fjiip ) * qj the mm THE music" ACADEMY MADRAS A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE AND ART OF MUSIC Vol. XX 1949 Parts I-IV “ I dwell not in Vaikuntha, nor in the hearts of Yogis nor in the sun ; (but), where my Bhakt&s sing, there be I, Narada ! *' EDITED BY T. V. SUBBA RAO, b .a., b .l .*, AND V. RAGHAVAN, m.a ., p.hD. > \ | THE MUSIC ACADEMY, MADRAS • • 115-E, MOWBRAYS ROAD, MADRAS-14 Annual Subscription:—Inland Rs. 4; Foreign 8 shs. Post Paid. NOTICE ® ~ . All correspondence should be addressed to Dr. V. Ragha­ van, Joint Editor, Journal of the Music Academy. Articles on musical subjects are accepted for publication on the understanding that they are contributed solely to the Journal of the Music Academy. V All manuscripts should be legibly written or preferably typewritten (double-spaQed—on one side of tbe paper onlv) and should be signed by the writer (giving his) address in full). 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J J / T he X X I I Madras Conference, 1943 : Officia* ^ R eport ... " . ... T— 56 T ala By P. G. Sundaresa Sastrigal ... 67— 66 Mela By P. G. Sundabf.sa Sastrigal 67— 77 T sb Closed Forms of Hindusthani Music By Panuit Ratan Iankar "... 7 8 - 88 JtrsT I n to n a t io n in H in d u s t Naw i R aga S in g in g B y P a n d it R a t a n J a n k a r ... ••• 89 -10i Compositions a n d t h e ^i x F u n d a m e n t a l R ao as op H in d u s t h a n i Music B y P a n d it R. D ilip Ch a n d r a V ed i ... 104— 109 N ag asvtar am B y A s t h a n a V id v a n T ir o v id a i- m a Ru d u r V b b r u s w a m i P i l l a i ... ... U0—113 A St u d y op t h e M icrotonal v a r ia t io n s in FREQUENCIES IN K a BNATIC M u .>IC WITH ASl O scillograph B y C. S. A iy a r ... ... ... 114— 125 IA ^i Varman Tampi By S. Vemkitasubra Moni 'S Iyer ... ... ... ... 120 ^ 135 “M a J a n a k i ” op Ty a g a r a j a B y Sa n g it a K a l x n id h i T . V . Su b b a R ao ... ... ... 136—US Thu Music op the Sama V e d a C h a n ts B Y T. K . R a jag o pala I y e r .. '4 4 — 151# T jtb N on m u s IOa l W or k * op som e Mu s ic ia n s B y D r . V. R a g h a v a n ... ... 152- U4; N a g a s v a r a B y D r . V. R a g h a v a n ... ... 155—159 Sa Bd a s B y Dr . V. R a g h a v a n ... ... 100—162 ■jVi'ENx D h a n a M ... ... 103— 164 lN ‘ MEMORIAM ... ... ... ... 165 T w o K rltis of Sri M u t t u s w a m i D ik s h it a f E d B y V id v a v A. Su n d a Ham I y e r ... 166— 168 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXiXXXXXXXXXX x ^ 5 | THE JOURNAL © 1 * / OF ^- t - J | THE MUSIC AGADEM Y, MADRAS X • • ■ " • x* a x * VOL. XVIIt ' § 'f THE SRI TYAGARAJA CENTENARY | COMMEMORATION VOLUME X X 5 (ILLUSTRATED) - « | Rs. FOUR ONLY § ^A ________________ #I M M a The Visvabharati, Sanfciniketan, says : § The Musio Academy of Madra 8 deserves the & best congratulations of all lovers of music in this . * country for furnishing a fairly detailed study of * ^ TvagarajA and his contribution to the music j* 5 world. « * & x . a The life-story of a Vaggeyakara is in a way £ x the personified history of the music of his days. * X The present speoial number o f the Madras Music Academy not only supplies us with the dates H and facts of the great life of a saint and an J w ^ f| >: epoch-making musieian but also presents to a * serious student of music, a model plajn for taking up the study of musical compositions and their S « § authors. X j X • • * ! X Let all lovers and students of music, both in North and South India, derive inspiration from a critical study of this commemoration volume. A § X A »*?XXXXXXXXXXXXXX£g*XXXX*XXWXXXXXXXX»XXXX!fiXXXXX»XXX I 2 3 A * Sri Svati Tirunal Maharaja. 2. Svati Tirunal's father. 