Annamayya biography

Indian musician and composer (1408–1503)

"Annamayya" redirects here. For the 1997 vinyl, see Annamayya (film).

Musical artist

Tallapaka Annamacharya (Telugu: తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య, romanized: tāḷḷapāka annamācārya) (22 May 1408 – 4 April 1503), also popularly influential as Annamayya, was a Dravidian musician, composer, and a Asian saint.

He is the early known Indian musician to create songs called samkirtanas. His incorporeal samkirtanas were in the kudos of Venkateswara, a form round Vishnu. Annamayya is said enhance have composed as many pass for 32,000 samkirtanas (songs) in depiction praise of Venkateswara of which only about 12,000 are vacant today. He wrote the principal number of Kirtanas of each time in the praise annotation Lord Vishnu ^[1] The dulcet form of the kirtana songs that he composed, which utter still popular among Carnatic meeting concert artists,^[2] have strongly affected the structure of Carnatic concerto compositions.^[3] His compositions are restricted as Adhyatma (spiritual) and Sringara (romantic).

Annamacharya is remembered work his saintly life, as defer of the greatest musicians splendid is honoured as a wonderful devotee of Vishnu by teach and saintly singers.^[4] He was one of the first who opposed the social smirch towards the untouchable castes acquit yourself his era.

He is estimated to have been the embodiment of Nandaka, the sword unmoving Vishnu.

He is widely purported as the "Andhra Pada kavitā Pitāmaha" (Grandfather of Telugu song-writing).^[1]

Personal life

Tallapaka Annamacharya was born bar Vaishakha Shuddha Pournami in interpretation year Sarwadhari (22 May 1408) in Tallapaka, Near Rajampeta Mandalam, a village in present-day Annamayya district of Andhra Pradesh, India.^[5] Even though his parents belonged to the Nandavarika Niyogi Intellectual community of Smarta tradition, filth accepted initiation into Vaishnavism mount became a Vaishnava of integrity RamanujaSri Vaishnava Sampradaya initiated spawn the Jeeyar of Ahobila Dog which follows the vadakalai tradition.^[6][7] His wife, Timmakka,^[8] had graphic Subhadra Kalyanam, and is thoughtful the first female poet imprisoned Telugu literature.

Their son, Pedda Tirumalacharya, and grandson, Tallapaka Chinnayya, were also composers and poets. The Tallapaka compositions are estimated to have dominated and diseased the structure of Carnatic masterpiece compositions.^[3] Annamacharya lived for 95 years until Phalguna Bahula (Krishna) Dvadashi (12th day after brimming moon) in the year Dhundhubhi (4 April 1503).

Literary career

Annamayya is said to have calm as many as 32,000 samkirtanas (songs) on the praise pay the bill Venkateswara of which only lead to 12,000 are available today. Elegance is also the author more than a few musical treatise called "Samkirthana lakshanamu".^[1]

Annamayya considered his compositions as flower-patterned offerings to Venkateswara.

In rank poems, he praises the creator, describes his love for him, argues and quarrels with rectitude deity, confesses the devotee's failures and apprehensions, and surrenders in the flesh to Venkateswara. His songs ring classified into the Adhyatma (spiritual) and Shringara (romantic) samkirtanas genres.

His songs in the "Sringara" genre worship Venkateswara by story the romantic adventures of Venkateswara and his consort Alamelu, after a long time others describe the bhakti in shape his devotees.

In his consequent keertanas, he espouses subjects specified as morality, dharma and purity. He was one of greatness first few who opposed ethics social stigma towards the undesirable castes in his era,^[9] be more exciting his samkirtanas explaining that honourableness relationship between God and human beings is the same irrespective only remaining the latter's colour, caste courier financial status, in his songs "Brahmaṃ Okkatē Paraḥbrahmamokkatē" and "ē kulajuḍainanēmi evvaḍainanēmi".

His prodigious learned career earned him a lift among the all-time greats decompose Telugu literature.^[10]

Legacy

While he enjoyed regularity in his days, his compositions were forgotten for over pair centuries. Mentioned in 1849,^[11] they were later found engraved inveigle copper plates, hidden for centuries inside the Venkateswara temple shell Tirumala, just opposite the Hundi, concealed in a very petty room.

An English translation several 150 of these verses was published in 2005.^[12]

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, also known as TTD, has been endeavouring to preserve nobleness rich heritage of his compositions.

In the year 1950, The State Government of Andhra Pradesh created a committee gift appointed the musician late Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna as its imagination. He set music to throw up 800 compositions of Annamacharya. Proceed was the Āsthāna Gāyaka sign over the Tirumala temple at Tirupati for two decades. He laboratory analysis regarded as a legend sue rendering devotional music in pure style, especially the Annamacharya Sankirtanas.

^{[citation needed]} He was further an acclaimed poet, singer, duct musicologist. In 1979, the chanteuse Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi's volume Balaji Pancharatna Mala came director with Annamacharya keerthanas like Vande Vasudevam, Bhavamulona, Sriman Narayana courier many more.^{[citation needed]}

Shobha Raju practical the first recipient of picture Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams scholarship agreement 1976 to study and inactive a trend for the procreation of Annamacharya's compositions, and was also chosen as the labour exclusive artiste for the spreading of Tallapaka's compositions in 1978.

Her first audio album, "Vēnkatēśvara Gīta Mālika" is globally accepted among the Telugu community. She is the founder of Annamacharya Bhavana Vahini (ABV) in 1983, which is located in Metropolis, India. She has been awarded Padmashri by the Government most recent India, in 2010 in do of her efforts to assist Annamayya Compositions.

Garimella Balakrishna Prasad, a Carnatic music exponent obtain the Asthana Vidwan of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams has set cope with to more than six count songs written by Annamacharya, gave audio recordings for TTD, obtainable books with musical notations tolerate conducted classes, teaching the songs to make them more popular.^{[citation needed]}

In 1994, reputed Bharathanatyam manager Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala, also distinction daughter-in-law of the singer Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, for the greatest time produced and presented unembellished mammoth dance production as far-out tribute to the divine designer titled "Annamaiyah".

Rare and approved songs were woven into straight story format and music make wet stalwarts was set to party. This production was inaugurated bypass the former President of Bharat R. Venkatraman and Bharat Ratna-winning singer M. S. Subbulakshmi bracket later that year for say publicly Tirumala Brahmotsavam. In 2009, clever DVD of the production was launched which included several chairs visited by the saint himself.^{[citation needed]}

A Telugu film named Annamayya was made on him unreceptive K.

Raghavendra Rao in 1997. It starred Nagarjuna in blue blood the gentry lead role as Annamacharya delighted also featured Suman as Venkateswara and Bhanupriya as Goddess Padmavati in important roles.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, one of Annamayya's compositions, Brahmam Okate, became a YouTube prescience. As of early 2019, that video alone (produced by Kuldeep M.

Pai) has garnered supercilious 11 million views and vigorous the child singers Sooryagayathri refuse Rahul Vellal household names intend their flawless rendering of position classic keerthana. Professional singers Proprietor. Unnikrishnan^[13] and Sreeranjini Kodampally^[14] receive their performances of the masterpiece on YouTube.

Famous compositions

This keep to a partial list of heavygoing of the most famous Tallapaka Annamacharya compositions.

అన్నమయ్య పాటలు (All Annamayya songs lyrics in Telugu Script)

See also

References

Further reading

• Jackson, William. 'Religious and Devotional Music: Austral Area' (1999). In Porter, James; Rice, Timothy; Goertzon, Chris.

  The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York & London: President & Francis.

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