Ages have not withered the appeal of Tyagaraja kritis and even today lovers of music are enthralled by his music, which transcends barriers of nationality, religion, and language. Tyagaraja’s compositions have become real classics, "companion of all times". In this book I have endeavoured to bring out the notated text of selected compositions of the saint composer. I have provided a brief introduction summarising the biography of the saint composer and enumerating the salient aspects of his music. It is difficult to select compositions from Tyagaraja’s vast treasure house because each composition is a masterpiece and each has a separate significance from the point of view of his life or the technical or literary aspects of music. Still I have selected compositions which are representative and which are popular with lovers of music. It is difficult to include all the compositions grouped as Pancharatnas in a select anthology. So I have included one composition each from his Pancharatna kritis, as a representation from each group. I hope this will make the book more useful to the learners of compositions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S. Bhagyalekshmy
Dr. S. Bhagyalekshmy, M.A., Ph.D. took her Doctorate on Music from University of Kerala, after having taken M.A. in Music with a first rank from same University. She has authored several books in English, Malayalam and Tamil. Karnatic Music Reader in 4 parts, Notated Editions of compositions of Tyagaraja, Muthuswamy Dikshitar, Pancharatnakritis of Tyagaraja, Maharaja Swathi Tirunal, Lakshana Grandhas in Music, Approach to Bharathanatyam; In Malayalam, Editions of Karnataka Sangeetha Patamala in 6 parts, notated editions of compositions of Tyagaraja, Muthuswamy Dikshitar, Maharaja Swathi Tirunal Purandaradasa, Syama sastri, Pancharatnakritis of Tyagaraja, Raga lakshanadeepika, translations of complete works of Saint Tyagaraja, complete works of Maharaja Swathi Tirunal, Muthuswamy Dikshitar, in Tamil Keertana akaradi-a complete index of Carnatic Music compositions. Her audio cassettes in English Karnatic Music Learning series in 7 Parts, Pancharatnakritis of Thagaraja in 4 parts, Ragadhara – Audio Encyclopaedia of Carnatic Mela and Janya Ragas in 26 parts etc. All her books and cassettes have been well received. She has given several concerts all over India and is an auditioned performing artist of All India Radio.
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