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Lalgudi Jayaraman-kanjadalayatakshi

The genius Carnatic vocalist Madurai Mani Iyer (1912-1968), possibly the greatest exponent of live improvisation in Carnatic classical music, popularized this "English Note" composed by Harikesanallur Mutthiah Bhagavathar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNjl5w8Prw0) to showcase his autodidactic (self teaching) talent in expanding beyond his strictly classical training. This piece was extremely popular with an independence era audience that felt pride in one of their own "getting" western music while no Englishman could perform a Thodi alapana. 

Obviously as a Indian classical musician, Mutthiah Bhagavathar only composed the main melody, an incredibly catchy and hummable tune that would have worked in the best courts of Vienna. But Western classical music is about harmony layered over the melody and I was surprised that no one had taken a crack at taking this really catch melody and writing a String quartet around it. 

There were some interesting challenges. Mani Iyer clearly did not keep harmony in mind when he wrote the piece so there are places where the melodic sequence presents quite a hard challenge to harmonize, but all in all, I think it turned out okayish. 

Again, I am quite an amateur and It will be great if more talented musicians take this melody and set it to even better background scores :)

English Note (by Madurai Mani Iyer) - String Quartet

04 Bhakti-ganesh kumaresh-taufiq quereshi

Violin by Ganesh & kumaresh

Baro krishnayya

Lalgudi Jayaraman mohanakalyani tillana

TRS - Sogasuga Mrithanga Thaalamu

If the word Lalgudi is synonymously identified with music and the violin, the entire credit goes to Sri.Lalgudi Jayaraman. It is the lives of legends like Sri.Lalgudi Jayaraman that gives a perspective to the popular adage “The lives of great men remind we can make our lives sublime”.  It is no exaggeration that the firmament of South Indian Music has been enriched by Lalgudi Jayaraman in more ways taht one , for he is an artist whose amazing vision has stirred the ocean of Carnatic music thereby introducing a wider, meaningful dimension have come to stay.  His innovation and geniusness elevating Carnatic violin to the new territorioes never seen before his times. 
Here is an elegant Arabhi Ragalap, in which we can see this maesto’s amazing vision and geniusness. 


The Elegant Arabhi By Lalgudi G Jayaramn

Ganesh Kumaresh play the magical thillana in Raga Madhuvanti - composed by carnatic music's great patriarch, Dr. Lalgudi G. Jayaraman.

Source: www.sangeethapriya.org

Thillana - Madhuvanti (Ganesh Kumaresh)

Rangapura Vihara - Brindavana Saranga - Sikkil Gurucharan

This was recorded on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of Guru Vellal Maharaj held at Coorg District of Karnataka, India.

Bamboo flute - Heramb Hemanth - Western Notes

Music by Anil Srinivasan; Vocal by Sikkil Gurucharan

Omana Thingal Kidavo

absolutely <3 dis song from Guddi by Vani Jairam ! a new mould of this song ...:D..hope u like it !!

Bole Re Pappihara - Nostalgic Rendition

Rangapura Vihara - Brindavana Saranga - Sikkil Gurucharan

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