Articles – Ravi Rajagopalan

Obeisance to a Holy Benefactor

INTRODUCTION: For us in the 21st century world of music the Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini (SSP) of Subbarama Dikshitar published in ...
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Natanarayani – A melody lost in the forest of time

[simple-author-box] Introduction Very many ragas which predate the formal classification schemes, that of Venkatamakhin, Muddu Venkatamakhin, Sahaji, Tulaja & Govindacharya ...
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Gamakakriya – The contribution of a Guru Sreshta

INTRODUCTION Carnatic music owes much of its corpus of compositions & musical heritage, to the Guru-Sishya tradition. Music was passed ...
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The true identity of the raga of Tyagaraja’s ‘nannu kanna talli’

[simple-author-box] Introduction: There are two raga names assigned to this composition ‘nannu kanna talli’ of Tyagaraja, by the authors of ...
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A Puzzle about the Raga Gopikavasanta

[simple-author-box] Introduction Historical accounts of Muthusvami Dikshitar would have it that he was a traditionalist and a staunch follower of ...
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