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The music and musical instruments of southern India and the Deccan, 1891
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1KSHETRYA. A poet as well as a musician. He was the composer of innumerable love songs called Pathams, which are widely popular. The words of these pathams are often very beautiful, and are full of imagery most poetical, set to music equally as plaintive and appealing to the senses. An example of one of these pathams will be found in the song "Yalla tella vara," upon page 81.
3PAIDALA GURU MURTI S'ASTRI. A celebrated composer of "Ganarāga-gītas." Many of his compositions are popular at the present day.
5NATHIVA VADIVELU. A singer of repute and composer of many Vérnams, Svarajotas. He is believed to have introduced the use of the European violin¹ into Southern India.
7BIKSHANDAR KÖIL SUBBAYAR. A pupil of Sabharayya of Andalur. A singer of repute.
9VARPAYA. A vina player in the service of the Maharajah Sivaji of Tanjore.
11MADHEO RAO. A contemporary of the above.
13PARIYA VAITI. A Malayalam musician of repute.
15CHAL BALKRISHNAYYA. A musician of Tanjore.
17KALASTRI IYER of Tanjore.
19NILKANT IYER of Chingleput.
21SABBHA KATTAYYA of Pudukota.
23SAVVYASACHI of Mysore.
25SESHANA of Mysore. One of the best living performers on the vina.
27SHAMANA of Mysore.
29THE LATE MAHARAJAH KOLASHEKARA of Travancore.
31RAGAVAYYA of Coimbatore.
33SABBHAYYA of Andalur.
35NARASAYYA of Salem.
37KALYANA KRISHNA IYER of Pálghât. Now in the service of the Maharajah of Travancore; a good vina player.
39SÚRYANARÁYAN RAO PANTULU of Sitapur. A vina player, now "ASTHANA PANDITA" in the service of the Maharajah of Vizianagram.
41VENKAYA of Vizigapatam. A vina player.
43TIRUVÁNAKÓDIKÁVAL KRISHNAN. A violin player.
45MAHADEVA IYER. Son of Parmisvara Bhagavata. A violin player in the service of the Maharajah of Travancore.
47PARMÍSVARA BHAGAVATA. A singer in the service of the Maharajah of Travancore.
49MAHAVAIDDI. A singer.
51Besides these there are numerous Hindustani musicians in Southern India, Maharashtra, and the North, such as Maula Bux of Baroda, Bhande Ali of Indore, Anna Gharpure of Poona, Balkoba Nataka Sahib of Bombay. But to give a complete list of them would fill a volume. A detailed notice of many has been given in Panchari Banerjea's History of Hindu music, noticed briefly hereafter.
53¹ Tuned and held in the native fashion, like a sârangi.
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