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Though
a lawyer by profession, Ayyanki Tandava Krishna learnt Kuchipudi under
Vedantam Lakshminarayana Sastry and started performing with Jagannatha
Sarma (the son of Vedantam Lakshminarayana Sastry) as his partner (in female
attire).
(Anuradha Jonnalagadda in ’60 years of Kuchipudi’, Nartanam Feb - April 2008) |
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(In
the Natya Sastra) Bharata refers to two types of music: Gana and Gandharva.
Gana refers to the music that forms part of Natya, and Gandharva, which
we may call "Art music", has an independent identity beyond the triumvirate
of Natya. The songs sung as part of Gana in the Natya presentation were
called Dhruvas. The language of the songs that have texts is Prakrit. These
were sung for various situations in the drama including entry or exit of
a character, heightened emotions, to divert audience's attention who are
experiencing a certain Rasa and songs for pure dance movements or steps.
(TM Krishna in 'December ragas', The Hindu Magazine, Dec 12, 2010) |
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While
the melody was played cymbals (Ghana) accompanied them. Some of the stringed
instruments mentioned are CitraVina, Vipanchi and a secondary category
comprises Kachchapi, Ghosaka. Among the wind instruments, Bharata talks
about the Vamsa, Nadi, Tudakini and Samkha. Unfortunately there are no
details on their construction. Vadya referred to instruments made of stretched
membranes. This category refers to percussion and those instruments that
are not melody producing even if they can be tuned to a note. Some percussive
instruments mentioned are the Mrdanga, Panava, Dardara and some secondary
instruments like Bheri, and Jhallari.
(TM Krishna in 'December ragas', The Hindu Magazine, Dec 12, 2010) |
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