for students and lovers of Carnatic music
A map created for students keen on understanding the history, customs and performance practices Carnatic music: the places where composers, musicians and scholars lived; the place references woven into some of their song lyrics as well as major institutions and music festivals. Learn more >>
Aller indischen Musik liegt die menschliche Stimme zugrunde, denn sie diente schon immer der Vermittlung von Melodie, Melismatik, Rhythmus und Ausdruck (Bhava). Ob mit oder ohne Liedtext, die Grenzen zwischen gesanglichem und instrumentalem Musizieren sind dort bis heute weitgehend fließend geblieben. Text: Ludwig Pesch Die traditionelle indische Auffassung von Kunst lässt sich auf Bharatas Handbuch … Read more
A challenge to enjoy on a daily basis (30 min.): Select a popular melakarta raga to get into the “flow” >>(e.g. the 65th Mecakalyani) before exploring others (01 to 72) in 36 daily sessions, over and over again – Happy Flowing! Over a longer period, start each practice session with a mela having Prati Ma for … Read more
The Goddess Mariyamman in Music and in Sociology of Religion by Pia Srinivasan Buonomo & S. A. Srinivasan >> Listen to the four recordings here; and download the audio and text files onhttps://archive.org/details/mariyamman-in-music >>
Akshara Samskriti is the daughter of Carnatic musician Kiranavali and scientist-philosopher, Vidyasankar Sundaresan. This video was recorded on Nov 1, 2013, when Akshara was 4 years old. It was originally in multiple parts for educational video compilation, and has been put together as a single video here. The 72 Melakartas are regarded as the parent … Read more