From today's
Hindu:
On one occasion, while introducing Maharajapuram Santhanam to the audience at a felicitation function at the Music Academy, [Semmangudi] said: “He is my guru’s son. When he was a little boy, I would toss him up in the air and play with him, but now [sizing him up with his eyes], I can’t quite manage that.” [Link]
A related observation from the Music Season of 1990:
Still the person who attracts most crowds is Maharajapuram Santhanam and the present theory in Madras is that this attraction is purely gravitational. [Ramesh Mahadevan]
3 comments :
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semmangudi's interview is interesting...especially his theory on the influence of the tape-recorder on similar styles of singing.
Right. I remember reading somewhere that in Hindustani also, the gharana boundaries are blurring thanks to the tape/CD.
By the way, do you remember Alladi Krishnaswamy from Florida Univ. once say in a lecture in our school about his visit to Semmangudi's place? Ramachandran (from the Hindu article) is from the Alladi family too.
Nice information .....his theory on the influence of the tape recorder on similar style of singing so its amazing if you learn Tamil language means Tamilalphabets 1 is one of the best i Phone app. Its very useful for all the age groups to learn Tamil in an easy way...
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