THE JOURNAL OF THE MUSIC ACADEMY DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCB AND ART OF MUSIC VOL.LXVII 1996 Hit TOlfil wl I * 3*1 «imfer w fieri* 11 7 dwell not in Vaikuntha, nor in die hearts o f Yogins nor in the Sun; (but) where my bhaktas sing, there be /, Narada /" Edited by T.S. PARTHASARATHY The Music Academy, Madras 306, T.T.K. Road, Madras - 600 014. Annual Subscription - Inland Rs. 50/- Foreign $ 3-00 THE JOURNAL OF THE MUSIC ACADEMY DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE AND ART OF MUSIC VOL. LXVII 19% wifir lf% * wl i a* ftgiPr ^ n "I dwell not in Vaikuntha, nor in the hearts of Yogins nor in the Sun; (hut) where my bhaktas sing, there be I, Narada !" Edited by T.S. PARTHASARATHY The Music Academy, Madras 306, T.T.K. Road, Madras - 600 014. Annual Subscription - Inland Rs. 50/- Foreign $ 3-00 r u. OURSELVES This Journal is published as an Annual. All correspondence relating to the Journal should be sentto The Editor, Journal ofthe Mtrsic Academy;306vT:T:K:Ro2nt Madras - 600 014. Articles on music and dance are accepted for publication on the understanding that they are Contributed solely tothe Journal of the Music Academy. Manuscripts should be legibly written or, preferably, type­ written (double-spaced and on one side of the paper only) and should be signed by the writer (giving his or her address in full) The Editor of the Journal is not responsible for the views expressed by contributors in tlieir articles. V_____________ J _________________________________ ) CONTENTS S. No. |P age 1. 69th Madras Music C^ference * Official Report ....... 1 2. Advisory Committee MfeetMi^ ....... 23 3. The Sadas -.-.jv;: ....... 54 4. Ancient Sacred Monody - The Western Parallel ....... 88 5. Ragamaljy^as in Samskrit ....... 95 K.N. Shrinivasan 6. Kamatic Ragasfrom a New Angl$ - Apurva Ragas ofTyagaraja’s Songs ... .... 105 K. V Ramackahdran 7. SahityaBhavain Svati Tiranal Compositions .......128 ' : r ; ihmmiam 8. SMritya Bhava iti Tyagaraja’s Compositions ....... 137 v r; ,.£>/•* Pappu Yenugopala Rao 9. Raga Mala Paintings 145 T.S. Parthasarathy 10. Gottuvadyam and its Affinity with Violin, Vina and Voice in Kamatic Music ....... 155 uiGayathriRajapurKassebaujft 11. Oh the Retrieval of Annamachaiya’is Music* ■ .;...... 166 DPSatva Krishnamurthy 12. Attitudes towards Gender in Bharata hJatyaih 172 Anne - Marie Gaston 13. ■' Mtidic ........ 187 Geetha Ravikumar c 14. Sahitya Bhava in Syama Sastri’s Compositions...... 193 StdochawP&ttabJtiraman 15. Book Reviews 200 Statement about ownership and other particulars regarding THE JOURNAL OF THE MUSIC ACADEMY MADRAS FORM IV (See Rule 8) Place of Publication The Music Academy, Madras -14 Periodicity of its publication Once a year Printer’s Name S. Mani Nationality Indian Address Swaraj Graphics 91, Triplicane High Road Madras - 600 005. Publishers’s Name T. S. Parthasarathy Nationality Indian Address 306, T.T.K. Road Madras - 600 014. Name, addresses of individuals The Music Academy who own the newspaper and 306, T.T.K. Road partners or shareholder holding Madras - 600 014. more than one percent of the total capital I, T.S. Pdrthasarathy, hereby declare that the particulars given are true to the best o f my knowledge and belief Sd/- Dated 31-5-96 (T.S. PARTHASARATHY) (Signature of the Publisher) THE 69TH MADRAS MUSIC CONFERENCE OFFICIAL REPORT THE OPENING DAY 15.12.1995 The 69th Annual Conference of the Music Academy, Madras was held at the T.T. Krishnamachari Auditorium in the premises of the Academy, 306 T.T.K. Road, Madras - 600 014 from the 15th December 1995 to 1st January 1996. The Conference was inaugurated by Sri. G.V. Ramakrishna, member, Planning Commission, New Delhi. The inaugural function began with invocation by Dr. Manjula Sriram and Smt. Revathi Subramanian lecturers of the Teachers College of Music. Messages received on this occasion were read by Sri. T.T. Vasu. The President of the Academy, Sri. T.T. Vasu, welcomed the members of the Academy, members of the Advisory Committee and distinguished guests. Sri. Vasu, in his address said: Sri. G.V. Ramakrishna, Vidvan R.K. Srikantan, Members of the Academy’s Advisory Committee, Vidvans, Vidushis, distinguished invitees, ladies and gentlemen : With great pleasure I extend to all of you a hearty welcome to this inauguration of the 69th Annual Conference and conceits of the Academy. To Sri Ramakrishna, I extend a warm welcome on behalf of all of us, the Executive Committee and on my own behalf. We are grateful to him for so readily accepting to inaugurate this conference despite his heavy schedule of work at Delhi. Sri Ramakrishna is a distinguished civil servant and administrator with vast experience and distinction in many fields. After a brilliant academic career in Mysore and at Harvard, he joined the Indian 2 THE JOURNAL OF