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Famous Carnatic Composers - VK


Veenai Kuppaiyyar - (1798-1860) Vina Kuppayyar, a distinguished disciple of Tyagaraja was a genius. Born of Sambamurthi Sastri, Kuppa Ayyar had his training under his father and became a versatile vidwan both in vocal and on the veena. Veena Kuppayyar was honoured with the title of 'Gana Chakravarthi'. Sambamurthi Sastri was a famous vocalist and vainika and people would say, 'Sambadu (Sambamurthi) should sing and Sambadu (Lord Siva) should listen' - Sambadu Vayinchavala, Sambadu Vinavala. As was the father, so was the son in the field of music. A scholar in Sanskrit, Telugu, Kuppayyar was a genius in composing bhajan - divyanama kirtanas, varnas, kritis and tillanas. He was versatile on the violin also. His creative abilities were remarkable and being deeply devoted to his family deity, he adopted 'Gopaladasa' as his signature.

Veena Kuppayyar became a disciple under Tyagaraja. One day, he was playing on the veena of his guru surreptitiously in his absence. When Tyagaraja entered, he was suprised to hear captivating music and brilliant play on veena with remarkable felicity and competent fingering. When he found that the player was none other than his own disciple, he was most agreeably astonished. He immensely liked the disciple and pleased him by going over to his house at Tiruvottiyur and singing 'Venugopalaloluni' (Kedaragoula) in praise of the family deity of Kuppayyar; and also by staying at the Madras house of Kovur Sundara Mudaliar, where Kuppayyar enjoyed the status of asthana vidwan, for seven days and made a magnificient display of the potential and intricacies of Devagandhari raga.

From Tiruvottiyur, Kuppayyar shifted to Muthialpet in Madras. His fame and popularity were such that eminent musicians like Vadivelu of Thanjavur used to visit him frequently and take part in festivals and bhajans conducted by him regularly. Like Maha Vaidyanatha Ayyar he kept a big retinue of disciples, undergoing gurukulavasa at his house (free accomodation, food, dress, education and training - all included). His son Tiruvottiyur Tyagayyar, Kothavasal Venkatarama Ayyar, Sitaramayya and Fiddle Ponnuswami Pillai were among his disciples.

Mudra: GOpaaladaasa

Compositions:

  1. bAgu mIraganu - shankarAbharaNa
  2. birAna nannu brOva - hamsadhvani
  3. brOvanu rArA - bEgaDa
  4. calamEla - dEshyatODi
  5. celimi kOri vacci (tv) - gauLa
  6. celiyapai dayapuTTadEmi (tv) - kAmavardhani
  7. ElarA nAtO - kIravANi
  8. I tanuvunu - dEshyatODi
  9. inta calamu (varNa) - bEgaDa
  10. inta cauka (varNa) - bilahari
  11. inta kOpamElarA (varNa) - rAgamAlikA
  12. inta parAkElanamma - bEgaDa
  13. inta parAmukhamElarA - bilahari
  14. iTu jAgu jEsEdi nIkidi (tv) - shrI
  15. iTuvaNTi bAdhala - madhyamAvati
  16. iTuvaNTi samayAna - sAranga
  17. jagadbhi rAmA - kAnaDA
  18. janani nannu brOva (varNa) - bauLi
  19. jO jO jO dEvi - kEdAragauLa
  20. kaddu lEdani - jayanArAyaNi
  21. kalikEti durlabamu - pUrvi
  22. kanikaramu lEka - Anandabhairavi
  23. kanna taNDri - kuntalavarALi
  24. koniyaaDina naapai - kaambhOji
  25. kOpamElarA - behAg
  26. kOri kOri - bEgaDa
  27. mA pati - kApijingala
  28. mA pati nAmamu - kApijingala
  29. mA ramaNu - rItigauLa
  30. madirAkSi nIpai cAla mrulu (tv) - mukhAri
  31. maguva ninnE - nArAyaNagauLa
  32. mammu brOcu - simhEndramadhyam
  33. manavyAla kimpavadEmi - khamAs
  34. mATADa rAdA - nATakuranji
  35. mOmu jUpaga - gauri
  36. mOmu jUpaga rAdA - gauri
  37. mOsa bOkavE - khamAs
  38. nannu brOcEvArevvarE - nArAyaNagauLa
  39. nannu brOva jAgElarA - shahAna
  40. nannu brOva rAdA nApai - hamIrkalyANi
  41. nannu brOva rAdA nAtO - sAma
  42. nannu brOvAnika - mukhAri
  43. nArAyaNa nI - yamunAkalyANi
  44. nenerunci nannElukOrA (varNa) - dhanyAsi
  45. nEramEmirA nE - nAdanAmakriyA
  46. neranammitirA - darbAr
  47. nI sahAyamulEni - dEvagAndhAri
  48. ninnE kOri (varNa) - sArangA
  49. ninnE nera nammiti - bhairavi
  50. ninnu nera - suraTi
  51. nIvE dikkani - darbAr
  52. paDDa bhATu - bilahari
  53. pAlimpavE nannu - hEmavati
  54. pAlincu gOpAla - husEni
  55. palumAru nAtO (varNa) - gauLa
  56. paradEvi nI pAdamulE - suraTi
  57. parAku mIraganu - shankarAbharaNa
  58. parama dayAnidhE - aThANA
  59. paramAtmuni - khamAs
  60. prAkrta janulatO - varALi
  61. saami ninnE kOri (varNam) - shankaraabharaNam
  62. sAmagAna lOlA - sALagabhairavi
  63. sAmi nI tODi tEvE (tv) - kAmavardhani
  64. sAmi nIpai marulu (tv) - Anandabhairavi
  65. sArasAkSi ninnE (varNa) - kAmbhOji
  66. sArasAkSi ninnE kOri cAla (tv) - mOhana
  67. sarOjAkSa nI - sAvEri
  68. shrI nAthA (varNa) - nATa
  69. shrI pati - kApi
  70. shrIkarambuka - kAmbhOji
  71. talli nAmIda - suraTi
  72. tAmasamElanamma - kAmbhOji
  73. telisi teliya - kEdAragauLa
  74. vanajAkSa nine nammiti (tv) - hindustAnibehAg
  75. vanajAkSi ninnu jUci (tv) - tODi
  76. vanjAkSA (varNa) - rItigauLa


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updated on 02/13/2023