In India,
there is a vast profusion of folk music which varies according to locality.
Though folk songs also follow the same base, classical music requires immense
training & practice. In Indian music, musical sound is called nada
& nada is considered as Brahman or Divine Reality itself.
Classical
Indian music can be classified into two distinct categories, the North
Indian or Hindustani & the South Indian or Carnatic music. The essential
features & basis of both the styles are the same, in the sense that
both are spiritualistic in nature. Foreign influences due to invasions
by Persians, Arabs,.. are more evident in the Hindustani form. There has
been a constant intermingling & the styles that have evolved are the
products of these various currents.
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Harikesanjali
The post Thyagaraja
period saw the blooming of many eminent composers who have enriched Carnatic
music. Among them Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar is one of the
most distinguished, his contribution being unique. To create an awareness,
to perpetuate his memory and to propagate his music among music lovers,
his descendants have created this trust.
http://www.saigan.com/harikesanjali |
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Information
on Sitar, its origin, history and famous sitar players
www.sitars.net |
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Musings
on Music by Shri S.Rajam
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Article
from Shri Karaikudi Mani's Layamani Layam
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Learning
Carnatic Music
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Ludwig
Pesch on South Indian (Carnatic) Music
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Sangeeta
Sudha website, is a compilation of English translations of Carnatic
lyrics by Damodara Rao Dasu who has taken up the task of translating popular
krithis of Tyagaraja, Annamacharya, Ramadasu and few other composers into
English. The website has over 200 keertanas with meanings side-by-side. |
Links to Music related web sites
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Music related Web Sites
hosted by Saigan Connection
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Sampradaya was founded
in1980 by two students of South Indian music. Michael Nixon, a student
of the veena & Ludwig Pesch, a student of the flute, under the inspiration
& general guidance of the late Savithri Rajan, founded Sampradaya with
the purpose of documenting 'Sampradaya Sangeetham'.
Contact: Sampradaya, Kalashetra
Foundation, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai – 600 041
Phone: 2452 1217 ; Mob: +91 98841
88068 ; Email: samprada@vsnl.com
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Samvada
- an open for all discussion platform that allows the audience to get up
close and personal with a senior artiste who shares his /her musical process
with someone who is well versed with the arts.
www.sampradaya.org/projects.html |
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YACM
- Youth Association for Classical Music
YACM is an organisation completely
dedicated to the cause of Carnatic music. As the name suggests, it is an
organisation run by a group of youngsters to provide a place for the promising
young artists who seek an appropriate platform to showcase their talents
and looking for new and innovative ways to engage the youth.
Contact: T-5, Mahalakshmi Flats,
80-82, Nattu Subbarayan Street, Mylapore, Chennai-600004
Phone: +91 44 43577468, +91 9884234740,
+91 9840342259 ; Email: yacmoffice@gmail.com
www.yacm.in |
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Sruti
is a monthly magazine
in English devoted to Indian Performing Arts
www.sruti.com |
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e-learning
A new website
has just been launched for the benefit of music lovers, students, musicians
and teachers of South Indian classical music. Its foremost objective
is to contribute to a meaningful exchange of ideas, expertise and resources
in the field of South Indian classical music through e-learning. The course
author and tutor, Ludwig Pesch, is a practicing musician and educationist.
www.carnaticstudent.org |
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Sampoorna Geetagovinda
- the Music CDs
Sampoorna Geetagovinda presents
the complete and unabridged version of Jayadeva's immortal creation. This
is a major musical composition presenting the entire Geetagovinda - all
the stanzas of each of its twenty-four songs, typically consisting of eight
padas and hence called Ashtapadis, and all the seventy-two slokas-a unique
and first ever offering. A group of scholars led by Dr Subas Pani, well-known
scholar of Jayadeva and Geetagovinda, has finalised the authentic text
of this musical epic after extensive research referring to several original
tika or commentaries.
www.geetagovinda.org/Sampoorna_geetagovinda.html |
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Yazh
Sudhakar's blog archive
Visit this site to listen to "Ninaithaale
inikkum" programmes presented by Yazh Sudhakar in Suryan FM radio.
Also available in the site - his
Tamil kavidhais, rare photographs of music geniuses in the Tamil film world.
He mostly relays old songs, raga
based songs of Bhagavathar, Ghantasala, TM Sounderrajan, P.Suseela, Yesudas,
SPB, Janaki and selected MGR, Sivaji film songs.
Yazh
Sudhakar's profile |
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Radel
inventions for music - electronic musical instruments
Radel Electronics
Pvt. Ltd. is the pioneer in the field of electronic musical instruments
for Indian music. A wide range of Digital Indian musical instruments are
invented, designed and manufactured.
www.radelindia.com |
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An
informative page on sitar maestro Biswabrata Chakrabarti, who is
also a master composer. The website is also an initiative to create
an awareness & interest on Indian Heritage & Indian classical music
(Hindustani).
www.biswabratachakrabarti.com |
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Makar
- a collection of CDs to help you discover Indian Classical Music
makar-records.com |
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