Program: 6th Annual Tyagaraja & Tansen Aradhana
Subject
T. Viswanathan
(1927 - 2002)
Datec. 1990s
MediumPaper
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections
CopyrightIn Copyright
Object number2015.196.50.3a-b
DescriptionProgram for the 6th Annual Tyagaraja & Tansen Aradhana. This event, a concert of South Indian Carnatic music, recognized Wesleyan music professor, vina player, and National Heritage Fellow T. Viswanathan (1927-2002).
NotesSubject Note: The classical music of India occurs in two main styles: North Indian or Hindusthani; and Karnatic or South Indian, flourishing in the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala. Both styles are based on common elements such as the general melodic outline or particular scale, known as raga, and the important concept of tala, which is a rhythmic cycle of a number of beats acting as a metrical framework for all compositions and improvisations. Beyond these basic concepts, North and South Indian musical systems differ in their compositional forms, with North Indian music having separate song and instrumental forms, while South Indian music is more a vocal tradition based on highly devotional songs which are performed instrumentally and vocally.A South Indian classical music ensemble generally consists of a solo vocalist or instrumentalist (here, the soloist plays kural, or bamboo flute), a melodic accompanist (usually a violinist playing in the South Indian style), a rhythmic accompanist who plays the mridangam, a barrel-shaped double-headed wood drum, and two drone instruments (the stringed tampura and the accordion-based sruti box).
Additional audio, video, and/or photographic materials exist in the archive relating to these artists.
Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.
Status
Not on view
2002-2010
N. M. Chamberlin
