Veene Venkatagiriyappa (26 April 1887 – 1951) was a

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and

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from

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in the

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of India. Venkatagiriyappa's initial musical training was under his uncle Chikka Subba Rao, and he later studied under and was greatly influenced by

Veene Sheshanna Veene Sheshanna ( kn, ವೀಣೆ ಶೇಷಣ್ಣ) (1852—1926) was an exponent of the Veena, an Indian string instrument, which he played in the classical Carnatic music style. He was a concert musician at the court of the princely state ...

. He was also exposed to western

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by the director of the

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maintained by the

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. Venkatagiriyappa later compiled a collection of Carnatic classical compositions rendered using Western

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. Venkatagiriyappa was an Asthana Vidwan(Court Musician) of the Mysore Darbar, and composed many carnatic classical songs in Western Style. His famous compositions include: 1) Sharadhe Shubrahare (Raga Sharadapriya) 2) Nagma (Ragas: Hindola, Keeravani, Behaag) many more His Son Veenapraveena Vidwan Srinivas Prasanna is also a renowned Veena Player.

Sources

* "Sangita Samaya", by S Krishnamurthy {{authority control Carnatic composers Saraswati veena players