Structure and Lakshana This ragam is an ''Audava-Sampurna'' ragam (five notes in the ascending scale and seven notes in the descending scale). * : * : The notes are ''shuddha rishabham, shuddha madhyamam'' and ''shuddha dhaivatam'' in ascending scale and ''kakali nishadam, shuddha dhaivatam, shuddha madhyamam, antara gandharam'' and ''shuddha rishabham'' in descent. The two swaras which give the raga such a characteristic are R (Rishabham) and D (Dhaivatham). Select compositions *''Sarasuda'', a ''varnam'' composed by Kotavasal Venkatarama Iyer, set to ''Adi tala'' *''Sankari Sankuru'', ''Durusuga'' and ''Janani Natajana'' composed by Shyama Sastri *''Bhavayaami Raghuraamam (first raga used in this rag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karnataka Shuddha Saveri
Karnataka Shuddha Saveri is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is an ''audava'' rāgam (or ''owdava'' rāgam, meaning pentatonic scale). It is a ''janya'' rāgam (derived scale), as it does not have all the seven ''swaras'' (musical notes). This scale is known as ''Shuddha Sāveri'' in the Muthuswami Dikshitar school of music.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras This scale is quite different from the popular Shuddha Saveri pentatonic scale. Structure and Lakshana ''Karnataka Shuddha Saveri'' is a symmetric rāgam that does not contain ''gandharam'' or ''nishādam''. It is a symmetric pentatonic scale (''audava-audava'' ragam in Carnatic music classification - ''audava'' meaning 'of 5'). Its ' structure (ascending and descending scale) is as follows (see Swara#Svaras in Carnatic music, ''swaras'' in Carnatic music for de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malahari
Malahari is a Carnatic raga. This raaga is a ''janya'' of the 15th ''Melakarta'' raga Mayamalavagowla. This raga is known to be a morning raga which brings out a sense of calmness.''Raganidhi'' by P. Subba Rao, Pub. 1964, The Music Academy of Madras It is associated with the rainy season.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications In classical carnatic training, it is often used as a raaga for beginners using geetha right after the swara-based exercises in Mayamalavagowla. Many of the Geetha's in this raga have been composed by Purandara Dasa and Muthuswami Dikshitar. Structure and Lakshana This raga is an asymmetric scale and is classified as an ''audava-shadava'' raga (five notes in the ascending scale and six notes in the descending scale). * : * : The notes in this scale are ''shuddha rishabha, shuddha madhyama, shuddha dhaivata'' in ''arohana'' and additional ''antara gandhara'' in ''avarohana''. Since this scale does not h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janya
''Janya'' is a term meaning "derive". In Carnatic (South Indian) music a ''janya raga'' is one derived from one of the 72 ''melakarta'' ragas (fundamental melodic structures). ''Janya'' ragas are classified into various types based on a variety of features. ''Varja'' ragas Ragas that omit (varjyam, to omit in Sanskrit) one or more of the notes of the scale (''swaras'') of their parent ''melakarta'' raga, in the ascending or descending scale or in both, fall into this category. Different notes may be omitted from the ascending ''arohana'' and descending ''avarohana'' scale. Such scales are given the names listed below.''A practical course in Carnatic music'' by Prof. P. Sambamurthy, 15th edition published 1998, The Indian Music publishing house''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications vrja a * ''Sampurna'' – 7 note scale * ''Shadava'' – 6 notes * ''Audava'' – 5 notes Since these terms are applicable both to the ascending and the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Periyasaamy Thooran
M. P. Periyasaamy Thooran (Tamil: பெரியசாமி தூரன்) (26 September 1908 – 20 January 1987) was a patriot, Tamil poet, teacher, and composer of Carnatic music. Early life Periyasamy was born to K. A. Palanivelappa Gounder and Paavaathal on 26 September 1908 at Manjakattuvalasu, near Modakurichi, in the Erode district of India. He was greatly influenced and inspired by the firebrand poet and revolutionary Subramania Bharathiyar, and Mahatma Gandhi. As a university student, he published an underground monthly magazine called ''Pithan'' containing incendiary articles that spoke out against the erstwhile British administration, in support of the Indian Independence Movement. This magazine was printed by K. M. Ramaswamy Gounder MLA in Gobichettipalayam initially. He also wrote poems and short stories during this period, adopting the pen name ''Thooran''. He declined to sit for the final Bachelor of Arts examination, in protest of the execution of Bh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhadrachala Ramadasu
