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Famous Carnatic Composers - PSA


PaTnam Subramanya Aiyyar - He was born in 1845 in Tanjavur to Bharatham Vaidyanatha Iyer, his father. He hailed from a musical tradition: his grandfather was Bharatham Panchanada Sastry, the samasthana vidwan at the court of Serfoji II and his uncle Melatture Ganapati Sastrigal was also a vocalist and taught him music, along with Kothavasal Venkatarama Iyer and Manambucchavadi Venkatasubbaiyyar. Among his sishyas were Ramanathapuram (Poochi) Srinivasa Iyengar, Kakinada C.S. Krishnaswamy Iyer, G Narayanaswamy Iyer, Mysore Vasudevacharya, Guruswamy Iyer, Tiger Varadachariar, Muthialpet Sesha Iyer (known as Kulla Sesha Iyer), M.S. Ramaswamy Iyer, and Enadi Laksmi. He was the Asthana Vidwan to the Courts of Travancore, Mysore, Vijayanagaram and Ramanathapuram. He has composed over a 100 pieces, including tana and pada varnas, kritis, tillanas and javalis. He has set a pallavi to the Simhanandana Tala, the longest tala. He used the mudras Venkateswara, Adi Venkateswara, Varada Venkateswara, Sri Varada Venkateswara or Venkatesa. He is credited with the creation of the raaga Kathana Kuthuhalam. Famous for singing bEgaDa, he earned the name BEgaDa Subramanya Aiyyar. He died July 31st, 1902 in Tiruvayyar.

Mudra: VenkaTEsha

Compositions:

  1. aa samayamunakEmi - saaranga
  2. abhimaanamennaDu galgu raama - bEgaDa
  3. aparaadhamulanniyu - lataangi
  4. apuDu manasu (jaavali) - kamaas
  5. bhajarE maanasa shree - suguNabhooshani
  6. calamEla jEsEvu (varNa) - kIravANi
  7. calamEla jEsEvu (varNam) - keeravaaNi
  8. daari teliyaka (varNam) - darbaar
  9. dAri teliyaka (varNa) - darbAr
  10. dhanyuDevvaDO - malayamaarutam
  11. dharalO nIvaNTi (tv) - shuddhatODi - Patnam Subramania Iyer
  12. Emi sEtunE (varNa) - bhairavi
  13. Emi sEtunE (varNam) - bhairavi
  14. endukiTu capalamu - mandaari
  15. ennaDu daya - baalahamsa
  16. ennaDu neekrupa - vaacaspati
  17. ennaDu nI krpa - vAcaspati
  18. enta nErcina - saavEri
  19. epuDu kripa galgunO - mukhaari
  20. epuDu krpa galgunO - mukhAri
  21. Era naapai (varNam) - tODi
  22. Era nApai (varNa) - tODi
  23. Era raaraa (jAvaLi) - kamaas
  24. eTu namminaa - saavEri
  25. evarEmi bOdhana (varNa) - shahAnA
  26. evarEmi bOdhana (varNam) - sahaanaa
  27. evari bOdhana (varNam) - aabhOgi
  28. evarunnaaru - simhavaahini
  29. garuDa gamana - nAgasvarALi
  30. garuDagamana samayaamidE - naagaswaraavaLi
  31. hara hara smara - mangaLakaishiki
  32. idi nyaayamaa - maaLavi
  33. ikanElanE (varNam) - poornacandrikaa
  34. inka calamEla (varNa) - cakravAkam
  35. inka calamEla (varNam) - cakravAkam
  36. inka daya raalEdaa - cakravAkam
  37. inta kaNTE - kannaDa
  38. iTTivaaru lETiki - raamapriyaa
  39. jalajaakshi ninne (varNam) - cakravAkam
  40. jalajAkSa ninneDabAsi (tv) - hamsadhvani - also Manambuchavadi VEnkatasubbier
  41. janmamenduku - malayamAruta
  42. kanna taNDri nIvE - nArAyaNi
  43. kanukoNTini (jAvaLi) - dEshyatODi
  44. karuNincarA - husEni
  45. karuNincuTakidE - sindhumandAri
  46. kOrina varam-osagu - rAmapriyA
  47. maguvarO nEDu (tv) - shahAnA
  48. manasAvrtA - AbhOgi
  49. manasETiki (varNa) - sAvEri
  50. manasu karagudEmi - hamsadhvani
  51. manasuna nera - bEgaDa
  52. manavi cEkonavayya - sarasAngi
  53. maracEdi nyAyamA - hamsadhvani
  54. maraciTluNDEdi (varNa) - bEgaDa
  55. maravakavE O manasaa - shyaamaa
  56. marivErE dikkevarayyaa - shhanmugapriyaa
  57. marivEre dikkevvaru - latAngi
  58. nAdhru dhru (tillAnA) - sindhubhairavi
  59. nannu brOva - bhairavam
  60. nannubrOva raadaa - bhairavam
  61. naravara raghunandana - maNirangu
  62. nAyeDa nIkabhimAnamu - bEgaDa
  63. nE jEsina - pUrNacandrikA
  64. nee paadamulE - bhairavi
  65. nenaru leni (varNa) - balahamsa
  66. nera jANavani ninnu (tv) - bEgaDA - also Ponniah Pillai
  67. nijadaasa varadaa - kalyaaNi
  68. niluparAni (varNa) - shankarAbharaNa
  69. ninnu jeppa - mandaari
  70. ninnu jUci - saurAStra
  71. ninnE kOriyunnAnu (tv) - gauLa
  72. nIvE gatiyani - pUrNacandrikA
  73. padarEdi meragAdurA (tv) - yadukulakAmbhOJi
  74. pAlaya shrI - shankarAbharaNa
  75. palukuTacE - phalamanjari
  76. panca nadIsha - pUrNacandrikA
  77. pancApakEshvarENa - rAmapriyA
  78. parabrahmamu - kApinArAyaNi
  79. paridaanamiccitE - bilahari
  80. raamaa ika - sahaanaa
  81. raghu vamsa - katanakutoohalam
  82. raghuvamsha sudhAmbudhi - kadanakutUhala
  83. samayamidE (javaLi) - behAg
  84. samayamidE nannu brOva - kEdaaram
  85. sAmi idi vELa (varNa) - kannaDa
  86. sAmi nI vEga (varNa) - nATakuranji
  87. sAmi ninnE kOriyunnadirA (varNa) - aThANA
  88. sAmi ninnE kOrinAnu - nATa
  89. sAmi nIpai (varNa) - nAgasvaravaLi
  90. sankalpam eTTidO - kharaharapriyA
  91. sarasIruhAnana - brndAvanasAranga
  92. sarasuDa ninnE (varNa) - sAvEri
  93. shrInivAsa nannu brOva (tv) - aThANA
  94. shrI panca nadIsham - shahAnA
  95. shrIkara raghuvIra - sarasvati
  96. svAmiki sari - dEvagAndhAri
  97. tAmasincu (varNa) - asAvEri
  98. tillaanaa - kamaas
  99. valaci vacci (varNa) - rAgamAlikA
  100. varamiyyavayya - shuddhadhanyAsi
  101. varamulosagi - keeravaaNi
  102. varamulosagi - kIravANi
  103. veruvanEla - shuddhabangALA
  104. padarEdi meragAdurA (tv) - yadukulakAmbhOJi

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