Publications on Performing Arts
Some of these publications (marked with *) are out of print and are available for reference in
the C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation Library.
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MUTHUSWAMI DIKSHITAR AND TIRUVARURMuthuswami Dikshitar and Tiruvarur bear a close association for many reasons. Tiruvarur was the place of his birth. He was devoted to Kamalamba and Tyagaraja, the deities of the TiruvarurTemple and this was the place that saw the most prolific of Dikshitar’s compositions. This book aims at studying the kritis that Muthuswami Dikshitar composed in Tiruvarur, the details of the town and temple that he has incorporated in his kritis and the sheer beauty and majesty of his style. by Sumathi Krishnan ISBN: 81-901484-5-1 |
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* MUSIC COMPOSERS OF INDIAEssays onTyagaraja and Rama Bhakti, The Gita Govindam of Jayadeva, Arunagirinatha, Purandara Dasa, Haridasa of Karnataka, Saint-singers of Maharashtra, Ksetrajna, Narayana Tirtha, Sadasiva Brahmendra, Bhadrachala Ramadasa, Arunachala Kavi, Tyagaraja’s Panca-Ratna-Krtis, The Prahlada Bhakti Vijayam of Tyagaraja, Syama Sastri, Maharaja Swati Tirunal, Gopala Krsna Bharati, Kavadi Chindu of Annamalai Reddiar, Subrahmanya Bharati’s Musical Compositions. by T.S. Parthasarathi
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* INNOVATIVE GENIUS OF BHAVABHUTIAn introduction to Bhavabhtuti’s innovativeness as a poet and playwright and the problem of Sita’s excommunication and by Shri. A.V. Subrahmanyam |
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* HARIKATHAThe contributions of Walajapet Venkatramana Bhagavatar and the musical forms in Kathakalakshepa are delineated by Shri T.S. Parthasarathy and Dr. M. Prameela Gurumurthi respectively. by T.S. Parthasarathi
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* FOLK ARTS OF TAMILNADUDescribes folk dances, such as the kummi, kolaattam, kaavadi, karagam and impersonation dances;folk music, such as the villupattu, harikatha, lavani; occupational songs, folk ballads and lore and lullabies;musical instruments including, percussion instruments, string instruments, wind instruments, folk bands; folk theatre such as therukoothu, bhagavatha mela, kuravanji; and puppetry, both bommalaatam and tholu bommalaatam. by Nanditha Krishna see also Publications on Folk Culture |
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