Subbaraya Sastri

Subbaraya Sastri
Born1803
Died1862 (aged 60)
Occupationcomposer
NationalityIndian
GenreCarnatic music

Subbaraya Sastri (1803–1862) the son and student of Syama Sastri, a renowned figure in Carnatic music. He has been influenced all the three of the musicians now acknowledged as "the Trinity of Carnatic Music": his father, and the master musicians Tyagaraja and Muthuswamy Dikshitar.

Early life

Subbaraya was born in 1803 as the second son of Syama Sastri. He studied music initially from his father. Later Syama Shastri asked Tyagaraja to teach his son and sent Subbaraya to him. He also had the opportunity to learn a few krithis from Muthuswami Dikshitar. He also learnt Hindustani music from Meru Goswami, a musician of the Thanjavur palace, and from Ramadas Swami who was a recluse and who lived in Tiruvidaimarudur near Kumbakonam.[1]

Compositions

Subbaraya Shastry composed only a few krithis. Sastri composed most of his kritis in praise of the Mother Goddess.[1]

Title Raga
dalacinavAru Dhanyasi
Emani nE Mukhari
entanucu vinnavintune Shankarabharanam
jananee ninnuvinaa Reetigowla
mIna nayana nIvu Darbar
nannu brOcuTaku Hanumatodi
ninnu sEvincina Yaddukula Kambhoji
ninnu vinA gati gAna Kalyani
shankari neeve Begada
shrI kamalAmbikE Hanumatodi
vanajAsana vinuta Shree
venkaTa shaila Hameer Kalyani
vinA anyAyamu Kalyani

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Ravi, Saṅgīta Kalā Āchārya Rama (2023). "Compositions of Subbaraya Sastri - An Analysis" (PDF). Music Academy of Madras Journal. 92: 76–87.