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Sriram THE MUSIC ACADEMY MADRAS New No. 168 (Old No. 306), T.T.K. Road, Chennai 600 014. Email : [email protected] Website : www.musicacademymadras.in MA Journal Inner 2017.indd 1 13/12/17 3:50 PM Copyright © The Music Academy Madras December 2017 All Correspondence relating to the journal should be addressed and all books, etc., intended for it should be sent in duplicate to the Editor, The Journal of the Music Academy Madras, New 168, T.T.K. Road, Chennai 600 014. Articles on music and dance are accepted for publication on the recommendation of the Editor. The Editor reserves the right to accept or reject any articles without assigning reasons. Manuscripts / soft copies should be sent to the editor either by courier or by email to [email protected] The Editor of the Journal is not responsible for the views expressed by contributors in their articles. Price : ` 150/- US $ 15 Published by N. 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Editor’s Note 7 2. 90th Annual Conference and Concerts Report on Inauguration 9 Speech of Sangita Kalanidhi designate Kum A Kanyakumari 10 Report on Sadas 14 Awardees 2017 15 Morning Sessions at The Music Academy 22 3. Nine Compositions on Tyāgarāja, a compilation 40 4. ]BVÔ´VÖˆ[ ¬Ú]ÔÑ_ E‚Á¶¸k´∫Ô^ - Dr. R.S. ÿÖBÈ’t 66 5. Notational variations in Tyāgarāja’s compositions in the earlier publications – Dr. R. Hemalatha 76 6. The Uniqueness of Tyāgarāja’s Naukā Caritramu – Dr. Bhagavathi Yerramilli 88 7. Early Publications of Sri Tyāgarāja Swamy’s Compositions – Dr V.Premalatha 94 8. Karnāṭakā Music Concerts – form and content – Dr. Radha Bhaskar 101 9. Rhythmic Descent in Carnatic Music – Principles, Practice and Standardization – Mannarkoil J. Balaji 106 10. Book Review Study of Gita Govinda – Dr. Meenakshi (Sumathi) Krishnan 117 Biography of T Balasaraswathi – Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi 119 5 MA Journal Inner 2017.indd 5 13/12/17 3:50 PM MA Journal Inner 2017.indd 6 13/12/17 3:50 PM THE MUSIC ACADEMY • JOURNAL 2017 • VOLUME 88 EDITOR’S NOTE t is with a sense of trepidation that I write this, my first editor’s note, for the Journal of the Music Academy, Madras. This is the latest release of a publication that has been broughtI out without break for 90 long years and stalwarts such as Sangita Kalanidhi TV Subba Rao, Dr V Raghavan and Sangita Kala Acharya TS Parthasarathy have worked on it. In recent years, the Journal has been helmed by Dr VV Srivatsa and my immediate predecessor Dr Pappu Venugopala Rao, both of whom were Secretaries of the Music Academy. My task in bringing out this year’s Journal has been made easy for all of its content was sourced by Dr Pappu during his tenure with the institution. Last year saw the Carnatic music fraternity celebrate the 250th year of the birth of Tyagaraja, arguably the greatest composer in the art form. The Music Academy has in the past observed his death centenary in 1947 and his birth bi-centenary in 1967. In both those years, the morning sessions of the Annual Conferences were dedicated entirely to Tyagaraja’s works. In 2016 we decided that it was necessary that we not neglect other aspects of music too and so topics related to Tyagaraja were selected to occupy half the total number of morning sessions. The end result was still impressive, with a good corpus of papers being presented, with some lively discussions following them. The daily proceedings of the Annual Conference have been summarised in this Journal and a few of the papers presented have been featured as separate articles also. In this context the role that the Music Academy’s library has played in providing reference material has been highly commendable. Not only is it a repository of several books on music and dance, it is also home to some priceless first editions. These have all come in use to research the music of Tyagaraja and two articles featured in this Journal – the notational variations in the early publications of Tyagaraja kritis and the inclusion of chittaswarams in his kritis – have relied almost entirely on our library. With the present thrust that the Academy has given to cataloguing the books in its possession and also digitise some of its rare books, I am sure the library will be put to greater use in the years to come. This will in turn give rise to some very interesting presentations during future annual conferences. Using the resources of the library, we are also featuring in this Journal, nine songs of Tyagaraja, created by latter day composers. Barring one which is a free verse, the others are given here with notation. 7 MA Journal Inner 2017.indd 7 13/12/17 3:50 PM In keeping with the pattern of the 90th Annual Conference, this Journal too includes a couple of articles on topics not focusing on Tyagaraja. These pertain to the changing concert pattern and also the concept of rhythmic descent, which adds such charm to percussive interludes in Carnatic performances. The latter in particular is a little known aspect of our art and deserves highlighting, a task well suited to a Journal like ours. I would be very happy to receive feedback on the way this Journal has been produced and request that comments if any be please sent to [email protected] I wish you a happy 2018 and before that, a wonderful December participating in the 91st Annual Conference and Concerts of the Music Academy. I place on record my heartfelt thanks to all members of the Editorial Board who have helped in putting this Journal together. Music Academy Sriram V December 15, 2017 MA Journal Inner 2017.indd 8 13/12/17 3:50 PM THE MUSIC ACADEMY • JOURNAL 2017 • VOLUME 88 90th Annual Conference and Concerts Thursday, 15th December, 2016 Report on Inauguration he Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman paid encomiums to Tamil Nadu’s culture of encouraging and appreciating excellence, particularly in classical musicT while inaugurating the Music Academy’s 90th Annual Conference and Concerts on Thursday, December 15, 2016.