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S Ramanathan: A musicologist who shunned the rulebook, embraced innovation

CHENNAI: Carnatic vocalist S Ramanathan remains a prominent figure in the galaxy of veterans who have inspired the successive generations of musicians. While making a presentation on the birth centenary celebrations of Ramanathan (for 2016-17) at the Music Academy recently, HMV Raghu aptly summed up the stalwart’s contribution to music by dividing his life into three phases – that of a musician, a musicologist and a guru.He said these have been the roles that Ramanathan donned to fulfilment.
A child prodigy, Ramanathan was a topper in school, but he chose music over other avenues. Greatly inspired by Gopalakrishna Bharathi’s song "Chidambaram Pogamal Iruppeno", Ramanathan moved to Chidambaram at an early age to learn music at Annamalai University. He learned from gurus, who themselves were disciples of the musical trinity — Thyagaraja, Dikshithar and Syama Sastri.
As a musician Ramanathan’s raga alapanas were measured to the compositional value of the chosen krithi and were marked by brevi
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April 8th marks the 87th birth anniversary of the great musician-musicologist-scholar-composer, the legendary Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. S. Ramanathan. What better way to remember him than to hear his soulful music, that gives us glimpses into his simplicity, erudition and sound interpretation of the classics of the masters:

Manasa Guruguha - Anandabhairavi - Muttuswami Dikshitar

Kanugonu Sowkhyamu - Nayaki - Tyagaraja

Devi Brova - Chintamani - Shyama Shastri

Varalenduko - Gurjari - Tyagaraja

Shri Vishwanatham - Chaturdasha Ragamalika - Muttuswami Dikshitar

A brief biography of Dr. Ramanathan

  • Birth: April 8th, 1917 at Tirukoilur (Velavanur)

  • Parents: Subramania Shastri & Pattammal

  • Initial tutelage: At

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    S. Ramanathan (musician)

    For other uses, see S. Ramanathan (disambiguation).

    Indian musician (1917-1988)

    S. Ramanathan (1917-1988) was a Carnatic music singer and musicologist. He was awarded the Sangeetha Kalanidhi title in 1985 by Madras Music Academy.

    S. Ramanathan

    Born1917
    Died1988
    NationalityIndian
    Occupation(s)Carnatic music singer, musicologist
    Known forSangeetha Kalanidhi (1985)
    AwardsSangeetha Kalanidhi (1985)

    He learned music from Tiger Varadachariar, Sabesa Iyer, Ponniah Pillai, and Sathur Krishna Iyengar. Post this, he also trained under Vidwan Valadi Krishnaiyer known as "Kirthana Kutir" - Granary of Kirthanas for vocal music and Devakottai Narayana Iyengar for the veena and acquired proficiency in both fields.

    He received a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, where he also taught.[1]

    He had disciples who have carved names for themselves such as P. Unnikrishnan, S. Sowmya, Savithri Sathyamurthy, Anuradha Subramanian, Seetha Narayanan, Vasumathi Nagarajan, Sukanya

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