Akumadugula Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbaiyya (1803–1862) was a
Carnatic music
Carnatic music (known as or in the Dravidian languages) is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and southern Odisha.
It is o ...
vocalist and composer. He composed the varnam Jalajakshi, in raga Hamsadhwani. He was the cousin and a direct student of the famous composer
Tyagaraja
Sadguru Tyagaraja Swami ( Telugu: సద్గురు త్యాగరాజ స్వామి; 4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847), also known as Tyagayya, and in full as Kakarla Tyagabrahmam ( Telugu: కాకర్ల త్యాగబ ...
. He was also an accomplished singer and a renowned teacher. He was a
scholar
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in Telugu and
Sanskrit
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. He composed in
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India
** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language.
* Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
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Language.
Venkatasubbaiyya was born in the village of
Manambuchavadi
Manambuchavadi was an old suburb of Thanjavur town which formed the European quarter of the city in colonial times.Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts & Sangeetha Sabha. Vol. 13. 1987.
Notable people
* Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar (1803–18 ...
in the
Thanjavur
Thanjavur (), also known as Thanjai, previously known as Tanjore, Pletcher 2010, p. 195 is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the 12th biggest city in Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur is an important center of southern Indian religion, art ...
district,
Tamil Nadu
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. He spent most of his life in the company of the great Tyagarja and helped preserving many of his compositions.
Five of Venkatasubbaiyya's students,
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer,
Patnam Subramania Iyer
Patnam Subramania Iyer (1845 – July 31, 1902) was a composer and singer of Carnatic music. Subramaniya Iyer followed the traditions of the great composer Tyagaraja. He has left behind almost one hundred compositions.
Subramaniya Iyer was bor ...
, Sarabha Sastri, Tyagaraja (the grandson of the great composer Tyagaraja) and ''Fiddle'' Venkoba Rao later went on to become famous composers/musicians of merit. Furthermore, he also taught Susarla Dakshinamurty Sastri who took Tyagaraja's compositions to Andhra. Venkatasubbaiyya's compositions had the ''
mudra
A mudra (; , , "seal", "mark", or "gesture"; ) is a symbolic or ritual gesture or pose in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. While some mudras involve the entire body, most are performed with the hands and fingers.
As well as being spiritual ges ...
'' Venkatesa.
See also
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List of Carnatic composers
List of composers of Carnatic music, a subgenre of Indian classical music. Chronologically they can be grouped into 4 different Eras: Pre-Trinity Era, Trinity Era, Post Trinity Era and Modern Era. Composers are listed here based on this classif ...
References
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Carnatic composers
1862 deaths
1803 births
19th-century composers
Musicians from British India
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