Topic started by Gopal (@ acab37e9.ipt.aol.com) on Sat Oct 7 10:59:15 .
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I have learnt that few great composers and musicians had nevercomposed in certain ragas, or
never sung in certain ragas and\or songs. IS there aybody who knows why? is it true that some masters "mortgaged" certain ragas/songs at some point of their lifetime?

Responses:

• From: Gopal (@ hartford-ip-2-241.dynamic.ziplink.net) on: Fri Oct 13 10:06:01 EDT 2000
  
  I think Dikshatar (MD) has not handled Karaharapriya? !--Not sure of the reason--though.
  
  
  
• From: Ravi Kiran (@ 164.164.88.97) on: Fri Oct 13 10:30:24 EDT 2000
  
  i am not sure whether kharaharapriya could have withstood the weight of MD.
  ofcourse, i do agree that a genius of the like of MD could instil gatthu in any krithi - but i am not sure whether it would have caught his attention :)
  
  
• From: Nadopasaka (@ ahppp37.buffnet.net) on: Fri Oct 13 10:36:49 EDT 2000
  
  HariKamboji mela has also been ignored by all Dikshitars. Both these examples may just be indifference to Tyagaraja's ideas. The converse may be true for prati-madhyama melas Hemavati and Bhusavati !
  
  
• From: K. Shyam (@ net231-169.its.yale.edu) on: Fri Oct 13 18:21:07 EDT 2000
  
  Just curious. Does Syama Sastry have any kritis in Karaharapriya?
  
  
• From: svish (@ adsl-63-206-88-90.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net) on: Sat Oct 14 12:26:56 EDT 2000
  
  In the melakarta scheme that Dikshitar followed, the 22nd mela was shri, not kharaharapriya. Possibly kharaharapriya was a minor raga during his time and acquired its present stature solely due to tyagaraja's compositions.
  
  
• From: Lakshman (@ hse-kitchener-ppp78700.sympatico.ca) on: Sat Oct 14 17:02:45 EDT 2000
  
  K.Shyam:
  Shyama Shastri did not compose any kriti in Kharaharapriya.
  
  
• From: Lakshman (@ hse-kitchener-ppp78700.sympatico.ca) on: Sat Oct 14 17:02:53 EDT 2000
  
  K.Shyam:
  Shyama Shastri did not compose any kriti in Kharaharapriya.
  
  
• From: K. Shyam (@ net245-161.its.yale.edu) on: Sat Oct 14 19:50:07 EDT 2000
  
  Lakshman: Thanks. I also found only one kriti in ths raga ("Satatam taavaka") by Swati Tirunal, another prolific composer.
  
  

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