Kancharla Gopanna ( te, కంచర్ల గోపన్న) ( – 1688), popularly known as Bhakta Ramadasu or Bhadrachala Ramadasu ( te, భద్రాచల రామదాసు), was a 17th-century devotee of the Hindu god Rama, a saint-poet and a composer of Carnatic music. He is a famous ''Vaggeyakara'' (classical composer) from the Telugu classical era. He was born in the village of Nelakondapalli in Khammam district, and orphaned as a teenager. He spent his later years in Bhadrachalam and 12 years in solitary confinement at the Golconda prison during the Qutb Shahi-rule. Different mythical stories about his life circulate in the Telugu tradition. He is renowned for constructing the famous Sita Ramachandraswamy Temple and pilgrimage center on the banks of river Godavari at Bhadrachalam. His devotional ''kirtana'' lyrics to Rama illustrate the classical Pallavi, Anupallavi and Caranam genre composed mostly in Telugu, some in Sanskrit and with occasional use of Tamil l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irayimman Thampi
Iravivarman Thampi, better known as Irayimman Thampi (1782 October 12 - 1856 July 29), was an Indian Carnatic musician, music composer and poet from the Kingdom of Travancore. He was a vocalist in the court of Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma, Swathi Thirunal. His compositions include the lullaby ''Omanathinkal Kidavo'', one of the most popular lullabies in Malayalam. Biography Irayimman Thampi, named Iravivarman Thampi after his grandfather, was born in 1782 at Kottakkakom Kizhake Madom, in Karamana, Travancore to Kerala Varma Thampuran, of the royal family of Cherthala, and Parvathi Pillai Thankachi of the Puthumana Ammaveedu Thampi family, the daughter of Prince Makayiram Thirunal Ravi Varma and niece of the Maharajah Dharma Raja of Travancore royal family. Thampi was brought up by his parents at a house called ''Kizhake Madom'' and after early education from his father, he went under the tutorship of Shankaran Elayathu in grammar, linguistics and Sanskrit literature. He dedicated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
( ml, സ്വാതി തിരുനാള് രാമവർമ്മ) (16 April 1813 – 26 December 1846) was the Maharaja of the Kingdom of Travancore. He is also considered as a brilliant music composer and is credited with over 400 classical compositions in both Carnatic and Hindustani style.http://print.achuth.googlepages.com/SwathiThirunalandSciencev3.0.pdf A well-formulated code of laws, courts of justice, introduction of English education, construction of an observatory, installation of the first Government printing press, establishment of the first manuscripts library were amongst the many initiatives taken by Svāti Tirunāḷ, as a King, to modernise Travancore. Early life Svāti Tirunāḷ was born into the Venad dynasty of the Matrilineal royal family of Travancore, which is now a part of Kerala, on 16 April 1813. He was the second child of Queen Gowri Lakshmi Bayi who ruled Travancore from 1811 to 1815, and Raja Raja Varma Koil Thampuran of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swathi Thirunal
( ml, സ്വാതി തിരുനാള് രാമവർമ്മ) (16 April 1813 – 26 December 1846) was the Maharaja of the Kingdom of Travancore. He is also considered as a brilliant music composer and is credited with over 400 classical compositions in both Carnatic and Hindustani style.http://print.achuth.googlepages.com/SwathiThirunalandSciencev3.0.pdf A well-formulated code of laws, courts of justice, introduction of English education, construction of an observatory, installation of the first Government printing press, establishment of the first manuscripts library were amongst the many initiatives taken by Svāti Tirunāḷ, as a King, to modernise Travancore. Early life Svāti Tirunāḷ was born into the Venad dynasty of the Matrilineal royal family of Travancore, which is now a part of Kerala, on 16 April 1813. He was the second child of Queen Gowri Lakshmi Bayi who ruled Travancore from 1811 to 1815, and Raja Raja Varma Koil Thampuran of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purandaradasa
