Great Composers

Preface We are happy to present before you this volume representing a compilation of a wide range of articles by various authorities in the field of Music. This is an edited second edition of our earlier book Glimpses of Indian Music.

The public have no easy access to these articles, most of which were published in ‘The Hindu’ quite sometime back. The purpose of the present publication is to bring under one cover all this material in an appropriate sequence. With a view to presenting a cogent picture of the development of Indian music in the context of the contribution by difference composers.

It goes without saying that the present publication would not have been possible without the kind permission accorded to us by the proprietors of ‘The Hindu’ We also acknowledge the co-operation of the following authors in publishing this volume. M/s. (late) Dr. V.Raghvan, Dr. S.Ramanathan, S.V. Krishnamoorthy, T.Sankaran, (late) Prof. P.Sambamoorthy, M.Arunachalam, T.Viswanathan, Dr. S.Venkitasubramonia Iyer, (late) Mudikondan Venkatrama Iyer M.M.Narayanan, Manchala Jagannatha Rao, Prof. P.Balakrishnan, Dr. S. Sita, N.C. Subramonain, R.Kuppuswamy, (late) T.L.Venkitarama Iyer, T.S.Parathasarathy, S.V. Parthasarathy, N. Chennakesavaiah, H. Yoganarasimhan, (late) Musiri Subramonia Iyer, Dr. R.N. Sharma, Chitti Babu, Vedantam Satyanarayana, M.D.Rama Nathan, Marthanda Varma Illayaraja, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, S.Parthasarathi, Madhavi Rajagoplan, Dr. Doreswami Iyengar.

Finally we are thankful to Sri. M. Easwaran, Editor and Smt. M. Girija, Proprietor of CBH Publications, Trivandrum, for undertaking a paperback editor of the book in this present form.

We hope this book will be used more etensively by the music community and students alike.

Contents

1.	Annai Ayya-	Dr. V.Raghavan	1
2.	Annamalai Reddiar	Dr. S.Ramanathan	5
3.	Arunachala Kavi	S.V.Krishnamurthi	8
4.	Bhadrachala Ramadas	Dr. V.Raghavan	12
5.	Chengalvaraya Sastri	Prof. P. Sambamoorthi	20
6.	Dharmapuri Subbayyar	T. Sankaran	24
7.	Duraiswami Kavi	M. Arunachalam	28
8.	Ghanam Krishnayyar	T. Viswanathan	30
9.	Irayimman Thampi	Dr. S.Venkitasubramonia Iyer	35
10.	Jayadeva	Prof. P.Sambamoorthy	39
11.	Karur Chinna Devudu	T. Viswanathan	44
12.	Kothavasal Venkatrama Iyer	Mudikondan Venkatrama Iyer	48
13.	Kotiswara Iyer	M.M. Narayanan	52
14.	Krishnaswami Ayya	55
15.	Kshetragna	Manchala Jagannatha Rao	58
16.	Kunrakudi Krishnayyar	Proof. P. Sambamoorthy	62
17.	Lakshmanam Pillai.T	Dr. S.Venkitasubramonia Iyer	67
18.	Mahavaidyanatha Iyer	Prof. P. Sambamoorthy	72
19.	Marimutha Pillai	Prof. P.Balakrishnan	77
20.	Mathrubhuthayya	Dr. S.Sita	80
21.	Mazhavai Chidambara Bharathi	N.C. Subramoniam	85
22.	Mayuram Viswanatha Sastri	R. Kuppuswamy	88
23.	Melattur Venkatarma Sastri	Dr. V.Raghavan	92
24.	Munipalle Subramonia kavi	Manchala Jagannatha Rao	97
25.	Muthiah Bhagavathar	T. L. Venkitarama Iyer	100
26.	Muthuswami Dikshitar	T.S. Parthasarathy	105
27.	Muttutandavar	S.V. Parthasarathi	109
28.	Mysore Sadasiva Rao	N. Chennakesavaiah	112
29.	Muvvanallor Sabhapathayya	Dr. S.Sita	115
30.	Mysore Vasudevacharya	H. Yoganarasimhan	122
31.	Namakkal Marasimha Iyengar	N.R. Bhuvarahan	127
32.	Paidala Gurumurthi Sastri	Dr. S.Sita	131
33.	Pallavi Duraiswamy Iyer	M.Visalakshi	135
34.	Pallavi Seshayyar	Prof. P.Sambamoorthy	139
35.	Papanasa Mudaliar	K.C. Tyagarajan	144
36.	Papanasam Sivan	N.R. Bhuvarahan	147
37.	Patnam Subramonia Iyer	Musiri Subramonia Iyer	151
38.	Pattabhiramayya	T. Sankaran	155
39.	Parameswara Bhagavatar	Prof. P.Sambamoorthy	160
40.	Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar	N.R. Bhuvarahan	164
41.	Purandaradasa	Dr. R.N. Sarma	167
42.	Ramaswami Sivan	Mudikondan Venkatrama Iyer	173
43.	Sarangapani	Chitti Babu	180
44.	Siddhendra Yogi	Vedantam Satyanarayana	186
45.	Singaracharylu Brothers	Dr. S. Ramanathan	189
46.	Srinivasa Iyengar and Krishnachariar	M.D. Ramanathan	192
47.	Subbarama Dikshitar	Dr. V.Raghavan	196
48.	Subbaraya Sastri	Prof. P. Sambamoorthi	201
49.	Swati Tirunal Maharaja -I	Marthandavarm Ilayaraja	205
50.	Swami Tirunal Maharaja -II	SemmangudiSrinivasa Iyer	208
51.	Syama Sastri	S.Parthasarathy	213
52.	Tanjore Quartette	T. Sankaran	218
53.	Tiger Varadachar	M.D. Ramanathan	222
54.	Toomu Narasimhadasa	Manchala Jaganatha Rao	227
55.	Tyagaraja	T.S. Parthasarathi	231
56.	Vaidiswarankoil Subbarama iyer	Madhavi Rajagopalan	237
57.	Vanamamalai Brothers	M. Visalakshi	341
58.	Vina Seshanna	Dr. V.Doraiswamy Iyengar	245
59.	Virabhadrayya	Dr. S.Sita	249