Swathi sangeetholsavam, festivals, thiruvananthapuram. Graphic biography of swathi thirunal musician and king of. A smart and handsome musician, he is a direct descendent of maharaja swathi thirunal rama varma and shares the name of the kingcomposer. It is also seen from the asiatic journal and monthly register for british and foreign india, china, and australia, published by parbury, allen, and co. Compositions of maharajah svathi tirunal compiled by p. Swathi thirunal this weekend i read a good malayalam novel swathi thirunal written by vaikom chandrasekharan nair. But the status and rank of artists among general public gradually increased. Prince rama varma, the south indian classical musician, is a descendent of maharaja swathi thirunal. Prince rama varma, renowned south indian classical musician and descendant of swathi thirunal, organizes the swathi sangeethotsavam, a 10day music festival featuring exclusively the compositions of maharaja swathi thirunal. Some say that some compositions attributed to him were really composed by some great musicians of his court. A few compositions are listed twice in the above listing indicated by a.
Annually, the kuthiramalika palace in the capital city of thiruvananthapuram pulsates with music by swathi thirunal rama varma, the former maharaja of travancore. Swathi thirunal encouraged both hindustani and carnatic music, though he was essentially a maestro of the carnatic music tradition. Assorted lyrics karnatik sahityam assorted lyrics available in different scripts. Participant registration registration guidelines swathi thirunal jayanthi special events. His mudra in compositions are padmanabha, sarasijanabha etc. Jul 12, 2011 posts about swathi thirunal written by arun. He holds the credit of composing more than 400 musical compositions and even his palace accommodated many renowned musicians of his time. Other poetical works of maharaja svathi tirunal transliteration scheme. Mdr, though died only 25 odd years back, in his time, left no foot print of his own compositions. He is the organiser for swathi sangeethotsavam, a week long music festival featuring exclusively the compositions of swathi thirunal. Sep 21, 2010 swathi thirunal lived as a contemporary of thyagaraja and dikshitar, unlike them swathi thirunal did not have any disciples and hence there is no document on the way they were originally composed. Swathi thirunal compositions place to go if you want to ask someone identify raga, tala, composer etc or ask for sahitya lyrics or notations or translations. Ratanjankar, published by sree swati tirunal sangeetha sabha, trivandrum 1972 a collection of 36 compositions in hindusthani style, with notations audio recordings.
Kerala is often referred to as the land of culture. Compositions of svati tirunal maharaja carnatic corner. Many songs have been popularized by stalwarts like semmangudi, chembai, mss, kvn etc. As per the prevailing practice in travancore royal family, he came to be known as swathi thirunal known after. Swathi thirunal compositions come alive again at kalakshetra.
Also, there are nine compositions on jnana vairagya theme advaita philosophy. Swati tirunal, in full swati tirunal rama varma, born april 16, 18, thiruvananthapuram formerly trivandrum, travancore now in kerala, indiadied december 25, 1846, the maharaja of travancore and one of the bestknown musicians in the south indian karnatak music tradition swati tirunal was anointed the ruler of travancore at age 16, and he became known for his extensive. Maharaja swathi thirunal compositions sangeeta nidhi. Heres more about the biography of sri swathi thirunal rama varma, who was a master of many languages like sanskrit, hindi, malayalam, marathi, telugu, kannada, bengali, tamil, oriya.
Apr 15, 20 unique features of swathi thirunals composititons. A book on the life and works of swathi thirunal in malayalam has been published by nbs. Swathi sangeethotsavam 2015 prince rama varma amrutha venkatesh intro and kamas pada varnam. British rulers who resented art forms tried to dissolve the royal courts and the services of artists were terminated. His life was short and he died on december 25, 1846, at 34. Album pravaaham artists ranjanigayathri, ranjanigayathri composer swathi thirunal mridangam player. Swathi thirunal sangeetha vidyalayam, ponkunnam, kerala. Preface south india in the 18th century was a place where music blos somed and flourished into a mighty tree from the deep roots of past knowledge. Thiruvananthapuram gigantic pillars emanating with the thumping beats of a kings own compositions are unheard of these days. Swathi thirunal is about the life and times of the legendary musician monarch h.
