Students


Thyagaraja was blessed with a rich supply of students, who propagated his music and formed an invaluable link  between Thyagaraja and ourselves. These people deserve as much of our gratitude as Thyagaraja himself, perhaps, since otherwise we would not be enjoying Thyagaraja’s music today, as we are.

Here is a complilation of Thyagaraja’s students. They are taken from the sources, abbreviated as in this page and also listed below.

If you are aware of additional information, especially other student tree-branches, I would be grateful if you could email the information to me at chitrapu1955@gmail.com.  Many thanks in advance.

 

Composers

  1. Walajapeta Venkata Ramana Bhagavathar (composer of varnams and kritis)
    • [BNR & TSP], [MSRA]
  2. Walajapeta Krishnaswamy Bhagavathar (composer of swarajathis)
    • [BNR & TSP]
  3. Veena Kuppayya (composer of Varnams and Kritis) (same as Thiruvottiyur Kuppayya?)
    • [BNR & TSP], [MSRA]
  4. Subbarama Sastry (composer of Kritis)
    • [BNR & TSP]
  5. Maanaambuchaavadi Venkatasubbayyar (composer of kritis and ragamalikas)
    • [BNR & TSP], [MSRA]

Singers

1.       Brothers Umayalpuram Krishna Bhagavathar & Umayalpuram Sundara Bhagavathar

[BNR & TSP], [MSRA]

2.       Govinda Sivan [BNR & TSP]

3.       Sabhapathi Sivan [BNR & TSP]

4.       Thanjavur Ramarao [BNR & TSP]

5.       Thillaisthanam Rama Ayyangar [BNR & TSP], [MSRA]

6.       Kannayya Bhagavathar [BNR & TSP], [MSRA]

7.       Aarya Bhagavathar [BNR & TSP]

8.       Vaikkanapatti Subbayyar [BNR & TSP]

9.       Neemam Subrahmanya ayyar [BNR & TSP], [MSRA]

10.   Naagavaram Nilakantha Ayyar [BNR & TSP], [MSRA]

11.   Subbarama Bhagavathar [BNR & TSP]

12.   Ganesayya [BNR & TSP]

13.   Soojiri Sitaramayya [BNR & TSP], [MSRA]

14.   Lalgudi Ramayya [BNR & TSP]

15.   Kanjira Radhakrishnayya (Chittoor) [BNR & TSP]

16.   Seevuna Venkatachalapathi Bhagavathar [BNR & TSP]

17.   Amruthalingam Pillai [BNR & TSP], [MSRA]

18.   Tacchur Singaraachaaryulu [OR: D. Seshachary of Hyderabad Brothers]

19.   Thiruvaiyar Aiyavier, [MSRA]

 

Scholars in Jyothisastra and Mantra Sastra

1.       Walajapeta potti Jyossayyar [BNR & TSP]

2.       Kumbhakonam Aravamuda Ayyangar [BNR & TSP]

 

Sishya Tree Branches

Thyagaraja → (1) Maanaambuchaavadi Venkatasubbayyar → (2) Susarla Dakshinamurthy Sastry → (3) Paarupalli Ramakrishnayya  (4) M Balamuralikrishna [BNR & TSP]

Thyagaraja  (1) Maanaambuchaavadi Venkatasubbayyar  (2) Patnam Subramania Iyer   (3) Ramanathapuram Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar, Mysore Vasudevachar, Tiger Varadachar [WEB-1]

Thyagaraja  (1) Walajapeta Venkata Ramana Bhagavathar (2) Mysore Sadasiva Rao

Thyagaraja  (1) Tacchur Singaraachaaryulu   (2) Raghavacharyulu  (3) Sulochana Devi (daughter)  (4) D Seshachary (son) [OR: D. Seshachary of Hyderabad Brothers]

 

References

CR&VR: C. Ramanujachari & V Raghavan, “The Spiritual Heritage of Thyagaraja”, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Madras, 1981 (in English & Sanskrit)

TKG: TK Govinda Rao, Compositions of Thyagaraja, Ganamandir Publications, India, 1995. (in English)

BNR&TSP: Bhavaraju Narasimharao, T.S. Parthasarathy, “Sangita Jagadguru Sri Thyagaraja Kirtanalu” (in Telugu), Triveni Publishers, Machilipatnam, 1988. Part-1,2,3 (in Telugu)

KVS: Kalluri Veerabhadra Shastri, “Tyagaraja Keertanulu,” published by Swadharma Swaarajya Sanghamu, 10. Padma Rao Nagar, Secunderabad, AP/ 95, Broadway, Chennai 1, 1975. (in Telugu)

NCP&DP: N.C. Parthasarathy, Dwaraka Parthasarathy, “Thyagaraja Kirthyanalu”, Part I & II, (in Telugu), Tagore Publishing House, Hyderabad, 1994. (in Telugu)

NKM: Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, newly discovered kritis of Thyagaraja – from Walajapet Bhagavathar manuscripts (2005)

TSSS&AS: TS Sundaresa Sarma, “Sri Thyagaraja Charitram”, 1937, The General Store, Ayyan Kadai Street, Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India – Translated into English by Aarthi Sankaran, 2000-2001 (in English)

MSRA: MS Ramaswami Aiyar, “Thiagaraja – A Great Musician Saint (with Sargam Notation), Asian Educational Services, New Delhi, 1927 (reprinted in 1986). (in English)

WJ: William Jackson, “Thyagaraja: Life and Lyrics”, Oxford University Press, Madras, 1991 (in English)

MVS: Maddali Venkata Subbayya, “The Complete Kritis of Sri Thyagaraja”, in Telugu Sacript, with English Transliteration and English Translation, Icfai University Press, Hyderabad, India, 2008. (in Telugu)

MBS: Mulukutla Brahmananda Sastry, “Thyagaraja Rama Darsanam”, PhD Thesis, 1985 Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, AP, published by Thyagaraja Bharathi Prachuranalu, Tenali, 1987. (in Telugu)

SVK: SV Krishnamurthy, “Know your Thyagaraja”, TR Publications Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, 1997 (in English)

VSD: Vinjamuri Sita Devi, “Thyagaraja Saahithi”, Published by Murali Power Press, Hyderabad, 1978 (in Telugu)

ChSR&ChMR: Ch. Suryanarayana Rao & Ch. Mallikarjuna Rao, “Thyagaraja Geetha”, published by All India Vishnusahasranama Federation, Chennai, 1997 (in English)

OR: Oral

WEB: http://sriramv.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/some-composers-from-the-tyagaraja-school/

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