Patnam Subramania Iyer

Patnam Subramania Iyer (1845 – July 31, 1902) was a composer and singer of Carnatic music. Subramaniya Iyer followed the traditions of the great composer Tyagaraja. He has left behind almost one hundred compositions.

Subramaniya Iyer was born in Thiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. His family had a long history of musical involvement - his father Bharatam Vaidyanatha Iyer was adept at both music and Sastra and his grandfather Panchanada Sastri was the court musician in the court of Serfoji Maharaja of Thanjavur. Subramaniya Iyer learnt music from his uncle, Melattur Ganapati Sastri and later under Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar who was a disciple of Tyagaraja himself.

Subramaniya Iyer spent a long time in Chennapatnam (Chennai). This gave Subramaniya Iyer the prefix to his name. Many of his students such as Mysore Vasudevachar, Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar, Bhairavi Kempegowda and Tiger Varadachariar became famous composers and vocalists.

Two of his famous compositions are Raghu Vamsha Sudha in raga Kadhana Kuthuhalam and Evari Bodhanna in raga Abhogi. He is known to have used his guru's mudra (signature) Venkatesa or variations of the same, in his compositions in Telugu and Sanskrit.

The Mysore king Chamaraja Wodeyar gave him a pair of golden bracelets on two occasions, after singing performances in court.

Music compositions

Varnams

CompositionRagaTalaLanguageDescriptionAudio Links
Evari BodhannaAbhogiAdiTelugu
Valachi VacchiNavaragamalika AdiTelugu
MarachiTlunDeBegadaAtaTelugu
Era Napai[1] Thodi Adi Telugu

Krithis

CompositionRagaTalaLanguageDescriptionAudio Links
mari vEre dikkevarrayya rAmAShanmukha PriyaAdiTelugu

TN Seshagopalan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0zhD86dUW4

mari vere dikkevvaruLatangiKhanda ChapuTelugu

Rama Varma - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXW-Pe0pofk

ninnu jeppa kAraNamEmimandAriKhanda ChapuTelugu
pancha nadISa pAhimAmpUrNa chandrikarUpakaSanskrit
pari dAnamitchhitE pAlintuvEmOBilahariKhanda ChapuTelugu

Nagavalli Nagaraj - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaliQJkbf0E

raghu vamsa sudhAmbudhi chandra SrIkadana kutUhalamdESa-AdiSanskrit
varamulosagi brOchuTa nIkarudAkIra vANirUpakaTelugu

Malladi Brothers - http://www.musicindiaonline.com/album/10-Classical_Carnatic_Vocal/12754-Malladi_Brothers/#/album/10-Classical_Carnatic_Vocal/12754-Malladi_Brothers/

Manavi Che KonavayyASarasangiRUpakamTelugu

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "ERA NAPAI". www.shivkumar.org. Retrieved 2016-05-17.

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.