3. Parvati ba\ S' ati Tirunal’s aunt 4. Lakshmi Bai, Svati Tirunal's mother. THE XXII MADRAS^ MUSIC CONFERENCE, 1948 OFFICIAL REPORT / © • • . THE OPENING DAY 24th December 1948 The Twenty-second session of the Annual Music Confer­ ence of the Madras Music Academy was held at the Sri Sundareswarar Hall and the Lady Sivaswami Iyer Girls’ High School, Mylapore, Madras, from December 24th 1948 to st January 1949. H E. the Maharajah of Bhavanagar, Governor of Madras, opened the Conference and Travancore Asthana Vidvan Kumbhakonam Rajamanikkam Pillai presided >ver the deliberations of the Experts’ Committee. The opening function was held in the Sri Sundareswarar Hall. As usual, the Affiliated Institutions of the Academy also *ave their co operation in the holding o f the session. A special feature of the 22nd Conference was the fact that the Indian Branch of the International Society of Contemporary Music held a joint session with the Academy’s Conference and noteworthy music scholars and leading Hindusthani vidvans from the North took part in* the deliberations and ooncerts. A large and distinguished gathering of music-lovers attended the Conference. His Excellency^’who was accompanied by Her Highness the Maharani of Bhavanagar, was received on arrival by Sri K. V. Krishnaswami Aiyar, President, and other office­ bearers of the Academy and led to the dais to the accompani­ ment of Nagaswarm music by Asthana Vidvan Tirijvide- tnarudur Veeruswami Pillai, 2 THE JOURNAL OF THE MUSIC ACADEMY [VOL. X X . The proceedings began with prayer sting by two students of the Academy’s Teachers’ College of Music. Dr. V. Raghavan, Secretary, announced that messages wishing the function success had been received from H.^H. the Maharajah of Cochin, the Governors of Bihar, Bombay and West Bengal, Hon. Sri B. G. Kher, Premier of Bombay, Sri K. M. Mun*hi, Hon. Messrs M. Bhaktavatsalam and K. Chandramauli, Ministers for Public Works and Local Administrastion, Madras, Vidvan Ramakrishnayya Pantulu, Mr. Kurshid Ali Khan, President of the Lucknow Branch of the International Society of Contemporary Music, Mr. Humphrey Searle, General Secretary of the International Society of Contemporary Music, London, the Judges of the High Court, Madras, the Mayor, the Rasika Ranjani Sabha, Tiruchirapalli, and the Rasika Ranjani Sabha, Mylapore. Welcome Address Sangita Kalanidhi ^ T. V. Subba Rao, Vice-President, • read an address of welcome to the Governor, Sir Sri Krishna- kumar Sinhji, K.C.S.I., Maharajah of Bhavanagar. In the course of the address, he said :— “Si r , • We.esteGm it a proud privilege to have you in our midst this evening to open our Twenty-second Conference with its connected activities. It is remarkable that this year the International Society for Contemporary Music (Indian Section) is haying its conference and concerts in joint sessions and programme with ours and has for this purpose deputed . notable rdusieians and scholars from North India to collabo­ rate with us in matters of common interest. The meeting of the two systems of Indian Music cannot but yield fruitful * results. , While it is satisfactory that the Govern ftient of our country have, on the attainment of freedom by us, become properly alive to the importance of promoting the fine arts and music in particular and have in this behalf gone ahead with the development of the College of Hindusthani music in PARTS I-IV] THE XXII MADRAS MUSIC CONFERENCE, 1948 3 Lucknov^, it is disconcerting that their policy in respect of Carnatio Music, however, is being deflected by considerations altogether foreign to the high aims and ideals of the art. Should the Government act with equal expedition in the south as they did in the north, they ought in fairness aud justice to have no hesitation in consulting and confiding in the onjy institution which by solid and enduring work of more than two decades has earned unquestioned right to lead in all matters concerning Sangita.