Archive for the Music Category
The Ragas handled by Saint Tyagaraja – Part 2
In Part 1, we discussed about two ragas Atana and Asaveri. Tyagaraja Swami composed 12 and 9 songs in these ragas respectively. We shall deal with another three ragas in this article.
Dr.S.Balachander – Veena Virtuoso (Part 2)
The moment someone mentions the word S.Balachander, the first thing that appears in mind is his majestic personality and the contributions he made to the Carnatic music world and more specifically to the south Indian instrument Veena.
Mellisai Mannar T K Ramamurthy
Mellisai Mannar T K Ramamurthy, one of the duo of “Viswanathan-Ramamurthy”, passed away at the age of 91 on 17th April 2013. T K Ramamurthy was a great violinist.
Lalgudi Jayaraman – The Violin Virtuoso
2013! This year saw the demise of two greatest violinists, M S Gopalakrishnan and Lalgudi Jayaraman. Sri. Lalgudi Jayaraman (1930-2013), “Lalgudi” to all of us, passed away on 22nd April 2013 at 82. Lalgudi was a complete musician. He was a violin virtuoso, a vaggeyakara and a musical mathematician.
P B Sreenivas – The Velvet Singer
P B Sreenivas (1930-2013), fondly PBS, passed away at the age of 82. PBS was gifted with a mellifluous voice. Though he sang many tamil songs before “Kalangalil aval vasantham”, this song made PBS, a household name for ever.
Veena S. Balachander – The Multifaceted Genius – Part 1
Veena S. Balachander’s death anniversary falls today the April 13th. Veena Balachander was a child prodigy, a virtuoso, a genius, an innovator, a creator, a self-taught, a musician’s musician, a film actor, a film music composer, an inspired film director, a producer, a chess prodigy, a great orator, a fantastic writer with fabulous command over language, a human with great sense of humour, an excellent photographer and last but not the least, a very handsome and gigantic personality.
Osibisa – One of the first famous African bands
Osibisa is a Ghanaian African band formed in 1969 by 7 people of African origin. Osibisa was one of the first African tradition bands which became popular worldwide.
Shehnai and its application in Indian films
Shehnai is a wind instrument greatly used in marriages, procession and temples of West Asia. The sound of shehnai creates an auspicious mood and sanctity. The greatest exponent of Shehnai is Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan (1916-2006).
Instruments of an Orchestra
An orchestra is made up of four families of instruments and they are
1. Strings
2. Woodwinds
3. Brass
4. Percussion
Professor Sripada Pinakapani – (1913-2013)
Sripada Pinakapani passed away on 11th March 2013 at the age of 100. He was going to complete 100 years on 3rd August 2013. Sri. Pinakapani was a medical doctor, carnatic musician, musicologist, professor of medicine, administrator of medical college, and last but not the least, greatest guru ever, all rolled into one. He was the first professional among musician and musician par excellence among doctors.