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From: Parthasarathy Ranganathan (parthas_at_ece.rice.edu)
Date: Sun Nov 17 1996 - 18:49:09 PST
V. Sadagopan said: > I have however some observations on Your comments > for further discussions on the of the lack ofDivya Prabhandhams > being tuned and sung by our musicians, past and present. .... > > In summary , I think that the twin twains of Concert based sangeetham and > paasurams arising from the intenses bhakthi of Azhwaars will go their > separate ways and will occasionaly meet in the viruttham section > of the concert . The efforts of the disciple of late Sri V.V. Sadagopan > at Melkote are commendable starts since it seems to be the first serious > attempt to tune the Paasurams of AzhwArs and teach them to willing > students . The Tamizh Isai Mandram in Madras, in its annual music festival during December, organizes concerts (though in the non-prime slots) to encourage "Prabhandam isai". I recall Prof. Vasudha Narayanan was very interested in this (the setting to music of the Naalayiram Divya Prabandham). Maybe, she can share some of her thoughts with us. Personally, I have some cassettes of the Divya Prabhandam verses, set to music by Sri. Venkata Varadan, and have found them a delight to hear. I would be happy to send a copy of my tapes to anyone who is interested. -- Partha ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Parthasarathy Ranganathan Graduate Student Dept of ECE, MS 366 Office: A211 Abercrombie Rice University email : parthas@rice.edu Houston TX 77251-1892 Phone : 713-527-8101 x3222 Webpage : http://www-ece.rice.edu/~parthas -----------------------------------------------------------------------