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
:
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
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