Koteeswara Iyer Compositions
Topic started by Shyam (@ adsl-66-120-160-119.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net) on Wed Sep 24 02:40:00 .
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I just heard his Jyothiswaroopini song rendered with a bautiful alapanai and what beautiful words!
Please share your favorite KI composition and why u like it so much
Also does anyone have the collection of his kirtanais (by Rajam Iyer I think)?
Responses:
- From: PPN (@ n098h154.remote.mun.ca)
on: Wed Sep 24 03:54:12 EDT 2003
The tamil text of all 72 mela compositions of Kotiswara Iyer is available in www.carnatica.net in the Composition Bank (a PDF file typeset in Mylaisri fonts).
- From: Shyam (@ adsl-66-126-231-208.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net)
on: Thu Sep 25 22:59:43 EDT 2003
Does anyone have the recordings?
- From: Pas (@ pcpas.comm.utoronto.ca)
on: Fri Sep 26 14:19:15 EDT 2003
Shyam,
I don't know where you are. But you can get the
set of KI kritis sung by S.Rajam in Chennai.
(or even from his house in Nadu St, Mylapore)
By buying the set you can show your appreciation
to both KI as well as the artist.
Pas
- From: Shyam (@ adsl-66-123-171-6.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net)
on: Fri Sep 26 15:51:13 EDT 2003
Hi Pas,
Im in San Francisco, USA. I would like to write to Sri Rajam maybe and get it from him. Can you give me his contact if you have it?
Thanks very much
- From: lalitha (@ 61.1.146.193)
on: Sat Sep 27 03:45:16 EDT 2003
Hi
In Bangalore Vid.Neelaramgopal has teached many kruthis of koteeshwara iyers compositions recently.
She has conducted workshop on melaraga kruthis of different composers.
- From: Pas (@ hse-hamilton-ppp190129.sympatico.ca)
on: Sat Sep 27 12:30:41 EDT 2003
Shyam,
S.Rajam
41 Nadu Street
Mylapore
Chennai-600004
(he does not have a phone.)
He is past 84 and he will not be able to correspond with you etc nor is it reasonable to expect it ..Your best bet is to
1)ask a Chennai contact to buy it in a regular music store (or get it from him.) If anyone from your area is going to Chennai for the December season, good to request also.
2) I know that Pittsburgh temple used to sell it once.You can enquire if they do still. (He also published a book with lyrics and notation.)
3) Ask an Indian record/tape store in SF to get it for you.
Note: the set is 10 cassettes. In addition, he
(with his disciples) has
also sung KI's non-mELakartha raga-songs in 2/3
cassettes.These are labours of love, since S.Rajam has been the one to popularize KI thruout
his career and are a must for any serious rasika to have.
4) there are some on-line tape sellers..Try searching and ordering, if you do.
Good luck,
Pas
- From: Shyam (@ adsl-66-126-228-222.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net)
on: Sat Sep 27 23:30:28 EDT 2003
Thanks so much Pas,
I appreciate it!!!
- From: Balakrishnan (@ adsl-67-118-3-126.dsl.sntc01.pacbell.net)
on: Mon Oct 6 21:14:55 EDT 2003
Talking of S.Rajam (brother of Veena Balachander) -- the Vidwan is a distinguished painter as well.
Legend has it that he painted the Swati Tirunal portrait that's displayed at the Music Academy. [ Interestingly, the original version of that picture depicted the King with a sword. Upon further introspection, the sword was redrawn to be a north indian string instrument ].
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