Srini Pichumani wrote: > > >A trivia question. Who is the composer of the Nasikabhushani > >kriti _Maara vairi ramani manju bhashini_? Why? > > M.V.Ramana aka Ramana Mani, fess up... I can see the ingenious way > in which you have introduced your initials and name in this kriti ;-) >Good work Holmes - you can also add kritis like the many that start with Mari Ve Re gati (Anandabhairavi, Malavi,..) , Mari Ve Re dikkevvaru (Shanmukhapriya, Lathangi..) and so on to this list... In some I decided to skip my name out of modesty. :-)
On the subject of kritis wrongly ascribed to Thyagaraja, see the partial list that I posted a while back on the net :
An addition to this list which was pointed to me was Saraseeruha in Amritavarshini - this is listed in the second volume of kritimani malai by Rangaramanuja Iyengar (song #347) as a composition of Thyagaraja.
Some compostions ascribed to Dikshitar that should be mentioned in this context are :
Gananathaya - Gaula - a composition of Ambi Dikshitar, son of Subbarama Dikshitar. He, infact, uses the guruguha mudra. There are another 12-14 songs of his mentioned in Sundaram Iyer's book.
The late Maharajapuram Santhanam used to sing a kriti in Kalyanavasantam - Sri Venkata which is not mentioned in any book as far as I know. Other kritis that are not mentioned in any book are Sri Ranganatham in Purnachandrika and a song in Kharaharapriya that apparently was sung by the late Thanjavur S. Kalyanaraman.
An interesting kriti in this regard is Gananayakam - most books mention this as being set to Rudrapriya but everyone I have heard renders this in Purnashadjam **and to exactly the same tune (mettu) as Sri Manini, a composition of Thyagaraja in Purnashadjam**. Wonder what happened!
Another controversial composition is Rupamu Juchi - the Todi varnam. This is believed to be the composition of Tiruvarur Muttuswami Nattuvanar, a disciple of Ramaswami Dikshitar (source : B. M. Sundaram).
Sundaram also claims that among the navagraha kritis, Smaramyaham on Rahu is a composition of Baluswami Dikshitar and Mahasuram on Ketu is that of Tiruvarur Veeraswami Nattuvanar, a disciple of Muttuswami Dikshitar.
Hope that this should enthuse the sleuths on RMIC...
Regards,
Ramana
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