Swathi thirunal compositions come alive again at kalakshetra 19 nov 20 maharaja swathi thirunal lived for only 33 years, but his compositions have been alive for more than 170 years and are now. H sree padmanabhadasa sree swathi thirunal rama varma of travancore. The hindu, saturday, feb 26, 2005 single and 36, he is a very eligible bachelor. Devanuke pathi indra swathi thirunal malayalam spb by gopalv1958 published on 20120703t12. At least 125 of his compositions are available today. Swathi thirunala prince among musicians and a musician. Swathi thirunal vijayadhwani institute of carnatic music. Biography, compositions of maharaja swathi thirunal hari. Sri swathi thirunal college of music,thiruvananthapuram, kerala has 2 courses with average fees 3,955 per year. His musical compositions are supposed to number over five hundred. Carnatic corner your guide to carnatic music on the internet.
Which are the best songs composed by swathi thirunal raja. Swathi thirunal was a honorary fellow of the royal asiatic society. Swati tirunal rama varma was the maharaja of travancore, the throne having come to him by right even before he was born. Swathi thirunal 3 tambura and talometer softwares 1 thyagaraja 2 tukaram 1 tulasidas 1. When the rule of his highness swathi thirunal came to an end, the status and height of patronage given to art forms became deplorable. The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Balarama rama varma was born into the royal family of travancore southern part of present day kerala state, then a princely state in south india. Lyrics of maharaja swathi thirunal compositions in sanskrit addeddate 20121 17. We have four centers, located at the heart of trivandrum city, named karamana, thirumala, mancaud and. Baajat murali maharaja swathi thirunal composition prince rama varma by musiquebox. Golden treasury of maharaja swathi tirunal compositions. This institution is among the well established and wellmaintained institutions in south india facing comprehensive success year by year. Sarasakshaparipalaya panthuvarali adi as swathi thirunal kottur rajarathinam pillai, veeraswamy pillai, haridwaramangalam, a.
Swati tirunal is one of the greatest personalities in the history of the karnatic system of music. He is credited with composing over 400 compositions in carnatic and hindustani music. Besides being an able ruler, he was a patron of music and was a musician himself. Swathi thirunal holds the credit of composing more than 400 musical compositions. Swathi thirunal this weekend i read a good malayalam novel. For the navratri festivity, he composed numerous kritis in the praise of goddess devi. Full text of swathi thirunal compositions see other formats the sangitaxritis of svati sri rama varma maharaja car natic mania. In the course of the next two centuries we saw the emancipation of music in the form of trimurtis, saint tyagaraja, syama sastri and muthuswami dikshitar.
Nov 18, 2011 thillana are the concluding item in any bharathanatyam margam presentation. His favorite was padmanabha pahi, deva deva, sarasijanabha and sree ramana vibho. This society was founded in 1823 by the eminent sanskrit scholar henry colebrooke and a group of like minded individuals. Besides music, he was fluent in several languages inclusive of sanskrit, malayalam, hindi, marathi, telugu, bengali, tamil, kannada, oriya as well as english. It is purely a nritta based item which involves pure dance movements with complex rhythmic patterns and arudhis. A total of 391 compositions of svati tirunal have been printed with notation and meaning with lyrics in sanskrit, diacritical english, and some in malayalam, in the very recent, mammoth work by sangita kalanidhi t. Swathi thirunal swati tirunal lived for only 33 years, april 16, 18 december 25, 1846 but what he accomplished in that time was quite remarkable. The swathi sangeethotsavam is a commemorative festival of indian classical music conducted annually in honour of maharajah swathi thirunal rama varma of travancore who besides being the king of travancore during the period 181846 was a famous classical musician and composer.
The following lists, lyrics and tables will be useful to carnatic music listeners. He wrote eight works, six of them in sanskrit and two in malayalam. More than being a ruler, he was a great composer and poet. The book is the sixth title in the series pictures of melody.
