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Sri Tyagaraja: an appreciation

  • Author :Venkatarama Aiyer, T.L.
  • Keywords :Composition (Music)
    Musicals--Writing and publishing
    Music
    Tyagaraja, Swami, 1767-1847
  • Issue Date :1967
  • Publisher :Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
  • Description :This article is about great saint and music composer Shri Tyagaraja. Shri Tyagaraja has outstanding qualities as an eminent vaggeyakaraka or composer. Two outstanding characteristics of Shri Tyagaraja were his Rama bhakti and nadopasana. The songs of Sri Tyagaraja can be classified under three categories which firstly, those in which the bhakti element predominates; secondly, those in which the emphasis is on art music; and, thirdly, those in which bhakti and art elements are both well matched. Tyagaraja was learned in Telugu and Sanskrit. Ramayana and Bhagavatha were his favorite works. His sahitya is very rich in its musical qualities. His songs are for the most part in Telugu and a few of them are in Sanskrit.
  • Description :Special Tyagaraja number 6
  • Source :Sangeet Natak Akademi
  • Type :Article
  • Received From :Sangeet Natak Akademi
DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Venkatarama Aiyer, T.L.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-06-16T06:07:49Z
dc.date.available 2017-06-16T06:07:49Z
dc.description Special Tyagaraja number 6
dc.date.issued 1967
dc.description.abstract This article is about great saint and music composer Shri Tyagaraja. Shri Tyagaraja has outstanding qualities as an eminent vaggeyakaraka or composer. Two outstanding characteristics of Shri Tyagaraja were his Rama bhakti and nadopasana. The songs of Sri Tyagaraja can be classified under three categories which firstly, those in which the bhakti element predominates; secondly, those in which the emphasis is on art music; and, thirdly, those in which bhakti and art elements are both well matched. Tyagaraja was learned in Telugu and Sanskrit. Ramayana and Bhagavatha were his favorite works. His sahitya is very rich in its musical qualities. His songs are for the most part in Telugu and a few of them are in Sanskrit.
dc.source Sangeet Natak Akademi
dc.format.extent 05-09 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2710
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
dc.subject Composition (Music)
Musicals--Writing and publishing
Music
Tyagaraja, Swami, 1767-1847
dc.type Article
dc.identifier.issuenumber 6
dc.format.medium text

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