Thyagaraja

Nikhil Rao

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Jan 15, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/15/97

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Did Thyagaraja ever compose in Anandabhairavi. If not was there any
specific reason for it ?

Nikhil

Ranjani Saigal

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Jan 16, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/16/97

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On 15 Jan 1997, Nikhil Rao wrote:

> Did Thyagaraja ever compose in Anandabhairavi. If not was there any
> specific reason for it ?

There was a nice story on this on this newgroup in the past.
I think it was to honour a small town musician who rendered Anandabhairavi
so beautifully that Thayagaraja decided never to compose in it. Thus while
wondering about this we may stumble on this story and remember the other
musician. Unfortunately I cannot recollect his name:-(.

best wishes

Ranjani Saigal

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Dakshin

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Jan 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/17/97

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In article <Pine.OSF.3.95.97011...@emerald.tufts.edu>,

The incredible part of the story is there existed a "small town musician."

AnandaBhairavi as a popular raga to convey ananda or
hasya and sringara rasas (happiness/laughter and romance). This contradicts
the bhakti nature of Tyagaraja. The cat calls of A.Bhairavi can also be
found in many movie songs. I don't mean to denigrate it. But that's how
it sounds to me when someone other than yours truly is singing in A.Bhairavi.

Dakshin

C. M. Venkatachalam

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Jan 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/18/97

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> On 15 Jan 1997, Nikhil Rao wrote:
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> > Did Thyagaraja ever compose in Anandabhairavi. If not was there any
> > specific reason for it ?
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> > Nikhil
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There are two compositions of tyAgarAja in Anandabharavi:
1, kSIrasAgaravihAra
2. nIkE teliyaka bOtE

C. M. Venkatachalam
San Diego

ramaprasad_k_v

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Jan 22, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/22/97

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In article <32E0DE...@cris.com>, "C. says...

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>There are two compositions of tyAgarAja in Anandabharavi:
>1, kSIrasAgaravihAra
>2. nIkE teliyaka bOtE
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>C. M. Venkatachalam
>San Diego

I think one more composition of Tyagaraja in Ananda bhairavi is

nI balamA nAma balamA.

It is interesting to know that the feeling of this song ( that
the name of Rama is more potent than Rama himself) is very similar
to Purandara dasa's dEvara nAma "nInyAko ninna hangyAkO".

Ramaprasad K V
e.mail : r...@genius.tisl.soft.net ; kv...@vnet.ibm.com

C. M. Venkatachalam

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Jan 24, 1997, 3:00:00 AM1/24/97

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Ramaprasad, K, V wrote:
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> In article <32E0DE...@cris.com>, "C. says...
> >
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> >There are two compositions of tyAgarAja in Anandabharavi:
> >1, kSIrasAgaravihAra
> >2. nIkE teliyaka bOtE
> >
> >C. M. Venkatachalam
> >San Diego
>
> I think one more composition of Tyagaraja in Ananda bhairavi is
>
> nI balamA nAma balamA.
>
> It is interesting to know that the feeling of this song ( that
> the name of Rama is more potent than Rama himself) is very similar
> to Purandara dasa's dEvara nAma "nInyAko ninna hangyAkO".
>

How true! The importance of rAma nAma that tyAgarAja gave is seen in several
compositions. See for instance nAmakusumamulacE (s'rI rAgam), nI
nAmarUpamulaku nitya jaya mangaLam (saurASTram). The s'rI rågam composition
has been extensively discussed by E. N. Purushothaman (tyAgOpaniSat,
tyAgarAja vaibhavam). Someone has translated the mangaLam as "mangaLam be to
you, who are the form corresponding to the name that I worship" or something
like that.
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