Re: [arr] Rahman may give music to kirtans of Annamacharya

Didn't MS Subbulakshmi first record the Annamacharya samkirtanas in the late 70s? Kadayanallur Venkataraman was the music director on those recordings IIRC. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, devMannemela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the case of Annamaiah, most of the songs have been set t

Re: [arr] Rahman may give music to kirtans of Annamacharya

In the case of Annamaiah, most of the songs have been set to tune only very recently (60s ?) by Venkataraman (all those popular songs sung by MS). So may be it won't be as big a crime, if Rahman does tune them differently. On 3/11/07, Kamal Aakarsh Vishnubhotla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I h

Re: [arr] Rahman may give music to kirtans of Annamacharya

I hope Rahman doesnt change the original tune of the compositions or the melody. because no composer should change the traditional krithis. it will invite the wrath of many people and also marks disrespect to the original composer (Saint Annamaacharya). At the best, he can only embellish with b

[arr] Rahman may give music to kirtans of Annamacharya

http://www.greatandhra.com/movies/news/mar2007/reha_music.php Tirupati: Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) wants to rope in composer A R Rehman to give music to the famous Annamacharya kirtans. Rehman would be the ambassador to popularise the kirtans among the youth. "So we are planning to giv