Thullatha manamum thullum…….

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N.R.Ranganathan said:
........ Here I am with a rendering of Musiri 'pranatharthihara' in ragamalika ........
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முசிறி அவர்கள் பாடிய 'அவிழ்த்த செஞ்சடை ஆட' என்ற பாடல் இருந்த ரெக்கார்டைக் கேட்டு வாங்கி வர, ஒருவர் தன்

வேலையாளை அனுப்ப, அவனோ கடையில் சென்று 'முசிறி அவுத்த செஞ்சட்டை வேணும்' என்று மீண்டும் மீண்டும்

கேட்டு, கடைக்காரனை ஒரு வழி ஆக்கிவிட்டானாம்! இது பர்மாவில் தந்தையாரின் குடும்பம் வசித்தபோது நடந்த சம்பவம்.
 
Chittor V,Nagaiah was an actor and a good singer of carnatic songs. Here is
his rendering of ' entharo mahanubhavulu', a composition by saint thyagaraja ;

Endaro Mahanubhavulu -

In the olden days the actors were talented in carnatic music, unlike the present
day actors/actresses jumping, shaking and running around.
 
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Biography. Source: Comment section in Youtube

Jon Borthwick Higgins (b. Andover, Massachusetts, September 18, 1939; died December 7, 1984) was an American

musician, scholar, and teacher known principally for his rare skill as a non-Indian in the field of Carnatic music. He lived much

of his student and professional life at Wesleyan University.

Born in Andover, Massachusetts, Higgins had his high school education at Phillips Academy, where his father taught English

and his mother taught music for many years. He attended Wesleyan University and received all three of his degrees from

there: a B.A. as a double major in Music and History in 1962, an M.A. in Musicology in 1964, and a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology

in 1973.

He founded the Indian music studies program at York University in Toronto with Trichy Sankaran in 1971, and returned to

Wesleyan in 1978 as a professor of music and Director of the Center for the Arts. He continually sought to strengthen the

quality of Wesleyan's curriculum, and immersed himself in numerous cultural activities inside and beyond the university

community. He also maintained a very deep relationship with his family.

Higgins was a singer of European and Western classical music. He is also recognized as the first non-Indian to perform

South Indian classical Carnatic music at a high level of proficiency. He began his Indian music studies in Wesleyan courses

taught by Robert E. Brown and T. Ranganathan, and was quickly captured by the subtle beauty of the art form. He decided to

fully dedicate himself to learning the language of Carnatic music, and went to India on a Fulbright scholarship to learn from T.

Viswanathan. Within a short period of time he performed to great acclaim at the Tyagaraja Aradhana, an important music

festival in South India. He later continued his studies under the renowned dancer T. Balasaraswati, and wrote his dissertation

on the dance music of bharatanatyam. Higgins returned to India as a Senior Research Fellow of the American Institute of

Indian Studies. He continued to perform Carnatic music, recorded several albums, and due to his widely-recognized

sensitivity was honored with the sobriquet "Bhagavatar" (scholarly musician). He was killed by a drunken hit-and-run motorist

on December 7, 1984.

Higgins was much appreciated by Indian connoisseurs.His rendition of "Endaro Mahanubhavulu Andariki Vandanamu ("My

salutations to all the great people"), a famous kriti (song) by Thyagaraja (a great composer of Carnatic Music) was

extraordinary considering the fact that it is a difficult kriti for even the people with knowledge of the language in which the kriti

is composed (Telugu).

Other of Higgins' most famous renditions (available commercially / otherwise for listening on the Internet) include "Siva Siva

Enarada," "Krishna Nee Begane," and "Kaa Vaa Vaa."

Although he mostly won the acceptance of the general Indian public during katcheris (concerts), which were usually crowded,

there were always the critics of his times pointing out minor errors in pronunciation. Needless to say, these never deterred the

master who went on to deliver quite a lot of katcheris broadcast on All India Radio, only to increase the fan population.
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Dear Raji madam,

Now it is your turn to come out with kanakku.

Once MMI was asked as to why he was not following kanakku.

He replied ; I dont know kanakku vazhakku. Therinchava padattum.

He followed mano-dharma and his enchanting music enthralled the
audience - layman and experts alike. He popularised some rare ragas.
 
N.R.Ranganathan said:
Dear Raji madam,

Now it is your turn to come out with kanakku.

Once MMI was asked as to why he was not following kanakku.

He replied ; I dont know kanakku vazhakku. Therinchava padattum.

He followed mano-dharma and his enchanting music enthralled the
audience - layman and experts alike. He popularised some rare ragas.
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by hearing kanakku my thoght goes
kanakku pillai pozhappu iruku kanakkil
between nanbarkal ther should not be kannakku
for learning you should not see kanakku
music should be taught with kanakku &if the teacher make love with his student that is also as kanakku panniyatchu
student is getting his home work & its used to mention the husband'swork in home veetu kannaku
office kasi kanakku illamal seithalvarum vazhakku
vazhakkama varuthai count seithal atharkku peyar kanakku
kooti kazhuchu parthal ellame kannaku
guruvayurappan
 
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