K. S. Narayana Iyengar (25 January 1903 – 11 January 1959) was a master

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Carnatic musician of the South Indian instrument, the

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(also known as the gotuvadyam). He contributed heavily to the development of the instrument. Narayana Iyengar was a friend of film director A. V. Meiyappan; together they operated a

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record store in Madras in 1932. On 2 October 1939, the ''Malaya Tribune'' wrote: : "The highest flights of ecstasy to which Carnatic music can raise were revealed by the performance on the famous gotuvadyam by Professor Narayana Iyengar at the Town Hall of

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. The extent of the profound effects he has produced on the audience numbering nearly a thousand can be gauged from the fact that he was able to hold them spell-bound for over 3 hours, whereas it would be considered a remarkable achievement if a million dollar film could do the same for just over an hour."

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iyengar, Narayan Chitravina players 1903 births 1959 deaths 20th-century Indian musicians