Navaratri 2010

[ramakriya]

On the eve of the first day of Navaratri: http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2010/10 ... navaratri/

Some music,and some ramble. This will hopefully be followed by a new post every day during the festival.

-Ramakriya

[vs_manjunath]

Nice article with related clippings! U could have added MD's Navavarana Krithi as per tradition each song is sung on each navarathri day! Dhyana Kriti in Thodi- MSS & MMI have sung in Commercial recordings! It may be available in Youtube also, sung by some other artist. Ananda Bhairavi, Kalyani, Shankarabharanam,Kambodhi,Shahana,Ahiri, Ghanta, Punnagavarali & Mangala Krithi in Sri are the ragas used by MD for Kamalamba Navavarana songs.

[ramakriya]

Nice article with related clippings! U could have added MD's Navavarana Krithi as per tradition each song is sung on each navarathri day! Dhyana Kriti in Thodi- MSS & MMI have sung in Commercial recordings! It may be available in Youtube also, sung by some other artist. Ananda Bhairavi, Kalyani, Shankarabharanam,Kambodhi,Shahana,Ahiri, Ghanta, Punnagavarali & Mangala Krithi in Sri are the ragas used by MD for Kamalamba Navavarana songs.

Thanks May be next year I'll go for these

Now, today's post: The Second Day of Navaratri: http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2010/10 ... navaratri/

[arasi]

Ramakriya,
Thank you for bringing navarAtri home for us with your write up and the musical videos. Looking forward to the rest of your offerings.

[ramakriya]

Ramakriya,
Thank you for bringing navarAtri home for us with your write up and the musical videos. Looking forward to the rest of your offerings.

Thank you arasi for your good words!

The Third Day of Navaratri: http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2010/10 ... navaratri/

[thenpaanan]

On the eve of the first day of Navaratri: http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2010/10 ... navaratri/

Some music,and some ramble. This will hopefully be followed by a new post every day during the festival.

-Ramakriya

Thanks to Ramakriya for this wonderful effort. This question is directed to anyone who might know the answer. Who set the music to the navarAtri kritis? Is it SSI or HMB or someone earlier?

-Then Paanan

[arasi]

A beautiful kriti.
Rajam Iyer was a surprise! He is in very good voice too, and an Ari school sAvEri is always pleasing. Looks as though he's glancing at a piece of paper. A new song for him, perhaps..
Srimushnam's sound and gestures were familiar but I didn't recognize him until I read the description of the recording!

[venkatakailasam]

To my limited knowledge the navarathri krities are:

Dikshadar's navavarana krities and Swati Thirunal's composition of navarathri krities.

They themselves have set the raga for them.

Shri PP Narayanaswamy has brought out the features at

http://carnatica.net/special/navaratrikritis.htm

venkatakailasam

[venkatakailasam]

Dikshadar's navavarana krithis rendered by Shri DK Jayaraman are available for listening at


http://e-swari.blogspot.com/


venkatakailasam

[ramakriya]

Thanks to Ramakriya for this wonderful effort. This question is directed to anyone who might know the answer. Who set the music to the navarAtri kritis? Is it SSI or HMB or someone earlier?

-Then Paanan

Then Paanan,

I don't know if the Navaratri Kritis were set to music by later musicians such as HMB or SSI - or I am not even aware of whether there is any controversy (on the music) on authorship. Since the rAgas are all very traditional, I would think they would be from Swathi Tirunal himself. There are other forumites who are much better informed then I am, who might be able to answer you.

Now, here is a link for today's post:

The Fourth Day of Navaratri: http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2010/10 ... navaratri/

[rshankar]

Thank you Ramakriya for the informative write-ups. Quick question - I was not aware that Sri GNB used 'vimarshananda' as his mudra - do you have a reference for this?

I went through all 16 pages of the GNB thread, and this is what I found:
Post #75 - CML asking Sri GBR what his mudra/aMkita was
Post#144 - KMRasika - 'nAdarUpasundari' as Sri GNB's aMkita
Post#193 - GBR - explains how 'nAdarUpasundari' was given form by his father, and was painted by Sri Raju - he also says that Sri GNB has used the word 'nAdarUpasundari' in a few compositions, but is silent as to whether it was indeed his 'mudra'
Post#338 - Sivacinta - states that other than innovation, there is no textual signature in Sri GNB's compositions

[ramakriya]

Thank you Ramakriya for the informative write-ups. Quick question - I was not aware that Sri GNB used 'vimarshananda' as his mudra - do you have a reference for this?

I went through all 16 pages of the GNB thread, and this is what I found:
Post #75 - CML asking Sri GBR what his mudra/aMkita was
Post#144 - KMRasika - 'nAdarUpasundari' as Sri GNB's aMkita
Post#193 - GBR - explains how 'nAdarUpasundari' was given form by his father, and was painted by Sri Raju - he also says that Sri GNB has used the word 'nAdarUpasundari' in a few compositions, but is silent as to whether it was indeed his 'mudra'
Post#338 - Sivacinta - states that other than innovation, there is no textual signature in Sri GNB's compositions

rshankar,

Thanks for your good words. These posts are not so informative to the crowd on Rasikas although it might be somewhat so to general public!

Thanks for pointing it out - I remember reading it somewhere long back, but can't recall exactly.

Look at the following thread where kmrasika says that it was his 'initiate' name, and he used it only once in his compositions. : http://rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php? ... 09&p=41822

Looking at this, I am not 100% sure if may not be a 'mudra' in the conventional sense, but a self reference all the same.

