Collection of veena recitals by Veena Dhanammal

Dhanam's Veena An audio collection of the available recordings of the great Veena Dhanammal. Imagine a somewhat frail, virtually blind woman in her mid-60s showing up in Chennai to a Columbia records recording session in 1932 or so, to play solos in the Carnatic / South Indian tradition on the large veena string instrument. This was a musical world that was almost exclusively male. Yet, Veena Dhanammal (also called “Veena Dhanam”) was at that time, and still is today, considered one of the major Carnatic artists of the early 20th century. This recording session would have been a very special occasion. Dhanammal’s musical education began with her own grandmother, Kamakshi Ammal, who taught her vocal technique. Among others, she was also a student of 19th century blind veena player Baldas Naidu, as well as Dharmapuri Subbaraaya Aiyyar, considered a chief proponent and composer of javalis – a type of love song, sometimes with erotic overtones, featured in an instrumental form in today’s post. 00:00 - Begada - Intha Chalamu (Varnam) - Veenai Kuppayyar - Adi 06:18 - Ghana raga Thanamalika - Ragas Naatai, Gowlai, Aarabhi, Sri, Varali 12:37 - Kalyani - Himadri Sute - Shyama Sastri - Rupakam 15:35 - Lalitha - Nannu Brovu - Shyama Sastri - Mishra chapu 18:35 - Malavi - Nenarunchinanu - Thyagaraja - Deshaadi 21:32 - Karaharapriya - Rama Nee Samanamevaru - Thyagaraja - Rupakam 24:31 - Umaabharanam - Nijamarmamulanu - Thyagaraja - Adi 27:28 - Bahudari - Brova Bharama - Thyagaraja - Deshaadi 30:23 - Kaanada - Sri Narada - Thyagaraja - Rupakam 33:18 - Bhairavi - Sri Raghuvara - Thyagaraja - Adi 36:16 - Shankarabharanam - Mahima Theliya - Anai Ayya - Rupakam 39:15 - Ananda Bhairavi - Pattakura - Sarangapani - Rupakam 42:13 - Kamas - Narimani - Dharmapuri Subbaraya Iyer - Adi 45:08 - Kapi - Viruttam (Pasuram) - Kulam Tharum (Wrongly marked) 48:04 - Mohanam - Vadiga Gopaluni - Misra chapu 50:59 - Thodi - Agre Krtva Credits: Metropolitan musem of arts, New York & Darbar Festival -    • Saraswati Veena - South India’s Divine Ins...   Stillblog - www.stillblog.net Information: excavatedshellac.com Editing: Shreeraam Shankar Instagram:   / vaak_me   YouTube:    / @vaak_foundation   Facebook:   / vaak.me   Twitter:   / vaak_me   Vaak Sep 2020: https://issuu.com/carnaticmusic/docs/...