Fwd: ON THE EVE OF SRI. PURANDARA DASA'S DAY, CARNATIC VOCAL CONCERT BY SMT. SHUBHA RAMASWAMY & SMT. KRITHI KASHYAP ON MONDAY 23/01/2012 FROM 7.30 PM ONWARDS

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Forwarding the invite from DML..  concert at the house of Smt and Sri Raman.

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From: DUBAI MUSIC LOVERS <dubaimus...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:18 AM
Subject: ON THE EVE OF SRI. PURANDARA DASA'S DAY, CARNATIC VOCAL CONCERT BY SMT. SHUBHA RAMASWAMY & SMT. KRITHI KASHYAP ON MONDAY 23/01/2012 FROM 7.30 PM ONWARDS
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Dubai Music Lovers.

sri gurubhyo namah:

Enter, Enjoy & Encourage.

 

Dear Rasikas,
Namaskaram.

 

PURANDARA DASA is one of the most prominent composers of Carnatic Music.  Purandara Dasa addressed social issues in addition to worship in his compositions, a practice emulated by his younger contemporary, Kanaka Dasa.  Purandara Dasa's carnatic music compositions are mostly in Kannada; some are in Sanskrit.  He signed his compositions with the mudra (pen name), "Purandara Vittala" (Vittala is one of the incarnations of the Hindu god Vishnu).  About 1000 of his songs are extant.  Inscriptional evidence suggests Purandara Dasa was born in 1484 AD in Kshemapura, near Thirthahalli, Shivamogga District, Karnataka state.  Purandara Dasa systematized the method of teaching Carnatic music which is follwed to the present day.  He introduced the raga Mayamalavagowla as the basic scale for music instruction and fashioned series of graded lessons such as swaravalis, janta swaras, alankaras, lakshana geetas, prabandhas, ugabhogas, daatu varasa, geeta, sooladis and kritis.  Another of his important contributions was the fusion of bhava, raga and laya in his compositions.  Purandara Dasa was the first composer to include comments on ordinary daily life in song compositions.  He used elements of colloquial language for his lyrics.  He introduced folk ragas into the mainstream, setting his lyrics to tunes/ragas of his day so that even a common man could learn and sing them.  He also composed a large number of lakshya and lakshana geetas, many of which are sung to this day.  His sooladis are musial masterpieces and are the standard for raga lakshana.  Scholars attribute the standardization of varna mettus entirely to Purandara Dasa.  The Itinerant dasas who succeeded him are believed to have followed the systems he devised, as well as orally passing down his compositions. 

 

Purandara Dasa was a vaggeyakara (performer), a lakshanakara (musicologist), and the founder of musical pedagogy.  For all these reasons and the enormous influence that he had on Carnatic music,  musicologists call him the "Sangeeta Pitamaha" (grandfater) of Carnatic music.

 

Purandara Dasa had a great influence on Hindustani music.  The foremost Hindustani musician Tansen's teacher, Swami Haridas was Purandara Dasa's disciple.  Purandara Dasa's compositions are equally popular in Hindustani music.  Hindustani music legents such as Bhimsen Joshi & Basavaraj Rajguru have made them more popu;ar in recent years.

 

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IT IS THE DUTY OF ALL CARNATIC MUSIC RASIKAS TO COMMEMORATE HIS MEMORIAL DAY.

 

On the eve of Sri. Purandara Dasa's Day, DML is pleased to invite you all for a Carnatic Vocal Concert, emphasizing only on Purandara Dasa's krithis, by Smt. Shubha Ramaswamy & her dauther Smt. Krithi Kashyap (from Bangalore), on Monday - 23rd January 2012.

 

Detailed programme as follows:-

 

Date: 23/01/2012 - MONDAY.

 

Time: From 7.30 PM onwards.

 

Venue: Residence of Smt. Geetha Raman & Sri. Raman, Flat No. 120, Block "B", "Rawdhat Al Karama building.  Opposite Pakistani Supermarket, Near Royal Garden Restaurent/open car parking, Karama. 

Tel: 04-3969721 / Mob: 055-9828129.

 

SMT. SHUBHA RAMASWAMY & SMT. KRITHI KASHYAP - VOCAL

accompanied by:

SMT. SANGEETHA RAJESH on VIOLIN.

Thirukudandhai SRI. D. SURESH (disciple of Vidwan Sri. D. Govindarajan) on MRIDANGAM.

SRI. P. RAMACHANDRAN on GHATAM. 

 

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As we have the tradition of starting the programme on time, all are requested to be present in the venue latest by 7.15 pm on Monday 23/01/2012.

 

Regards.
Dubai Music Lovers.
Mob: +97155-8926775/+97155-6536948.