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Famous Carnatic Composers - PSA
PaTnam Subramanya Aiyyar - He was born in 1845 in Tanjavur to Bharatham Vaidyanatha Iyer, his father. He hailed from a musical tradition: his grandfather was Bharatham Panchanada Sastry, the samasthana vidwan at the court of Serfoji II and his uncle Melatture Ganapati Sastrigal was also a vocalist and taught him music, along with Kothavasal Venkatarama Iyer and Manambucchavadi Venkatasubbaiyyar. Among his sishyas were Ramanathapuram (Poochi) Srinivasa Iyengar, Kakinada C.S. Krishnaswamy Iyer, G Narayanaswamy Iyer, Mysore Vasudevacharya, Guruswamy Iyer, Tiger Varadachariar, Muthialpet Sesha Iyer (known as Kulla Sesha Iyer), M.S. Ramaswamy Iyer, and Enadi Laksmi. He was the Asthana Vidwan to the Courts of Travancore, Mysore, Vijayanagaram and Ramanathapuram. He has composed over a 100 pieces, including tana and pada varnas, kritis, tillanas and javalis. He has set a pallavi to the Simhanandana Tala, the longest tala. He used the mudras Venkateswara, Adi Venkateswara, Varada Venkateswara, Sri Varada Venkateswara or Venkatesa. He is credited with the creation of the raaga Kathana Kuthuhalam. Famous for singing bEgaDa, he earned the name BEgaDa Subramanya Aiyyar. He died July 31st, 1902 in Tiruvayyar.
Mudra: VenkaTEsha
Compositions:
- aa samayamunakEmi - saaranga
- abhimaanamennaDu galgu raama - bEgaDa
- aparaadhamulanniyu - lataangi
- apuDu manasu (jaavali) - kamaas
- bhajarE maanasa shree - suguNabhooshani
- calamEla jEsEvu (varNa) - kIravANi
- calamEla jEsEvu (varNam) - keeravaaNi
- daari teliyaka (varNam) - darbaar
- dAri teliyaka (varNa) - darbAr
- dhanyuDevvaDO - malayamaarutam
- Emi sEtunE (varNa) - bhairavi
- Emi sEtunE (varNam) - bhairavi
- endukiTu capalamu - mandaari
- ennaDu daya - baalahamsa
- ennaDu neekrupa - vaacaspati
- ennaDu nI krpa - vAcaspati
- enta nErcina - saavEri
- epuDu kripa galgunO - mukhaari
- epuDu krpa galgunO - mukhAri
- Era naapai (varNam) - tODi
- Era nApai (varNa) - tODi
- Era raaraa (jAvaLi) - kamaas
- eTu namminaa - saavEri
- evarEmi bOdhana (varNa) - shahAnA
- evarEmi bOdhana (varNam) - sahaanaa
- evari bOdhana (varNa) - AbhOgi
- evari bOdhana (varNam) - aabhOgi
- evarunnaaru - simhavaahini
- garuDa gamana - nAgasvarALi
- garuDagamana samayaamidE - naagaswaraavaLi
- hara hara smara - mangaLakaishiki
- idi nyaayamaa - maaLavi
- ikanElanE (varNam) - poornacandrikaa
- inka calamEla (varNa) - cakravAkam
- inka calamEla (varNam) - cakravaakam
- inka daya raalEdaa - cakravaakam
- inta kaNTE - kannaDa
- iTTivaaru lETiki - raamapriyaa
- jalajaakshi ninne (varNam) - cakravaakam
- jalajAkSi ninne (varNa) - cakravAkam
- janmamenduku - malayamAruta
- kanna taNDri nIvE - nArAyaNi
- kanukoNTini (jAvaLi) - dEshyatODi
- karuNincarA - husEni
- karuNincuTakidE - sindhumandAri
- kOrina varam-osagu - rAmapriyA
- manasAvrtA - AbhOgi
- manasETiki (varNa) - sAvEri
- manasu karagudEmi - hamsadhvani
- manasuna nera - bEgaDa
- manavi cEkonavayya - sarasAngi
- maracEdi nyAyamA - hamsadhvani
- maraciTluNDEdi (varNa) - bEgaDa
- maravakavE O manasaa - shyaamaa
- marivErE dikkevarayyaa - shhanmugapriyaa
- marivEre dikkevvaru - latAngi
- nAdhru dhru (tillAnA) - sindhubhairavi
- nannu brOva - bhairavam
- nannubrOva raadaa - bhairavam
- naravara raghunandana - maNirangu
- nAyeDa nIkabhimAnamu - bEgaDa
- nE jEsina - pUrNacandrikA
- nee paadamulE - bhairavi
- nenaru leni (varNa) - balahamsa
- nijadaasa varadaa - kalyaaNi
- niluparAni (varNa) - shankarAbharaNa
- ninnu jeppa - mandaari
- ninnu jUci - saurAStra
- nIvE gatiyani - pUrNacandrikA
- pAlaya shrI - shankarAbharaNa
- palukuTacE - phalamanjari
- panca nadIsha - pUrNacandrikA
- pancApakEshvarENa - rAmapriyA
- parabrahmamu - kApinArAyaNi
- paridaanamiccitE - bilahari
- raamaa ika - sahaanaa
- raghu vamsa - katanakutoohalam
- raghuvamsha sudhAmbudhi - kadanakutUhala
- samayamidE (javaLi) - behAg
- samayamidE nannu brOva - kEdaaram
- sAmi idi vELa (varNa) - kannaDa
- sAmi nI vEga (varNa) - nATakuranji
- sAmi ninnE kOriyunnadirA (varNa) - aThANA
- sAmi nIpai (varNa) - nAgasvaravaLi
- sankalpam eTTidO - kharaharapriyA
- sarasIruhAnana - brndAvanasAranga
- sarasuDa ninnE (varNa) - sAvEri
- shrI panca nadIsham - shahAnA
- shrIkara raghuvIra - sarasvati
- svAmiki sari - dEvagAndhAri
- tAmasincu (varNa) - asAvEri
- tillaanaa - kamaas
- valaci vacci (varNa) - rAgamAlikA
- varamiyyavayya - shuddhadhanyAsi
- varamulosagi - keeravaaNi
- varamulosagi - kIravANi
- veruvanEla - shuddhabangALA
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