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| RAMNAD SRINIVASA IYENGAR (1860 - 1919) | |
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Musical
Background: He was a disciple of Patnam Subramanya
Iyer. He
is popularly known as 'Poochi' Srinivasa Iyengar.
Region: He was born in Ramanathapuram (known as Ramnad), Tamilnadu. Contribution: His compositions included kritis, varnams, javalis and tillanas. He has composed in unusual ragas and talas (a Tillana in one of the 108 talas). Theme: Mainly devotional, but with erotic lyrics in the javalis. Language used: Telugu Popular Compositions: Sri Venkatesam (Todi), Paramapavanarama (Poorvikalyani), Tanomtanata (a Tillana in Paras) etc. |
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