A Study of Decorative Angas found in Svati Tirunal Kritis

This is an article published for Pranav Journal of Fine Arts, a peer reviewed Journal.

Abstract
Svati Tirunal(16 April 1813 – 26 December 1846) was born in the Travancore royal family. He was the musician among the Kings and the King among the musicians. He was a prolific composer and is renowned for his outstanding literary works and musical compositions. His ambition was to assimilate the best in all traditions and reutilize the native heritage. In this paper, a humble attempt is made to give an overview of the decorative angās found in Svati Tirunal Compositions.

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#12-Sample Research Proposal in Music

This post is for all music students who do not have an idea as to how to write a research proposal when they clear Ph.D Entrance Exam and are supposed to submit a Research Proposal to the concerned University. I have been receiving many mails requesting for this by the student community. Actually this is a basic draft and it includes the Titles and Sub Titles that are most essential for any Research Proposal. The sample topic dealt here is Kamakshi Navavaranams composed by Oothukkad Venkata Subbaiyer.

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#1-TYAGARAJA’S VIEWS OF MUSIC

This blog is  starting with a new  link  called Articles which shall highlight about Composers, their krithis and interpretations, about their life , vision  etc. To start with,  the first topic is Tyagaraja’s views of Music. All these articles are extracted from various texts, Lecture Demonstrations and Dissertations and Projects submitted by various musicologists and subject experts and also a few of my own interpretations. Hope this will help a student of music and musically oriented souls to have more insight into the subject.

TYAGARAJA’S views of Music stand reflected in many of his krithis, such as

•  Mokshmugalada,
•  Sangeethasasthragnanamu,
•  Ragasusdharasa,
•  Anandasagaramu,and
•  Endukupeddala

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