Here is a collection of rendering of 54 Jayachamaraja Wodeyar compositions broadcast by AIR Bengaluru (time unknown); in each track, there is a commentary on the composition, details of the raga, walking thru the sahitya of the composition and then rendering of the composition. The post commentary part is by various artists including R K Srikantan with R K Ramakanth who I was able to recognize. It is definitely a treasure trove for not only you get to hear about so many ragas that have been devised by the composer but being able to listen to them with all the details relevant to each composition.
Brief Profile of Wodeyar
Born on 18th July 1919, the only son of Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar and Yuvarani Kempu Cheluvajammanni, he graduated from Maharaja’s College, Mysore in 1938.
He ascended the throne of Mysore on 8th September 1940 after the demise of his uncle Maharaja Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar. He signed the instrument of accession with the Indian dominion on the eve of Independence and the Mysore kingdom merged with the Indian Republic on 26-1-1950. He was the ‘Raj Pramukh’ of Mysore State during 1950-56 and after the integration of the Mysore State with the neighboring Kannada speaking parts of Madras and Hyderabad States, he became the first Governor of the integrated Mysore State (Karnataka) from 1956 to 1964 and later was the Governor of the Madras State (Tamil Nadu) from 1964 to 1966. He died on 23-9-1974.
He was a good horse-rider and a tennis player; he patronized and supported the tennis career of Ramanathan Krishnan, including assistance that helped him compete internationally.
As expected, he was a great lover of music and literature. He had an interest in Western music as well and played a major role in promoting the music of the Russian composer Nikolai Medtner in the West by financing recordings and founding the Medtner Society in 1949.
He had great musicians adorning his Court like the Mysore Vasudevacharya, Veena Venkata Giriyappa, B.Devendrappa, V. Doreswamy Iyengar, T.Chowdiah and many others. He was a Sri Vidya Upasaka and composed 94 compositions with the signature ‘Sri Vidya’.
As you listen to the compositions, it appears that he was influenced by Muthuswamy Dikshitar in terms of the composition structure.
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