Shyama Sastry Compositions

He needs no introduction as he is one of the three jewels of carnatic music and the oldest of the trinity. Anyway, some details about him, courtesy karnatik.com.

He was born in 1762 and became well-versed in Sanskrit and Telegu early on. At 18 he moved from Tiruvaroor to Tanjavoor with his family and became a great devotee of Bangaru Kamakshi. From an young age, he began composing kritis in Sanskrit and Telegu, especially on Fridays, when he meditated in the presence of his favorite deity. When he went to Pudukottai and offered prayers to the temple, a stranger asked him to go to Madurai and compose a few kritis in honor of the presiding deity Meenakshi. He began the next day on his journey to Madurai to compose nine kritis, his navaratnamaalika, which are:

  • meenalOcanA brOva – dhanyAsi
  • sarOjadaLanEtri – sankarAbaraNam
  • dEvi meenanEtri – sankarAbaraNam
  • marivErE – Anandabhairavi
  • dEvi needu pAdasarasamulE – kAmbhOji
  • mAyammA –Ahiri
  • nannu brOva lalitA – lalita
  • mAyammA nannu brOva – nATakurunji
  • karuna jooDu – sri

He is considered the creator of the song form swarajati – originally a dance form, but he made it a beautiful musical piece by removing the jatis. Ragam Anandabhairavi is considered his property because 5 of his compositions expound the ragam so fully. Most of his compositions are in Telegu, with a few in Sanskrit and Tamil. He had a preference for the chapu talam.

His disciples include Alasur Krishnayaar, his second son Subbaraya Shastry and Tarangambadi Pancanatayyar. He passed away on February 6, 1827.

For a very detailed life history and related info, please check https://sreenivasaraos.com/2020/06/27/sri-shyama-shastry-1763-1827-part-four/

Composition Recording
Adinamuninci – Anandhabhairavi M S Sheela
akilAndEswari – karnATaka kApi M Balamuralikrishna

Sulochana Pattabiraman
birAna varAlicci – kalyANi D K Jayaraman

K V Narayanaswamy

M L Vasantakumari

Maharajapuram Santhanam
brOva samayamidE – punnAgavarALi Pantula Rama
brOvavammA bangAru – neelAmbari Suganda Kalamegam
brOvavammA tAmasamEla – mAnji Brinda & Mukta

K V Narayanaswamy
brOvumu maninE – keeravANi Pantula Rama

Maharajapuram Santhanam
bruhannAyaki – madyamAvati Suguna Varadachari

AV Disciples
dayajooDa – jaganmOhini Suganda Kalamegam

AV Disciples
dayAnidhE mAmava – bEgaDA D K Pattammal

Mani Krishnaswamy

Maharajapuram Santhanam
dEvi brOva – chintamaNi D K Jayaraman

K V Narayanaswamy

S Sowmya
dEvi meenanEtri – sankarAbaraNam T N Seshagopalan
dEvi nannu brOvavamma – kalyANi M S Sheela
dEvi needu pada – kAmbhOji AV Disciples

T N Seshagopalan
durusuga – sAvEri Aruna Sairam

M Balamuralikrishna

T M Krishna
Emani migula – tODi M Balamuralikrishna
ennEramum un nAmam – poorvikalyANi Sulochana Pattabiraman
ennEramum un pAda – punnAgavarALi AV Disciples

Sulochana Pattabiraman
himAchala tanaya – Anandabhairavi S Sowmya

S Ramanathan
himAdri sutE pAhimAm – kalyANi Maharajapuram Santhanam

T V Sankaranarayanan
janani natajana – sAvEri R K Srikantan
kAmAkshi – bhairavi M Balamuralikrishna

M D Ramanathan
Maharajapuram Santhanam

Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer

T M Krishna

R Vedavalli
kAmAkshi – sAvEri R Vedavalli
kAmAkshi – yadukulakAmbOji M S Subbulakshmi

S Sowmya

T M Krishna
kAmAkshi bangAru – varALi K V Narayanaswamy

Ranjani & Gayatri
kAmAkshi lOkasAkshi – madyamAvati Sulochana Pattabiraman
kAmAkshi nAto – bEgaDA Vijay Siva
kanaka saila vihAriNi – punnAgavarALi Aruna Sairam

