Volume 7, Issue 1

Importance of Sāhityam and the Influence of the Great composers in the musical compositions

Author

Scholar: Ms. Janaki Sadagopan Tamil Nadu Government Music College, Thiruvaiyaru | Guide- Dr. Mrs. P Uma Maheswari, Retd. Principal, Thiruvaiyaru Music College

Abstract

The History of Indian classical music starts from the Vēdic period. We all know that our music has its origin from Sāma vedā. The growth of music from the vēdic period till date is quite fascinating. The vast history from the Grantham and its manuscripts shows us how our music has traveled. With the view of this musical line, we come to know that there are three main aspects of our Indian music. That is Sāhityam (lyrics), tālā (rhythm) and rāgā (melody). The Sāhityam, or the lyrics is the main part where a composer can express their thoughts or emotions. To bring out these emotions, different rāgās are used which helps to bring out and helps the composer to showcase their thoughts. Like rāgā hamsadwani brings out the happy feeling. There are different types or patterns of sāhityams that are followed by the composers and these patterns follow as a great influence by their disciples or other composers which helps them to compose in the same way. Following the pattern in the way of the structure of the song, depicting bhakti through the compositions and many more can be showcased only by the medium of the lyrics. In this article, I am going to show some of the influence which can be seen in the songs by the composers and by the disciples of those composers.  

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