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vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 23 Apr 2007, 00:23

Looks like D.K. Jayaraman.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 23 Apr 2007, 06:14

Yes: DKJ

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 23 Apr 2007, 10:13

sangita kalAnidhi daamal krSNamuRti jayarAman around 15 years of age.

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 02 May 2007, 04:40

Can someone please help me with answers to the following quiz questions at Karnatik.com
( http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/quiz.html )

2. Jonpuri is named after a
a) city
b) shoe
c) king
d) pants
e) country

3. Seetaraamaiyyar sang what raga straight for 8 days?
a) bEgaDa
b) kalyaaNi
c) tilang
d) tODi
e) amritavarshini

12. Hindustani girijaa is closest to what Carnatic raga?
a) bEgaDa
b) gowri
c) vasantaa
d) madhuvanti
e) yamunaa kalyaaNi

2. Which is the oldest pitched instrument?
a) flute
b) drum
c) mandolin
d) harp
e) horn

4. What is the origin of the word Carnatic?
a) Karnataka, a style of dance
b) Karnataka, another name for India
c) karu nadu, land of black soil
d) The Hindu deity of music
e) After the founder of Carnatic music

10. Who was a student in the parampara of Shyaama Saastri?
a) Kamakshi Ammal
b) Mylapore Gowri
c) Veena Dhanammal
d) b and c
e) a and c

11. What do Dasi Kamalam and Vallalarkoil Ammani have in common?
both were students of:
a) Shyaama Saastri
b) both were students of Dikshitar
c) they were court dancers
d) both were Carnatic instrumentalists
e) a and d

8. Which of the following does NOT end a tani aavartanam?
a) kaarvai
b) mOhra
c) PaarkOrvaivati
d) pharans
e) teermaanam

10. Shyaama Saastri invented which taaLa?
a) sarabhanda
b) simhananda
c) dasharata
d) carcaari
e) shatpitaputrika
(actually, just about all the questions under Tala section!)

10. Where did the tambura come from, 5000 years ago?
a) Europe
b) Persia
c) Russia
d) India
e) China

BONUS QUESTION
11. Mahadeva Nattuvanar introduced what Western instrument in the 19th century?
a) violin
b) harmonium
c) clarinet
d) tambura
e) mandolin

ravi2006 · Post by **ravi2006** » 02 May 2007, 06:44

Here are the few I can answer off the top of my head:

2. a (medieval city in what's now ?UP)
3. d (hence his title of Todi Seetaraamaiyyar)
10. e (Kamakshi Ammal was Dhanammal's grandmother)
8. a (Kaarvai is a pause; tani avartanam ends with korvai)
10. a (I think it should be Sarabhanandana)
Bonus question. c

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 03 May 2007, 01:50

Thank you, Ravi. Hopefully someone else can help with the other questions...

ksrimech · Post by **ksrimech** » 03 May 2007, 10:18

4c - karu nadu, land of black soil
11b - both were students of Dikshitar
12c - vasantA
10d - India

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 08 May 2007, 00:48

I came across this undocumented flute music recently. Can someone help identify the artiste:
http://d.turboupload.com/d/1776568/E07A ... E.MP3.html

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 28 Nov 2007, 20:34

ramakriya wrote:||
arunk wrote:I notice kalyANi is missing in this but ramakriya's included it. That is interesting. Wasnt that a "later" raga?

Arun
Arun,

Even though kalyANi was a "later" rAga, it must have been in use for at least a century before puranadara dAsa.

Three charaNas of a dEvaranAma of SrIpAdarAya (lAli gOvinda lAli) have this in 3 of the charaNas.

.....
Ananda bharitarAgi tUgidaru Ananda bhairaviyinda||
.....
sallalilta gAnadinda tUgidaru kalyANi rAgadinda ||
.....
dEvagandharvaru pADi tUgudaru dEvagaNdhAradinda ||
....

Thus we see Kalyani being mentioned with Ananda bhairavi and dEvagandhAra around 1450 AD; about 2 generations before Purandara Dasa, and about 200 years before Venkatamakhi dropped it off saying it is a rAga liked by turushkas!

SripAdarAyaru lived between 140 4AD - 1502 AD

-Ramakriya

For some more rambling on this, read here:

http://neelanjana.wordpress.com/2007/11/27

-Ramakriya