Saint Thyagaraja Krithis : Compilation of Master List

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SrI:

 

Dear Raama BhakthAs :

 

Saint Thyagaraja's Raama Bhakthi has been like a flowing

river of honey , which has crystallized into a mountain of

bliss .

 

Many musician's over time have learnt these krithis from the sishya

paramparai of Saint Thyagaraja ( 1767-1847 C.E) and kept them

alive until today and are passing on to future generations of Raama

BhakthAs and NaadhOpAsakAs.

 

It has been my good fortune to listen to many of these krithis during

the Oppiliappan ThirukkalyANa Uthsavam ( Iypaasi SravaNam time)

when stalwart musicians sang in front of Oppilaa Appan .

 

Although I have given away 400 audio tapes of mine to a music lover

in Boston area , I still have 200 more tapes and CD ROMs that

have some of these precious krithis of Saint Thyagaraja .I plan

to make them available to the Raama BhakthAs & Music Lovers

thru creation of links to Raama Bhakthi or by creating a special

site that can have the vast storage that would be needed .

 

A bunch of Music lovers in California , Karnataka , Tamil Nadu

and Kerala and myself have joined together to assemble as

many available krithis from AIR concert and private concerts

(noncoomercial sources) and archive them at a seperate

site devoted to Raama Bhakthi Krithis . We will start with

Saint ThyagarAja Krithis , Nowka Charitham and add Sri Raamashtaka

Krithis of Sri Muthtuswamy Dikshithar , Saint Annamayya's

krithis on Lord Raamachandra-VenkatEsa and BhadrAchala

Ramadoss Krithis under the heading of Raama Bhakthi .

 

The Raama Bhakthi list that I moderate has two outstanding concerts

containing many ThyAgarAja Krithis sung by Sangeetha VidhvAns

T.V.Sankara NaarAyaNan and T.N.SeshagOpAlan . We will look

for krithis in apoorva raagams sung by eminent artists .

 

The purpose of this collection is for meeting the educational needs

and to bring as many Raama Bhakthi krithis in to the homes of

our members .

 

You can hear the beautiful rendering of Ghana Raaga Pancha Ratnam Kritis

and the concert of Sri T.V.SankaranArAyaNan ( Sri Madurai Mani BhANi)

at the links section of Raama Bhakthi list .

 

You can become members by sending e-mail to :

RamaBhakthi-

 

and contribute to the building up of the list of krithis

and enjoy that is already there .

 

We will bend over backward to select from private concerts

and stay away from commercial tapes and discs . All of your

inputs to build up the collection are welcomed .

 

NamO Sri RaamachandrAya ,

V.Sadagopan