Category: Music

Because I just love it.....

The Sound of Music!!!

Music! Isn’t it just the most marvelous thing the Lord has gifted us! The wonderful symphony of birds singing each morning, the soft whisper of the winds as they brush through the leaves.. makin’ them sing in a tune of their own! The distant call of flock of birds! The babble of the brooks! Everything …

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Vacana Saahitya mattu Shaastreeya sangeeta

monne aShTe, kannaDavE satya program nalli basavaNNa navara vacana kELde. amOghavaagi haaDidru! kELi tuMbaanE KuShi aaytu. vacana saahityavanna racane maaDiddu OdOke, artha maaDikoLLOkE, matte haaDOke sulabhavaagli annO uddESadiMda. heegirOvaaga vacanavanna heccAgi shaastreeya sangeetakke aLavaDisikoMDilla. heccAgi hiMdustaani saMgeeta idanna janapriya maaDiddu. adarallu mallikaarjuna mansur, gangu bai hanagal iMtha mahaneeyara saadhane iMdaagi vacana saahitya shaastreeya sangeetadallu kaaNisikoMDide.karnaaTaka …

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MS Subbulakshmi – The Divinity of Classical Music

Smt. M S Subbulakshmi, is a name that is sychoronous with Classical Carnatic music. I am at a loss of words to describe her, suffice it to say that she was my “maanasa guru” – a teacher I followed by my heart. I have learnt numerous stotras and songs by listening her sing. I have …

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The magic of Pancharatnas

Shri Tyagaraja is one of the trinities of Indian Classical Music and rightly so. His compositions are so rich in devotion and melody, that it enthralls the listener and creates a field of devotion and music around him. One certainly has to listen to the “pancharatnas” to know the power that music can bestow and …

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Music – The Sound of the soul

naahaM vasaami vaikuMThe na yOgi hRudayEravoumadbhaktAH yatra gAyaMti tatra tiShThAmi nArada Music is a rhythmic, ordered sound produced by a synchronized movement – scientifically speaking. But in the realms of art, music is an enchantment. The power of sound enters into the mystic levels, when it alleviates itself into music. The cacophonous, incoherent sounds that …

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