DANIKE Varnam, raga Todi, tala Rupakam from devadasi Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 31 min 47 sec ✓ Published: 14-Jul-2016
Description: This musical treat, given to Paramparai Foundation by Shri T. Sankaran, is a historical recording (ca. 52 min.) of the Varnam Danike, performed by the ensemble of Smt.T. Balasaraswati (1918-1984) around end 1950-ies.nn“DANIKE….” was composed by Sivanandam (* 1808) one of the four brothers of the ‘Tanjore Quartet’ and testifies the Royal sophistication of Devadasi courtesan music and dance. The lead motif is Shringara – the mood of erotic romance; however, not directed at a god but to
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