Syama sastri biography of barack

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Indian Music Publishing House. Archived from the original on 1 December Subbaraya Sastri — was the son of Syama who learnt almost all his compositions.

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Annaswami Sastri's son Venkatasubramanya Sastri, known generally as Syama Sastri, was a school teacher and good in drawing. After retirement, he stayed in Madras and was a member of the Experts Committee of the Music Academy. We became friends, residing close to each other in Triplicane and messing in the same hotel; and after my marriage, he taught my wife some kritis of Syama Sastri, including a few of Subbaraya Sastri and Annaswami Sastri.

He insisted that the kritis should be sung as taught, like Veda, without any new flourishes. How is your new student? I asked him regarding another student that I had arranged for him. His reply was, "He knows much and attempts at improvements. Regarding the paucity of Sastri's compositions: He is said to have composed about pieces; he might not have done so many but certainly they were far more than what are now in vogue.

Subbarama Dikshitar said that he was going to bring out an edition of the songs of Sastrigal but unfortunately this and other volumes planned by him could not be brought out. I have examined song-manuscripts with Nagaswarakaras at Tiruvarur, the native place of the composer to which I have the honor to belong. I have myself in my collection some manuscripts collected from different sources.

I have also examined the only one palm leaf manuscript of Syama Sastri's songs in the custody of the composer's descendants. I find from all these sources a few additional compositions not yet bought to light; a Sanskrit piece in Gowlipantu, Puraharajaye palayamama Telugu piece, Nannubrova rada vegame neevu vinavamma Devinoted as Gowlipantu in one manuscript and as in Kanakangi in another, a Kapi piece, Akhilandeswari Adi talaone on Brihadamba in Jaganmohini Dayajooda, Adi talaKanakagirisadana in Kedaragowla, and possibly a few more.

There is also confusion about the exact raga of a few pieces; for example; Devibrova samayamide is in Chintamani in the manuscript with the composer's descendants at Tanjavur, in Shanmukhapriya in a manuscript with a Nagaswara family at Tiruvarur, and in Padmaraga in another manuscript examined and copied by the writer. Ninnu Vinamarigalada Ritigowla is noted as in Abheri.

It is because of his qualitative excellence that Syama Sastri has gained a secure and luminous place among the makers of modern Carnatic music, though his contribution has not been much quantitatively. We are now in the th year after the passing away of this musician, it may be hoped that before it is too late we may recover more of his masterpieces and bring into vogue a type of compositions which are, let me repeat, unique in the style forged by themselves.

In fact the composer himself, in his song in Anandabhairavi Pahi Sri Girirajasute prays to Mother that she may endow his genius with a unique style - Dehi mate anupama geetam ".

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Finding his aptitude for music, his mother requested her cousins to teach him the fundamentals of music. Within a short period, the boy became proficient in it. When Syama Sastri was 18, his father settled down at Thanjavur. A sanyasi, Sangita Svami, an Andhra brahmin, came to their house from Banares. He was pleased with the talents of Syama Sastri and offered to be his guru.

After teaching him the mysteries underlying the raga and tala prastaras, he directed Syama Sastri to go to Paccimiriyam Adiyappayya. As per Swamiji's advice, Syama Sastri approached Adiyappayya and the influence of Adiyappayya is reflected in his svarajati -kamakshi' in Bhairavi raga. Once, Kesavayya, a great musician from Bobbili, came to Thanjavur and challenged the court musicians in handling intricate talas.