Part 3 Melakkar and the breach of the Isai Vellalar
borders. As I mentioned in the previous article, there were two
distinct aspects to the Carnatic music tradition, the vocal and the non-vocal
performers, i.e. the backing instrumentalists. While both were dependent on
each other, the development of…
The Music of the Melakkar
Part 3 Melakkar and the breach of the Isai Vellalar
borders. As I mentioned in the previous article, there were two
distinct aspects to the Carnatic music tradition, the vocal and the non-vocal
performers, i.e. the backing instrumentalists. While both were dependent on
each other, the development of…
Part 2 - Brahmins and Carnatic music Things always look vastly different when viewed in a narrow
context, with glaucomic eyes. Add to it a bit of political manipulation and the
matter is blown out of proportion, people get riled up and hell breaks loose, like
a perfectly serene blue sky taking on st…
Case 1 – The story of Vedanayagam Sastri There is much talk involving religion and caste in the field
of Carnatic music these days, we read about musicians boycotting festivals, of
musicians getting castigated for collaborating with other religions, and of the
sole book which airs some of these issu…
