Great; good area covered; Listen to the blind man Dwaram Venkartasami Naidu in violin https://youtu.be/WtTX9cAYuL8 KR IRS 24 7 23
On Sun, 23 Jul 2023 at 17:15, Chittanandam V R <[email protected]> wrote: > > *V.Babusenan * > > *Some Musical Thoughts* > > *Gopala Iyer, who preceded the Trinity in Carnatic music, was called > Pallavi Gopala Iyer on account of his proficiency in Ragam- Thanum- > Pallavi(RTP). Govinda **Marar, a Keralite and contemporary of Swati > Tirunal, was called Shadkaala Govinda Marar because of the speed he could > attain in singing. In a few cases of singers, the names of ragas, in the > handling of which they showed special skill, were prefixed in their names. > For instance, the famous 1975 Kannada film 'Hamsageethe' was based on the > life of the 18th century singer Bhairavi Venkitasubbaiah. Similarly, some > instrumentalists are known by the musical instruments they handled or > handle. Veena Dhanammal, Gottuvadyam Ravikiran and **Mandolin Srinivas > are examples. * > > *But none can beat Lord Krishna in this regard. How many names he has > with 'Venu' or 'Murali' as prefix! * > > *It seems we do not have the western system of naming a musical instrument > after the person who handled it. Take the case of the violin. We hear > Italian names like Busetto, Grancino, Stradivarius. The violin that > Sherlock Holmes used was a Stradivarius. (Sorry, I do not know the name of > the violin Einstein used) * > > *Many instrumentalists are deeply attached to the instruments they play. > The best example is Goddess Saraswati. She preferred to sit in the middle > of a placid lake on a lotus flower with her favourite veena (kindly see a > Ravi Varma painting) to sharing the lotus seat with her husband. * > > *Descending to the earthly plain, here is a story about Vadivelu, the > youngest brother **of the famous Tanjore Quartet, who is said to have > introduced violin to Carnatic music. While returning home from Swati > Tirunal's court at Thiruvananthapuram, he was waylaid by robbers who took > away all the valuable gifts from the royal court. They saw Vadivelu holding > his violin close to his chest. He begged them not to snatch it away from > him. The leader of the gang asked him what it was. **He replied that it > was a musical instrument he played. "Then play it. Let us also hear" **said > the leader. Vadivelu started playing. Perhaps he played the raga > Subhapantuvaraali. The ecstatic cadences made them weep. At the end of it, > they fell at his feet. Not only that they returned all the things they > robbed, they escorted him out of the woods! * > > *Yehudi Menuhin, the all-time great violinist, visited India in 1952. He > gave a concert at the Madras Music Academy. Justice P V Rajamannar, a > multi-faceted personality who was the Chief Justice of the Madras High > Court, was the chief guest. After the concert he went to the backstage to > personally congratulate the performer. He also took along with him a > half-blind person who, on a sudden impulse, made a strange request : 'May I > touch your violin, sir?' The great violinist got annoyed and made some rude > remarks. * > > *The very next day the Justice arranged a concert in his house and invited > Menuhin to attend as chief guest. It was a marvellous violin performance > at the end of which Menuhin recognized the player as the person who annoyed > him on the previous night. It was Dwaram Venkitaswami Naidu who needs no > introduction to music lovers. The great Menuhin apologized profusely and > gave his dear violin, perhaps a Stradivarius, to Dwaram to play as long as > he pleased.* > > *V.Babusenan * > ******************************************* > > *Chittanandam* > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoqvaUq1Q0iomwWSXQnku4nZG%2BcbijC5zLoLFag55VWybw%40mail.gmail.com.
