Praveena: Namaskaram, Prof. Ritha Rajan. It is very nice of you to have agreed to share your thoughts on Veena Dhanammal. Veena Dhanammal is a very revered name in Carnatic music. Can you tell us little about Veena Dhanammal?
Ritha Rajan: Namaskaram, Praveena. I have also heard a lot about…
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Karaikudi S. Subramanian: My music goes back—when we do the calculations right, we have the fifth-generation musician (Subbaraya Iyer), sixth-generation (Subbaya Iyer) and then the seventh (Subbarama Iyer [1883–1930] and Sambasiva Iyer [1888–1958]), my mother was the eighth generation, and me, the…
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Ritha Rajan
Vīṇa Dhanammal, or Vīṇa Dhanam as she was popularly known, occupied the most exalted position in the Carnatic music world during her lifetime. Dhanammal dominated the entire Carnatic music world for nearly half a century. She was held in high esteem by all the well-known and highly respected…
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Hailing from a lineage of court dancers and musicians, Veena Dhanammal created her own niche in the male-dominated music world of Chennai with her veena and voice. Her sweet voice blended perfectly well with the gentle timbres of her veena. A vast repertoire built up through oral tradition, staunch…
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The article gives a brief description regarding the theories of Indian physicist C.V. Raman on musical instruments.
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Every country has a rich cultural heritage. Europe, China or India are places with a very rich cultural heritage. History is a record of the past and it has to be understood properly. Culture is a very big field comprising, among others, dance heritage, musical heritage, linguistic heritage etc.…
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