Pallavi SEsha Aiyyar - (1842 - 1909) A musician and composer, he could trace his musical lineage to Tyagaraja through his father Neykkarapatti Subbayar, who was a disciple of the saint. Like his father, he sang bhajans in the houses of learned men and bhaktas and earned fame. His concerts were dominated by Ragam-Thanam-Pallavi which occupied as much as 2/3 of the concert (and therefore few kritis!). Because he was talented in the art of singing pallavi, he was given the appellation.

Sesha Iyer composed in many rare ragas like kanakaangi, maanavati, taanarupi, mallikavasantam and pushpalatika. He was also one of the few composers who set his own notation for his songs and left behind a manuscript with the scales of around 1000 ragas. He received special honours from the Maharaja of Mysore. Later, he stayed in Bangalore for a number of years and taught his compositions to musicians in Bangalore and Mysore. Towards the latter part of his life, he lived in Madras. His foremost disciples were Manattattaai Duraiswami Aiyar, Chintalapalli Venkata Rao and Nagaswaram Krishna.

Mudra: SEsha

Compositions:

1. cAla valaci (varNa) - maNirangu
   
2. caraNanu narulanu - sAma
   
3. citta mEla iTLaya - mAnavati
   
4. dashratha bAla - kanakAngi
   
5. dayanArjinci - sAvEri
   
6. dhIm dhIm tOm (t) - dhanyAsi
   
7. edurugA vacci - khamAs
   
8. EmaNTi rAma - SaNmukhapriyA
   
9. Emi AnadiccEvu - kAnaDA
   
10. endAka ninnu - bhairavi
    
11. endu nE jUtunu - cakravAka
    
12. endudAginAvO - yadukulakAmbhOji
    
13. enta pilacina ElarA - kEdAragauLa
    
14. entani vinavinturA - urmikA
    
15. gAsi Ela beTTEvu - Ahiri
    
16. ika nannu brOva - bhairavi
    
17. IlAgu jEsitE - nAgasvarAvaLi
    
18. inta parAkElarA - kharaharapriyA
    
19. inta vADani nE - vakuLAbharaNa
    
20. jEsina pApamulu - kalyANi
    
21. kannulAra kaNTini - nATakapriyA
    
22. maruva nIku - pUrvIkalyANi
    
23. mOhana rAma - dvijAvanti
    
24. mOsamu sEya - simhEndramadhyam
    
25. nA paritApamu - saurASTra
    
26. nanniTla veta - nIlAmbari
    
27. nI daya vaccudennaDu - tODi
    
28. nI kanna dikkevarurA - puSpalatikA
    
29. nI sukhamu jEriti - sEnAvati
    
30. nIkEla dayarAdurA - shankarAbharaNa
    
31. ninu cAla nammina - harikAmbhOji
    
32. nIpai mOhamippuDu - punAgavarALi
    
33. nIvE nA jIvamani - kEdAra
    
34. oka mATATavElarA - gaurImanOhari
    
35. paalimpa ravEdElaraa - aarabi
    
36. paramAnandamu - gauLa
    
37. rAma nE ninu jUDaga - paraju
    
38. rAma nIdu karuNa - varALi
    
39. rAma nIku sari - madhyamAvati
    
40. sAdhuvula jEraka - ratnAngi
    
41. sAmagAna lOla - suraTi
    
42. sAmini tODi tEvE (varNa) - suraTI
    
43. sarasaku rammanavE (varNa) - darbAr
    
44. sAvakAshamEla - navarOj
    
45. shrI gaNanAtha nA - nATa
    
46. shrI raghukulAbdhi - shuddhasAvEri
    
47. shrIpatE krpa sEyarA - shrI
    
48. tAm tAm tAm (t) - kAnaDA
    
49. tattara baDa jAlarA - rUpavati
    
50. tillaana (dhanyaasi) - dhanyaasi
    
51. vAdEla jEsEvurA - dhEnukA
    
52. vANi nanna brOvavE - suraTi
    
53. vinta vintaga - kOkilapriyA