Tanjore Quartet
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Soneji, Davesh. 2012. Devadasis, Memory and modernity in South India. The University of Chicago Press books.
Soneji, Davesh. 2012. Bharatanatyam- A reader. Delhi: Oxford university Press.
J.Weidman, Amanda. 2006. Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modernity: The Postcolonial Politics of Music in…
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A QUARTET WHO MADE HISTORY
'Sangeetham' always denoted both music and dance. The two grew in tandem enriching each other. A king’s command became the genesis of a rejuvenated art form. Tulaja II (1763 -1787) a king of the Maratha dynasty of Tanjavur, invited Mahadeva Annavi a dance expert from…
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Tanjavur Quartet- A brief introduction
Bharatanatyam that existed in the ancient times merely as a folk art form was formally codified into a structured performance in the eighteenth century by the four brothers from Tanjavur, well-known as the Tanjore…
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Rama Kausalya: We have with us natyacharya, Herambanathan who belongs to a traditional family of musicians in Tanjavur.
Herambanathan: Namaskaram!
R.K.: Namaskaram…Tell us about you and your family.
H.: The relation between my family and that of the Nalvar family goes back for the last three…
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Tanjavur, a crowded, modern Indian town, has a rich past replete with legacies of kings, culture and architecture. The mediaval Chola kingdom that came to power in 848 CE made this fertile land their kingdom, and thus began its golden period in art, culture and architecture. The subsequent…
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