Since the post I made on Pallavi Gopala Iyer, I came across a couple of more points which I thought should form part of the original post. I am adding this short post as a sequel to my original one here. WHO WAS PALLAVI GOPALA IYER? Per Prof Sambamoorthy and Dr B M Sundaram as [...]
INTRODUCTION: Pallavi Gopala Iyer is one of the composers from the pre-trinity period who adorned the Tanjore Court and was a vaggeyakara par excellence, in his own right. We do have accounts of him from Subbarama Dikshitar and also from manuscripts and references in the Sarasvathi Mahal Library of Tanjore and from Prof Sambamoorthy. Subbarama [...]
Tiruvarur Ramaswami Pillai – An Article By. Dr.B.M.Sundaram We thank Dr.B.M.Sundaram for compiling and providing information on this great vaggeyakara, information which otherwise would have been forgotten in the annals of carnatic music. South India has the unique greatness of fostering and elevating to heights the system of Carnatic Music. Innumerable vaggeyakaras have born here [...]