M Balamuralikrishna

M D Ramanathan

Maharajapuram Santhanam
karuNa joodavamma – pantuvarALi D K Pattammal
karuNa jooDu – Sri Brinda & Mukta

Maharajapuram Santhanam

Voleti Venkateswarulu
karuNanidhi ilalO – tODi Hyderabad Brothers

O S Tyagarajan

D K Jayaraman

M S Sheela
mahilO ambA – Anandhabhairavi Suguna Varadachari
marivErE gati – Anandabhairavi Brinda & Mukta

T N Seshagopalan

Vijay Siva
mAyammA – Ahiri D K Jayaraman

Hyderabad Brothers

K V Narayanaswamy

M S Subbulakshmi

Maharajapuram Santhanam

T N Seshagopalan

Voleti Venkateswarulu
mAyamma nannu brOva – nATakurunji Maharajapuram Santhanam

S R Janakiraman
meena lOchana – dhanyAsi D K Jayaraman

Nityasri

T Balasaraswati

T N Seshagopalan
nA manavini (varnam) – saurAshtram AV Disciples

Rama Ravi
nannu brOva rAdA – gowlipantu Pantula Rama
nannu brOva rAdA – janaranjani Maharajapuram Santhanam
nannu brOva lalita – lalitA D K Jayaraman

Mysore Nagamani Srinath

S Ramanathan

T N Seshagopalan
neelayatAkshi – paras Brinda & Mukta

M S Subbulakshmi
neevE gatiyani (varNam) – kalyANi R Vedavalli
ninnE namminAnu – tODi Bombay Jayasri

K V Narayanaswamy

Maharajapuram Santhanam

T M Krishna
ninnE nammiti nijamuga – kEdAragowLa M S Sheela
ninnuvinA mari galadA – Abheri Mudikondan Venkatarama Iyer

R Vedavalli
ninnuvinAga mari – poorvikalyANi S Sowmya

T M Krishna
O jagadamba – Anandabhairavi M S Subbulakshmi

T M Krishna
pAhi sree girirAjasutE – Anandabhairavi Brinda & Mukta

D K Jayaraman

Gayatri V
pAhimam sri – nATa AV Disciples
pAlayAsumAm – Arabhi AV Disciples
pAlimpavammA – mukhAri AV Disciples
pAlincu kAmAkshi – madyamavati Bhushani Kalyanaraman

K V Narayanaswamy

M S Subbulakshmi
parA kElanannu – kEdAragowla Hyderabad Brothers

Pantula Rama

V Ramachandran
parAmukham EnammA – kalyANi AV Disciples
pArvati janani (geetam) – bhairavi R Vedavalli
pArvati ninnunE – kalgaDA Hyderabad Brothers

Nityasri

Rudrapatnam Brothers

S Sowmya
puraharajAyE – gowlipantu M S Sheela
rAvE himagiri kumAri – tODi M S Subbulakshmi

Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer

Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer & M S Subbulakshmi

T M Krishna

T V Ramprasad
rAvE parvata rajakumAri – kalyANi AV Disciples

T N Seshagopalan
sAmi ninnE nammiti – bEgaDA M S Sheela
sankari samkuru – sAvEri D K Pattammal

M L Vasantakumari

Neyveli Santhanagopalan

Pantula Rama

R Vedavalli
sari evvarammA – bhairavi G S Mani

M S Sheela
sarOja daLanEtri – sankarAbaraNam Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar

M S Subbulakshmi

T N Seshagopalan

S Sowmya
sri kAmAkshi – kalyANi Pantula Rama
sri pathi mukha – sAvEri Pantula Rama
talli ninnu – kalyANi D K Pattammal

M S Subbulakshmi
taruNam eedammA – gowlipanTu D K Jayaraman

G N Balasubramanian

Maharajapuram Santhanam

S Sowmya
trilOka matA ninnu – paras M D Ramanathan

Maharajapuram Santhanam

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