Subbarama Dikshitar

Subbarama Dikshitar (1839–1906[1]) was a Carnatic music composer. He was the grandson of Baluswami Dikshitar, a brother of Muthuswami Dikshitar. He was an accomplished composer in his own right, but is more famous for his Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini, a book detailing the works of Muthuswami Dikshitar and a reference on many other Carnatic musical concepts.

Subbarama Dikshitar
Born1839
Died1906
OccupationCarnatic music composer
Notable work
Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini
Relatives

Baluswami Dikshitar, a noted musician, was at the court of Ettayapuram kings. He adopted Subbarama Dikshitar as his own son and taught music to him. Subbarama Dikshitar began composing at the age of seventeen and became the court musician of the Ettayapuram kings at the age of nineteen. He composed many kritis, varnams, etc. To name a few important ones - Darbar raga, atta tala varna on God Karthikeya; jathiswara in yamuna kalyani raga, mrudanga jathi (1-2-3-2-1); shankaracharyam in shankarabharana raga, adi tala; ragamalika in 9 ragas; chauka varnas in raga anandabhairavi & surati.

Subbarama Dikshitar at the age of 60 began writing the book Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini at the behest of A.M.Chinnaswami Mudaliar and completed it after four years of hard work. It can be said that he was one of the earliest documenters of Indian music and musicology. Subbarama Dikshitar died at a relatively young age of 67.

His other works include:

  • Prathamabhyasa Pustakamu - A beginner's introduction to Carnatic Music
  • Sanskrta Andhra Dravida Kirtanalu - A collection of compositions of Krishnaswami Ayya and others tuned by him

See also

Notes
  1. Bakhle 2005, Chapter 3, page 11.

References
  • Bakhle, Janaki (2005). Two men and music: nationalism in the making of an Indian classical tradition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195166101.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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