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Mysore Gazetteer Part.i Vol.ii, 1930

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1Sâstri. Among local proficients, Vidwân Vîna Sêshanna (later Vainikasikhâmani) must be mentioned. During the time of the present Mahârâja, a great impetus has been given to music in all its branches—Karnâtic, Hindustâni as well as English—and the art may be said to have assumed a new phase altogether. An orchestra of Karnâtic musicians has been formed and another of Hindustâni musicians. An attempt is also being made to introduce an element of harmony into Indian Music and several instruments such as Vîna, Violin, Jalatarang and Harmonium are played in unison so as to produce a very good musical effect.
3Mysore is famous for its excellence in vîna-playing. There are three centres in Southern India (namely, Mysore, Vizianagaram and Travancore) where Vîna is practised on a large scale and where there have appeared from time to time eminent artists. The gracefulness of style, clearness of intonation and softness of execution, perfected by Sêshanna, have won for Mysore the premier position in the art of vîna-playing in the whole of India. Rudrapatna and Bettadapura are villages in the State where music, vocal as well as instrumental, is cultivated to some extent. At Hunasenahalli, in Goribidnur Taluk, there existed a number of good vîna-players and a small Inâm of lands is said to have been given to one of them by a former Ruler of Mysore in recognition of his attainments.
5At Mâgadi and Mysore good Vînas are made. Mâgadi is noted also for the manufacture of Tambûras. Steel strings for Violin, Vîna and Tambûra are made at Channapatna and exported to several places throughout India.
7It has been stated above that musical instruments of different kinds are to be seen represented in the sculptural art of Mysore. The flute is frequently to be seen

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