Purandara Dasa ( IAST: Purandara dāsa) ( 1470 – 1565) was a Haridasa philosopher and a follower of Madhwacharya 's Dwaitha philosophy -saint from present-day Karnataka, India. He was a composer, singer and one of the chief founding-proponents of Carnatic music (Karnataka classical music). In honor of his significant contributions to Carnatic music, he is widely referred to as the ''Pitamaha'' (''lit''. "father" or "grandfather") of Carnatic music. According to a legend, he is considered as an incarnation of Saint Narada. Purandara Dasa was a wealthy merchant of gold, silver and other miscellaneous jewellery from Karnataka, who gave away all his material riches to become a Haridasa (literally meaning a servant of Lord Hari or Lord Krishna), a devotional singer who made the difficult Sanskrit tenets of Bhagavata Purana available to everyone in simple and melodious songs. He was one of the most important music scholars of medieval India. He formulated the basic lessons of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shyama Sastri
Shyama Shastri (; 26 April 1762 – 1827) or Syama Sastri was a musician and composer of Carnatic music. He was the oldest among the Trinity of Carnatic music, Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar being the other two. Early life and career Shyama Shastri, whose birth name was Venkata Subrahmanya, was born on 26 April 1762 in a Telugu Brahmin family. He was also known as one of the trinity of carnatic music. To later generations, he is better known by his adopted name Shyama Shastri or by his musical mudra (signature) Shyama Krishna. He was born in Tiruvarur, in what is now the state of Tamil Nadu. He received his instruction in the vedas, astrology, and other traditional subjects early on and learned music from his maternal uncle. He was later trained in music by Adiappayya, a noted durbar musician of Thanjavur. Although Śyāma Śastri did not compose as many '' kritis'' as his two prolific contemporaries, his compositions are still well known due to the literary, melodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayamalavagowla
Mayamalavagowla (pronounced ) is a raga of Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is classified as 15th ''melakarta'' raga under Venkatamakhin's ''melakarta'' system. Originally known as ''malavagowla'', "maya" was prefixed to it after the advent of the scheme of the 72 ''melas''. The number 15 was assigned to it following the Katapayadi sankhya system. This is a morning raga. Structure and Lakshana Venkatamakhin defines its lakshana thus: पूर्णो माळवगोळाख्यः स ग्रहो गीयते सदा ''Mayamalavagowla'' is the 3rd raga in the 3rd ''chakra, Agni''. Its mnemonic name is ''Agni-Go''. Its mnemonic phrase is ''sa ra gu ma pa dha nu''.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications Its ' structure is as follows (see ''swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): * : * : The notes in this raga are ''ṣaḍjam, śuddha r̥ṣabham, ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayamalavagowla Scale
Mayamalavagowla (pronounced ) is a raga of Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is classified as 15th ''melakarta'' raga under Venkatamakhin's ''melakarta'' system. Originally known as ''malavagowla'', "maya" was prefixed to it after the advent of the scheme of the 72 ''melas''. The number 15 was assigned to it following the Katapayadi system, Katapayadi Katapayadi sankhya, sankhya system. This is a morning raga. Structure and Lakshana Venkatamakhin defines its lakshana thus: पूर्णो माळवगोळाख्यः स ग्रहो गीयते सदा ''Mayamalavagowla'' is the 3rd raga in the 3rd ''chakra, Agni''. Its mnemonic name is ''Agni-Go''. Its mnemonic phrase is ''sa ra gu ma pa dha nu''.''Ragas in Carnatic music'' by Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, Pub. 1990, CBH Publications Its ' structure is as follows (see Swara#Svaras in Carnatic music, ''swaras'' in Carnatic music for details on below notation and terms): *Arohan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
