Smt. D.Pattammal

[venkatakailasam]

Kalaimamani Smt. D.Pattammal was a musician, musicologist and Vageyakara. Born in Lalgudi and brought up in Tanjore she has composed over 650 songs in Tamil and is one of the few vageyakaras to compose songs in all the melakartha ragas...
A web site has been opened a coupe of days back...

http://www.dpattammal.com/

Her compositions in eight books are available here..
Audio of some of her compositions are rendered by TMK and others..can be listened...

[satyabalu]

"In all she has composed 658 songs in Tamil, which includes a song in Panchanadai, Songs in Drimadhyamam, and songs in rare ragas like Rukmambari and Sukapavani."
Is it not '-Dwimadhyama ragas- meaning (melakartha ragas)in which both Ma..s are present?
* I can not foget the scholarly Lec-Dem of dwimadhayama ragas with her kriti)(If I remember right) by TSK with Meera Sivaramakrishnan supporting him ably in Violin in MA longback.In fact ,that was the time when We folks started to know about that great vaggeyakara.
*SKA S.Rajam would refer her name invariably in all lectures on melakartha ragas.

[rajeshnat]

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duplicate thread merge it with http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic. ... mal#p35597

[satyabalu]

"She along with her husband Late Dr. M.N.Dhandapani has
compiled an index on Carnatic ragas under the title
Ragapravaham."BTW which M N Dhandapani if I am not mistaken?

[deecee]

Please visit www.dpattammal.com to see the entire works of D Pattammal in text and part audio.

[venkatakailasam]

Has any Artist rendered from ..
her compositions?

Here is a beautiful compo...

PULLI MAYIL Aro: S R G P D S Melam:29
Ragam: Bilahari Ava: S N D P M GR S
Thalam: Thishra Aadhi

Pallavi:
Pulli Mayil Meedhamarndhu Thulli Thulli Vaa
Valli Deivayanaiyuden Varamadhanai Thandhidave (Pulli………)

Anupallavi:
Thellu Thamizhaal Paadi Dhinamum Thudhi Seidhen
Ullamaghizhindhenakkun Dharisaname Thandhiduvaai (Pulli………)

Charanam:
Kaamanai Eritha Mukkannan Maghan
Kaarthigai Pengal Valartha Guhan
Vaamanavadharam Seidha Naaranan Marugan
Vaanavar Kurai Theerkha Vandha Kumaran (Pulli………)..

[Pasupathy]

Yes, many artists have rendered her songs. e.g. TRS popularized her " swAmi kandhasAmi" in Bilahari.
T S Kalyanaraman also has sang her songs.( he tuned her dwi-madhyama songs)

You can hear many others singing her songs in the Audio section of the Website.
http://www.dpattammal.com/audios.htm

Her husband Dr. Dhandapani was a Veterinary Doctor and they both lived in T.Nagar, Chennai , very close to my home; nice couple.

[mahavishnu]

D. Pattammal's son Sri D. Chandrasekhar (who is a good family friend) organizes an annual kutcheri event that features her compositions. Past performers include TM Krishna, Nithyasree, Abhishek & Gayathri Venkataraghavan. The event is usually in the late summer and is held at the Vani mahal auditorium.

Some of these concerts have been reviewed here by Rajeshnat and others (see for e.g. this concert from 2012 http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic. ... l+abhishek)

[Pasupathy]

I remember Sri S.Rajam telling me about a concert arranged to demonstrate D .Pattammal's Melakartha Songs..esp her Vivadhi Raga-songs. He told me that TRS, T S Kalyanaraman and he were the singers.
It would be so great if a recording of that event is available and is uploaded in that Tribute-Site.

[cacm]

There were several places where they were performed. SOMEONE must have a recording. VKV