Swathi thirunal was born in the year 18 under the asterism swathi chothi and died on 25th december 1846, living for a span of 33 years and 8 months. Swathis kritis came alive at a festival in irinjalakuda rich tribute was paid to swathi thirunal by rendering his kritis and by depicting it through mohiniyattam in a fourday dance and music. He was a contemporary of the trinity of carnatic music, as indicated below. Alphabetic list of maharaja svathi tirunal compositions part b.
This page gives information about sri swathi thirunal college of music, its address and location, academic information, infrastructure and facilities etc. This institution is among the well established and wellmaintained institutions in. Swathi thirunal is said to extend patronage to both hindustani as well as carnatic music. Lyrics of swathi thirunal compositions in sanskrit download lyrics for swathi thirunal compositions in sanskrit link 1 and link 2. Maharaja swathi thirunal lived for only 33 years, but his compositions have been alive for more than 170 years and are now available on youtube. Sree swathi thirunal college of music, thiruvananthapuram, kerala was established with the aim of making kritis by maharaja sri. Swathi thirunal rama varma was the king of thiruvithamkoor during 18291846. Born 16 april 18 died 27 december 1846 achievements though sri swathi thirunal rama varma was the rajah of the ancient princely state of travancore, he was also a great patron of music and a musician himself.
Oct 16, 2018 swathi sangeethotsavam 2015 prince rama varma amrutha venkatesh intro and kamas pada varnam. Sri swathi thirunal rama varma april 16, 18 december 25, 1846 was a south indian king of the state of travancore, in india. Lyrics of swathi thirunal compositions in sanskrit blogger. The prestigious sri swathi thirunal college of music, named after the great swathi thirunal, the erstwhile maharaja of travancore has a legacy of several decades. Swathi thirunal sangeetha vidyalayam home facebook. May 16, 2011 prince rama varma, the south indian classical musician, is a descendent of maharaja swathi thirunal. Personal life swathi thirunal had an early marriage but his wife died soon. More than being a ruler, he was a great composer and poet in several languages including malayalam and samskrit. Most of the manipravalam compositions employ a combination of malayalam and sanskrit languages for the lyric.
Graphic biography of swathi thirunal in comic book format is authored by lakshmi devnath, a chennaibased carnatic music researcher. Feb 26, 2005 openness to different streams of music is what sets carnatic musician prince ashwathi thirunal rama varma apart. Biography, compositions of maharaja swathi thirunal haris. Maharaja are sung and i network with the artists who are invited, to ensure that. Swathi thirunal maharaja kalppichundakkiya sangeetha kruthikal, by chidambara vadhyar, printed in 1916, a good collection of musical compositions of maharaja swathi thirunal. Palanivel, thanjavur govindaraj karnatik classical nadhaswaram. Swathi thirunal is a 1987 malayalam biographical film cowritten and directed by lenin rajendran. This unique musical event is conducted every year from 6 to 12 january at kuthira malika, trivandrum.
List of malayalam songs written by swathi thirunal. The film is based on the life of swathi thirunal rama varma, the maharaja of the state of travancore. It stars anant nag in the title role, and srividya, nedumudi venu and murali in other important roles. As far as hindustani music is concerned, his praiseworthy compositions comprise of dhrupads, thumris, tappas, bhajans, khyal, etc. Sri swathi thirunal college of music as soon as you step in to the granite gate, reminiscent of an old fort, you will be welcomed by the distant resonance of tantalizing compositions. The maharajas of travancore ruled their kingdom as servants dasas of the lord padmanabha and most of swathi thirunal compositions carry the signature padmanabha. He was born a king, and was in power even before birth. The reason is they are sung in two different ragams by different group of musicians. Some audio tapescds exclusively devoted to of svati tirunal k.
Swathi thirunal was deeply interested in music right from childhood. The book consists of 24 pages the first 12 pages are on the lineage and swati tirunals achievements as the ruler. Swathi thirunal a great composer from travancore region composed in wide variety of ragams and languages. Sri swathi thirunal college of music, thiruvananthapuram. Compositions specially written for dance are a unique feature of this composer. Padmanabha satakam is a beautiful devotional poem in sanskrit directly addressed to lord padmanabha, the presiding deity of the kingdom, by maharaja swathi tirunal of travancore. Last days of swathi thirunal a write up his compositions and my renditions.
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