Patnam Subramania Iyer
(composer, Vocalist)
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Patnam Subramanya Iyer was a great vocalist, teacher and composer.
Subramanya Iyer was born into a musical family in Tiruvaiyaru. His grand father was at the court of Serfoji II. His uncle Melatture Ganapati Sastrigal was a well known vocalist. Subramanya Iyer had his initial training from his uncle and then from Kothavasal Venkatarama Iyer. Finally he got trained under Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar, a direct disciple of Shri Thyagaraja.
As a composer Subramanya Iyer followed the tradition set by Thyagaraja. He composed nearly a hundred varna-s, kriti-s, tillana-s and javali-s in a wide variety of ragas, talas, in Telugu and Sanskrit. He has even used rare raaga-s like Sindumandari, Phalamanjari, Bhairavam. He was a patient teacher, training a galaxy of students. Many of his students turned out to be great composers like Mysore Vasudevachar and were great vocalists as well, like Tiger Varadachar. He stayed for nearly decade in Chennaipatnam, teaching a couple of students. The name of the town came to be associated with him and he became popular as Patnam Subramanya Iyer. Raghu Vamsha Sudha in raaga Kadana Kuthuhala is one of his popular krithi-s.
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| Teachers & Influences | Melatture Ganapati Sastrigal (uncle), Kothavasal Venkatarama Iyer, Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar(a disciple of Shri Thyagaraja) |
| Disciples & Followers | Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar, Kakinada C.S. Krishnaswamy Iyer, G Narayanaswamy Iyer, Mysore Vasudevachar, Guruswamy Iyer, Tiger Varadachariar, Kulla Sesha Iyer, M.S. Ramaswamy Iyer and Enadi Laksmi. |
| Similar Composers | Subbarama Dheekshithar, Maha Vaidhyanath Iyer, Pallavi Sesha Iyer |
| Worked With | Tirukkodikaval Krishna Iyer (Violin) |
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