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Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar (1890-1967) - A Vocalist, his style of singing is emulated as the Ariyakudi Baani. He was a disciple of Poonchi Sriniwas Iyengar, a disciple of Pattanam Subramanaya Iyer. His eminent disciples include Palghat K.V. Narayanaswami and Shri Rajam lyer.
Badalur Krishnamurthi Shastrigal (1894-1978) - Vocalist was one of the greatest masters of the gottuvadyam. He had the ability to produce accurate "gamakas" on this difficult instrument.
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Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar (1890-1967) - A Vocalist, his style of singing is emulated as the Ariyakudi Baani. He was a disciple of Poonchi Sriniwas Iyengar, a disciple of Pattanam Subramanaya Iyer. His eminent disciples include Palghat K.V. Narayanaswami and Shri Rajam lyer.
Badalur Krishnamurthi Shastrigal (1894-1978) - Vocalist was one of the greatest masters of the gottuvadyam. He had the ability to produce accurate "gamakas" on this difficult instrument.
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Kumar Gandharva (1924-1992) was born at Belgaum in Karnataka. Sage Baba Lingayat gave him the title Kumar Gandharva. Performing as a young boy at the Prayag Sangeet Sammelan, Kumar Gandharva became the pet of all the musicians.
He could imitate exactly the voices of many classical singers such as Abdul Karim Khan, Faiyaz Khan, Omkarnath Thakur and others, before whom he would present his imitations. Later he was trained under Prof. Devdar, a disciple of Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar. He was considered a master of madhya laya khayal, and is credited with having created a number of new ragas.
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M.D. Ramanathan (1923-1984) - Vocalist. He was totally dedicated to his guru Tiger Varadachriar and trained by his father, Devesa Bhagavathar.
Madurai Mani Iyer (1912-1968) - Vocalist. Was known as the master of romantic manodhrma. He was an expert in apoorva ragas and brilliant in swara singing.
Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer (1896-1970) - was a brilliant and innovative vocalist. He was known for his magnificent rendering of raga alaapanas and kritis and the raga alaapana Mohanam was one of his specialities. His noted disciples include Semmangudi Srinivas Iyer, Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavatar and his own son Maharajapuram Santhanam.
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Mysore Vasudevachariar (1865-1961) - Vocalist. Trained in music under Veena Padmanabhayya and later under Pattanam Subramanya Iyer, a direct disciple of Tyagaraja. He had to his credit 200 kritis in Sanskrit and Telugu.
Papanasam Sivan (1890-1973) - Vocalist. After Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Shyama Sastri, the next real vaggeyakara, who spontaneously produced highly spiritual compositions, was Papanasam Sivan. He was known for devotional ecstasy of his renderings. He has composed over 2000 classical songs, including famous kritis like Yanna tavam seidanai Kaa vaa vaa and others.
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Pt. Malliakarjun Mansur (1910-1992) was born in Mansur village into a family of musicians. His musical training began at the age of five under Pt. Neelakanthabua Alurmath of the Gwalior Gharana. Later he was also trained under Manji Khan of the Jaipur Atrauli Gharana. He was an expert in apoorva ragas.
Pt. Omkarnath Thakur (1897-1967) - Vocalist. Born into a family of soldiers in Gujarat, he became one of the most outstanding vocalists of the century. He had his training from Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar. Though officially trained in the Gwalior Gharana, Pt. Omkarnath Thakur's singing was a gharana unto itself. The eminent violinist Dr. N. Rajam is one of his most celebrated disciples.
Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar (1872-1931) - Vocalist. Revived the art of Hindustani music during the late 19th and early 20th century. Born in the village of Palus in Maharashtra, he propagated and made Hindustani music popular among people by reciting bhajans and other easily appreciated items. He was also a nationalist and set the song Vande Mataram. He later established a branch of the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Bombay, which is today one of the most respected centres of the art of Hindustani music. Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar's eminent disciples include Pt. Vinayak Rao Patwardhan, Pt. Omkarnath Thakur, Narayanarao Vyas and others.
T.R. Mahalingam (Mali) 1926-1986) - Flautist. Became famous at the age of seven. Wrought a revolution in Carnatic flute playing by pioneering a special method of cross fingering that created such mellifluous music.
Ustad Bade Gulam Ali Khan (1903-1968) - Vocalist. Ustad Bade Gulam Ali Khan was born into a family of high aesthetic tastes. He received the best possible training. His fine musical voice, intelligence and innate discipline contributed to his great success as a vocalist. His father Ali Baksh Khan was a well-known vocalist and sarangi player, while his uncle Kale Khan was also an extremely renowned musician. Bade Gulam Ali Khan trained rigorously under Kale Khan for ten years, practising from dawn to midnight. He was unsurpassed as a master of Thumri rendition. Having gone to Pakistan during the partition of India, he subsequently came back to settle in India where he had innumerable admirers. His noted disciples include Begum Parveen Sultana and Irene Roy Choudhury.
Ustad Faiyaz Khan (1886-1956) - Vocalist. Began learning bandishes right from childhood from his maternal grandfather, Gulam Abbas Khan of the Agra Gharana. He also got training simultaneously in the Rangeela Gharana under his father Sabdar Hussain Khan. He had a naturally expressive voice that could denote the nine rasas with ease. He composed many bandishes under the pen name Prem Priya.
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