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T. N. Rajaratnam Pillai: reminiscences

Author: Sankaran, T.

Keywords: T.N. Rajaratnam Pillai: Biographical Studies
Instrumentalist: Carnatic Music
Nagaswaram

Issue Date: 1967

Publisher: Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi

Description: This article described a colossus and biography and work of T. N. Rajaratnam Pillai. TNR was born Balasubramaniam to Nagaswara Vidwan Kuppuswami Pillai and Govindammal on 27 August 1898 in the village of Tirumarugal in Tanjavur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu His full name was Thiruvaduthurai Thirumarugal Natesapillai Rajarathinam Pillai. He was a Carnatic musician in South India. A Nadaswaram maestro and a vocalist. He was known as TNR. He redesigned the traditional Nagaswaram instrument replacing the timiri with the bari nayanam for instance. He was titled by fans as Akila Ulaka Nadaswara Chakravarthi (Emperor of Nadaswaram).

Source: Sangeet Natak Akademi

Type: Article

Received From: Sangeet Natak Akademi


DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Sankaran, T.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-06-16T07:35:57Z
dc.date.available 2017-06-16T07:35:57Z
dc.date.issued 1967
dc.description.abstract This article described a colossus and biography and work of T. N. Rajaratnam Pillai. TNR was born Balasubramaniam to Nagaswara Vidwan Kuppuswami Pillai and Govindammal on 27 August 1898 in the village of Tirumarugal in Tanjavur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu His full name was Thiruvaduthurai Thirumarugal Natesapillai Rajarathinam Pillai. He was a Carnatic musician in South India. A Nadaswaram maestro and a vocalist. He was known as TNR. He redesigned the traditional Nagaswaram instrument replacing the timiri with the bari nayanam for instance. He was titled by fans as Akila Ulaka Nadaswara Chakravarthi (Emperor of Nadaswaram).
dc.source Sangeet Natak Akademi
dc.format.extent 70-86 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
dc.subject T.N. Rajaratnam Pillai: Biographical Studies
Instrumentalist: Carnatic Music
Nagaswaram
dc.type Article
dc.identifier.issuenumber 6
dc.format.medium text
DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Sankaran, T.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-06-16T07:35:57Z
dc.date.available 2017-06-16T07:35:57Z
dc.date.issued 1967
dc.description.abstract This article described a colossus and biography and work of T. N. Rajaratnam Pillai. TNR was born Balasubramaniam to Nagaswara Vidwan Kuppuswami Pillai and Govindammal on 27 August 1898 in the village of Tirumarugal in Tanjavur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu His full name was Thiruvaduthurai Thirumarugal Natesapillai Rajarathinam Pillai. He was a Carnatic musician in South India. A Nadaswaram maestro and a vocalist. He was known as TNR. He redesigned the traditional Nagaswaram instrument replacing the timiri with the bari nayanam for instance. He was titled by fans as Akila Ulaka Nadaswara Chakravarthi (Emperor of Nadaswaram).
dc.source Sangeet Natak Akademi
dc.format.extent 70-86 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
dc.subject T.N. Rajaratnam Pillai: Biographical Studies
Instrumentalist: Carnatic Music
Nagaswaram
dc.type Article
dc.identifier.issuenumber 6
dc.format.medium text