music
gOpucCha and srOtOvAha yati
After viewing the rangOli of SrImati lakshmIdEvi, it occurred to me that it may be nice to explain the two types of yatIs used in music - gOpucCha (like the tapering of a cow's tail) and srOtOvAha (like the broadening flow of a stream). muuttusvAmi dIkshita is quite famous for these. The song on varalakshmI has the former one (with longer words it reduces to smaller words). Here is a song of mine, if you want it to call so, that has both (ascending and descending). I will give meaning for one, except for one word change the rest follow similar pattern.
D.K. Pattamal
The following is a guest post, by Aarushi K:
Essay and songs on A M Raja
When I was writing about songs in the poem, I forgot to mention.
With paruchUri SrInivAs (stationed in Germany and a veritable walking
encyclopedia on the golden age of Telugu film music), I wrote an appreciation
in Telugu on yesteryear's playback singer, A M Raja, commemorating his 80th
birth anniversary and 20th death anniversary. There are fourteen songs (some
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