Comfort of the Known
26 Saturday May 2012
Source: The Hindu; Author: Venkatesan Srikanth; Photo Courtesy: V. Ganesan
If some Delhi music lovers enjoyed analysing the greatness of Madurai Mani Iyer, others went back to the devotional roots of classical music. Mention these songs to any ardent Carnatic music lover — “Kaa Vaa Vaa” (Varali), “Thaaye Yasodha” (Todi), “Yeppo Varuvaro” (Jonpuri), “Vellai Thamarai” (Bhimplas), “Karpagame” (Madhyamavati) and the “English Note” — and the name that would instantly come to mind is the legendary late Madurai Mani Iyer. Madurai Mani Iyer popularised these songs and his listeners would repeatedly request him to sing most of them in all his concerts. Mani Iyer was born on October 25 1912 and his centenary is being marked by events spread over a year in different parts of the country.
1 comments
May 26, 2012 at 3:58 pm
I was greatly pleasured to know the yomen service that your margazhi is doing towards classical music . please announce the monthly or any of your schudeld programmes the artists you are introduced to the stage the accompaning artists please make it convenient for new and old artists to link to tradition