NAADHOPAASANA
NAADHOPAASANA From a nice blog by suresh https://sureshs65music.blogspot.com/2007/02/versatility-of-tyagaraja-part-2.html . Quote follows. . Lets turn to another subject which was close to Tyagaraja's heart. No prizes for guessing. Music. He probably was the only composer who had composed krithis on music itself. The famous ones include ' Sogasuga Mridanga Talamu ' in Sriranjani, ' Naada Suda Rasam ' in Aarabhi, ' Nada Tanumanisham ' in Siddaranjani, ' Raga Sudha Rasa ' in Andholika, " Sangeetha Sastra Gnanamu ' in Mukahri, ' Sitavara Sangita Gnanamu ' in Devaghandari, etc. . These krithis give an idea of what Tyagaraja felt about music. All these krithis are beautiful and it would take a genius immersed in music to come up with such krithis. Infact he says that only with ' Nadopasana ' (Begada) did Vishu, Brahma and Siva become great. . In the other great Shankarabaranam krithi, ' Swara Raga Sudha ' he says that...