THE MADRAS MUSIC ACADEMY VOL.LXVII Administrative Service at the age of 22 and made a mark in whichever assignment he held. He was Chief Secretary to the Government of Andhra Praddsh and fceordtdry to th^^nyri G ov^ih^at^^IhiJ H i 1 do stranger to Madras as he w af A ^ ^ ^ ^ t h e (^pyprnor of Tamil Nadu during 1988-1989. Subsequently hew asour Ambassador to Belgium and later Chairman of the Securitiesand ErfchangdBoard of India in Bombay. He is presently a member of Planning Commission. Sri Ramakrishna hails from Tamil Nadu and i$ deeply interested in Kamatic Music Many of you may not know Sri Ramakrishna’s hidden 1 talents. Jfe Ayrote a pmy tybich was stpged ifi Broadway, New York in the late 70’s, fjis wife Smt. Lalitha Ramakrishna, jjs a well-known singer end academician ip the music field with a Doctorate from the Delhi University. We are indeed fortunate to have Sri Ramakrishna to inaugurate this year’s cdri&reiice. - r ; s'i'iM'j'; ? I ' > U i , ? ' j 'rU - ;•' ' I extend a hearty welcome to Vidvan R.K. Snkantan who will be shortly elected as the President of our 69th conference. Vidvan Snkantan is held in such high1 estedmf itt theffeld WKdrnatic Music that his choice everypi^.,Vidvan Srikpnfap coinesTrpm Rudra- renowned for its Sanketi community whose members have a reputatipn for Vedic studies and Kamatic Music. His father Krishna Sastri, elder brother R.K. Venkatrama Sastri, his other brothers and family inembers of the .:^lliiigei>-^efibtatiofK'.>are^alD^ll^ciio^.^'^thdiripfofidiChcyi'rin music. - Vidvan Srikantan belongstothdsishyaTaramjMraqfTyagaraja* He was trained by his father and later by his brother, Venkatrama Sd&ri who was , him, Mysore pnd|||in^ltanepusly bihh up pp reperfQirc.of ^pmppsitipnsinthe tme classical style. His music is known for full-throated singing, sense of die incipient of ndmeirOus titles iricliiding the litle : ; * awarded by^the^ T^agafjqasvami^Trust,^Tiihpafi, last yCar: There tetio doubt th&tfte 69 th C^fefeiicC^ \Ylff ^^ifeatl^ benefit by did direction ahd THEU69TH MAORIS :L " " 3 ' ‘ ■‘‘'irt'M y il?9U‘2 ,1‘i .hU r<VJ!ii?,n:i I;, i , -* i 3v; , In addition to- this A ca^jny has d^Med to honour four eminent persons for their solid contribution to Kamatic Music and Bharata Watynm. Vi^usfei T. -'^Sf^Sas^raE^iy are to receive me title ‘Sangita Kata Acnarya\ a £old inedal arid-a5di s h v while $mt! is. Sarada and Vidvan M.S;‘Anhnfmantan afe to receive a 1 cit^oh^and(tiie^.T:k. Memorial cashawafd. ; ^ ?. the grand-daughter of iegendaiy Veena Dhanammal and a disciple of Mahavidvan Kanchipuram Nayana Pillai. She has been in the field for more than 70 years, preserving the precious musical tracKtion of tier lineage/ ishe is foe fouffai tnenifeer of fob Veena Dhanammal family to be honoured by this Academy, the others being Balasaiasvatn Hrihga an<i^^lSwanathah! ^ < Sri Parthasarathyis a noted musicologist and dance scholar with a.. dozen publications to his credit. Ho has been serving the Academy fqr the past 18 . years as a; member of the Advisory Committee, Editor of our Journal and as Secretary from 1980. He is the recipient of thq Fellowship of the Ssaflgeet Natafc jAkademi for 1991. Smt. Sarada is the grand-daughter of the renowned Pandit S. Subramanya Sastri who was associated with this Academy from its inception and edated all its earlier publications. Smt. Sarada is a competent Sanskrit scholar and retired as the senior dance teacher of Kalakshetra, She was the collaborator of Rukmini Devi in all her dance-djama productions. Vidvan Anantaraman was trained in the violin by,his father Parur Sundaram Iyer and has been performing for over 60 years- with rare . distinction.He taught violin at the Government College of Music for over two decades and has travelled abroad. - p The year 1995 was an eventful year for the Academy. As usual, we conducted the ‘Spirit of Youth’ Music and Dance Festival for ten days from October 16th featuring 29 musicians and 10 dancers. As opportunities for instfuriientalists are hot adequate, We organ­ ised a ‘Vadya MadfturP festival in1 November, purely for instruhiehthf 4 THE JOURNAL OF THE MADRAS MUSIC ACADEMY VOL.LXVII music. We are grateful to Sundaram Fastners Ltd. and Sri Suresh Krishna for the generous support we received for these programmes. Sri. S. Natarajan, Secretary of the Academy, in whose death last year we suffered a grievous loss, was an ardent lover of music and had recorded, over the years, hundreds of concerts by leading musicians. Smt. Sarada Natarajan, his wife, has now come forward to donate to us this precious collection of about 163 spool tapes. We are grateful to her for this fine gesture and shall be preserving the tapes in our archives after scrutiny and indexing. In 1996 the Academy will be completing 70 years and will be holding its 70th Conference in December 1996.