Articles – Arvindh Ranganathan

Colorful Bhashanga-s

[simple-author-box] The term ‘bhāṣāṅga’ connoted different meaning at different point of time in the history of Karnāṭaka Music. During the ...
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Nirupana-s of Sri Muddusvamy Diksitar

[simple-author-box] Śri Muddusvāmy Dīkṣitar, a well-known composer of 18 th century is credited with around 230 compositions in the treatise ...
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The ragam Ramakali and the krti “Rama rama kali kalusa”- Part II

Let us go to the next segment in this series, on the authority of using prati madhyamam in this rāgam, being a ...
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The ragam Ramakali and the krti “Rama rama kali kalusa”- Part I

[simple-author-box] Tanjāvūr during 16-19 CE saw an influx of exotic rāgā-s from North and the other parts of this country ...
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Manuscripts in the possession of Sivakumar, a descendant of Tanjavur Quartette

[simple-author-box] Our music was propagated by two routes – oral and textual. Though we have a textual history of approximately ...
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