-Ramakriya

[rshankar]

Thank you for pointing out that post of kmrasika's!

[ramakriya]

Next post in the list -

The Fifth Day of Navaratri: http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2010/10 ... navaratri/

[arasi]

Ramkriya,
Thanks for Sowmya's kalavathi. She sings it beautifully. Different in its impact from T's ennaDu jUtunO?
Yes, the CM and HM kalavathis are far apart, the HM one akin to valaci.

[ramakriya]

Ramkriya,
Thanks for Sowmya's kalavathi. She sings it beautifully. Different in its impact from T's ennaDu jUtunO?

Yes , of course. Tyagaraja's Kalavati, and Dikshita's Kalavati have nothing in common. The former is from the 16th mELa, and the latter, the 31st (asampoorNa) mELa rAga.

Now for the sixth day of Navaratri: http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2010/10 ... navaratri/

[ramakriya]

Now for the sixth day of Navaratri: http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2010/10 ... navaratri/

Post for today: http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2010/10 ... navaratri/

Rasikas, this post also has the notation of a swarajati I composed. I appreciate all your feedback on this.

-Ramakriya

[thenpaanan]

...
Shri PP Narayanaswamy has brought out the features at

http://carnatica.net/special/navaratrikritis.htm

venkatakailasam

Indeed, to my earlier question about the source of the tunes of this set, Sri PPN says this "Till early 1900s, the "Mullamudu" Bhagavatars gave the concerts, where one musician would lead the chorus, and each one took turns to do the raga-alapana, neraval, kalpanaswaras etc. These Bhagavatars' ancestry and musical tradition dates back to the time of Maharaja Swati Tirunal himself. In fact, we are deeply indebted to these musicians for handing over to the present generation, numerous compositions of Swati Tirunal, in their original authentic forms."

When you listen to the kritis as sung by the vidwAns today it hardly seems possible that these long (and some of these are very long!) and complex compositions with intricate and subtle shadings could be sung in chorus style. But it is also possible that the Mullamudu bhAgavatars may have kept alive the "real" versions in private renderings or alternately, modern day vidwAns (such as HMB or SSI or someone researching these kritis) may have embellished an existing tune. It is interesting is that even though the tunes are thought to be old, one does not get a sense that our conceptions today of these ragas have changed all that much over the centuries. (Either that or the tunes have been "updated" from time to time, as has been happening to TyAgarAja's kritis.)

-Thenpaanan

[svkashyap]

Sri Tanjore Vishwanathan and group has rendered Muttuswamy Dikshitar's kamalAmba navAvarnas beautifully. You can listen online at http://sunaadaradio.com today on the occasion of DurgAshTami.

[ramakriya]

Today's post: The Eighth Day of Navaratri - http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2010/10 ... navaratri/

[ramakriya]

Today's post: The Eighth Day of Navaratri - http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2010/10 ... navaratri/

On Mahanavami day: http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2010/10 ... navaratri/

[ramakriya]

"Bombe Habba" - Navaratri dolls display at our home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuZCos4fHPI

The background music is a swarajati I composed

[Sreeni Rajarao]

Ramakriya,
Enjoyed your Navaratri 2010 series. Thanks!
Now, are you the flautist in the clip? And who is the veena player in the family?!

Sreeni

[ramakriya]

Ramakriya,
Enjoyed your Navaratri 2010 series. Thanks!
Now, are you the flautist in the clip? And who is the veena player in the family?!

Sreeni

Thanks Sreeni.

No, I am not the flautist in the clip. My wife plays veena.

Here is the link to the final episode of the "Days of Navaratri" series.

http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2010/10 ... varatri-2/

-Ramakriya

[ramakriya]

When you listen to the kritis as sung by the vidwAns today it hardly seems possible that these long (and some of these are very long!) and complex compositions with intricate and subtle shadings could be sung in chorus style. But it is also possible that the Mullamudu bhAgavatars may have kept alive the "real" versions in private renderings or alternately, modern day vidwAns (such as HMB or SSI or someone researching these kritis) may have embellished an existing tune. It is interesting is that even though the tunes are thought to be old, one does not get a sense that our conceptions today of these ragas have changed all that much over the centuries. (Either that or the tunes have been "updated" from time to time, as has been happening to TyAgarAja's kritis.)

-Thenpaanan

Here are some answers to the question who tuned some of the Navaratri kritis - on braindrain's blog:

http://kpjayan.wordpress.com/2010/09/21 ... -sep-2010/

[ramakriya]

Dear Rasikas,

Some ramble, along with some music This time my very own, because I composed these

The Rasika Forum is a place that I respect tremendously, for the quality of people who come here. If it all I felt brave enough to post couple of my compositions here, it is only because of the open-arm approach of Rasikas here, and my friend IndianMusicFan (http://www.aboutindianmusic.com) who has played/sung these compositions excellently.

Please read and listen to the clips: http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2012/10 ... navaratri/

I look forward to your feedabck!

-Ramakriya

[Rsachi]

Ramakriya,
Heard your swarajathi. it is beautiful. Congratulations.
I imagined a bunch of young dance students dancing to it.
I did not hear any words so I don't know the bhava you have infused. The structure itself is elegant and seems composed for dance.
PS: had to use a Flash workaround to play the audio on my iPad.

[ramakriya]

Thanks for the good words

Yes, the audio posted has only the swaras. The sahitya was written very recently, by a friend. He has composed it about dEvi.