Musings on Music
a handy music diary for writing notation by S.Rajam
Text by S.Rajam, Text assisted by "Garland" Rajagopalan, Illustration by S.Rajam
Composers
JAYADEVA
- COMPOSER : (1101-1173)
Author of the Song Celestial 'Gita
Govindam' the first known composition in India specifying raga & tala.
Called 'The Indian Song of Songs', it has inspired composers, dance choreographers
& poets. The lady gracious behind Jayadeva's success was the eminent
Padmavati, his spouse, who danced to his singing.
A great composer, poet & musician,
(middle or end of the twelfth century A.D), he was a native of Kendubilva
in the Birbhum district of West Bengal.
He was greatly influenced by the
Vaishnava religion. He composed the Gita Govinda in Sanskrit, describing
the love between Krishna & Radha. The songs in Gita Govinda, known
as Ashtapadis are based on Sringara rasam. The raga forms used in the Gita
Govinda are somewhat different from those of the present time.
There is no single or perfect form
of rendering the Gita Govinda at present. It is divided into twelve cantos
(sargas). There are twenty-four songs set to twelve classical ragas &
five talas. The ragas are malava-gauda, gurjari, vasanta, ramakiri, kanada,
devasakha, desa-varadi, vibhasa, gondakiri, malava, bhairava & bhairavi.
The talas are yati, ekatali, rupaka, nihsara & astatala.
From Musings on Music - a handy
music diary for writing notation by S.Rajam
Text by S.Rajam, Text assisted
by "Garland" Rajagopalan, Illustration by S.Rajam
“New Perspectives on Jayadeva and Sri Geetagovinda”, “Tradition and
Spirituality, Exploring the Mantras of Geetagovinda, Sri Jagannatha, Sri
Jayadeva and Srikshetra” and other writings and additional inputs by Dr
Subas Pani
originally
featured in geetagovinda.org
© Dr
Subas Pani & Sri Geetagovinda Pratisthana
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