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Carnatic101
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Informal online live-talks on Carnatic Music appreciation. Run by @meerasndr and @Raaga_Suresh



[Thread: Film Songs based on ragas] These are tough times for all of us. Those in India and those staying away are both affected. Music can bring some sort of solace, even if temporarily. Today we will be playing some film songs based on Carnatic ragas. Multiple languages.


In the krithi, 'lekhana' in Asaveri, Tyagaraja asks 'would people surround you if the did not derive joy being besides you' and then describes the joy felt by Sita, Hanuman and others. Semmangudi singing the krithi. youtube.com/watch?v=svRep5…


M D Ramanathan admonishes the people who get up to go out when mangalam starts. He says this is the most important piece and he can sing the mangalam for 45 minutes. He is one of the very few. if not the only one, to sing all stanzas of the krithi.

[Tyagaraja & Rama - A thread] Tyagaraja considered himself as much a rama bhakta as a composer. Rama was his ista dhaivam, his muse. He worshipped the idol of Rama daily and was distraught when he lost the idol. His krithis are mostly his conversations with Rama.