Veteran mridangist Sathapuram Subbier who initiated Palghat Mani Iyer to the art was a specialist in gamaka , wrote V. S. Namboothiripad, Kerala’s first music critic in 1954.
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With the commercialisation of the media and the education system, the study of language and literature, especially in the mother-tongue, has suffered, in turn leading to an erosion in the quality of art criticism and journalism, says the author
T.K Rangachary was best known for his clear citation of words in a field where music was always considered more important than words, wrote V. S. Namboothiripad, Kerala’s first music critic, in 1954.
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Sankaracharya mentions the lasya or grace of the Goddess in several of his verses, while the recurring theme of Mohiniyattam – the pain of a Nayika separated from the Nayaka, can be metaphorically compared to Jīvātma yearning to be reunited with the Paramātma.
Violinist Parur Sundaram Iyer was popular among all kinds of music connoisseurs owing to his knowledge of both oriental and occidental styles of music, wrote V. S. Namboothiripad, Kerala’s first music critic, in 1954, specifically mentioning the violinist’s visit to Kabul in Afghanistan as a representative of Indian music
Sangeeta Lahari – Geetam, Vaadyam and Nrityam, is a rare synergy of artistic brilliance and a cherished possession for the dancer fraternity.
The manuals for several Kerala art forms like Koodiyāṭṭaṁ and Nangiārkūttụ are said to have been formed during the age of the Kulasekharas, who followed the Chera dynasty in Kerala. The current day Mohiniyattam can be considered a dance form in the lasya style which imbibed the core principles of many ancient dance forms of Chera influence
Chittoor Subramania Pillai is the only famous inheritor of the Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi music tradition of Kanchipuram Naina Pillai, wrote V. S. Namboothiripad, Kerala’s first music critic, in 1954.