This is a lovely ragam,a sampurna ragam to boot(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampurna_raga),with notes positioned to excite the tear glands to their most fruitful state,and I have learned 3 very highly regarded,and,necessarily,lovely,keertanams in it: Chakkani Raja,Ramanee Samaanamevvaru,and Prakkala Nilabadi,all masterpieces of the great Thyagaraja swamigal(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyagaraja).As the wikipedia link states,"Tyagaraja and his contemporaries, Shyama Shastri and Muthuswami Dikshitar, were regarded as the trinity of Carnatic music."
There are a few ragams I know multiple keertanams and varnams in,like Kamboji,Bhairavi,Kalyani,Sankarabaranam,all of which I have the highest affection for,but I have also learned some special representative keertanams in some peculiar ragams that I love to show off my knowledge of,not because I am as capable of improvisation in them[like stage performers are],but because they show me off as multi-faceted.
There are a few ragams I know multiple keertanams and varnams in,like Kamboji,Bhairavi,Kalyani,Sankarabaranam,all of which I have the highest affection for,but I have also learned some special representative keertanams in some peculiar ragams that I love to show off my knowledge of,not because I am as capable of improvisation in them[like stage performers are],but because they show me off as multi-faceted.
No comments:
Post a Comment