Tillana
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ATillanaorthillanais a rhythmic piece inSouth IndianCarnatic musicthat is generally performed at the end of a concert and widely used inclassical indian danceperformances. It was popularised by Dr.M Balamuralikrishna,Lalgudi Jayaramanand some other musicians[1][2][3]A Tillana uses tala-like phrases in thepallaviandanupallavi,and lyrics in thecharanam.
Thethillanais based on thetaranawhich was introduced byAmir Khusrau(1253-1325 CE).[4]
Popular Compositions
[edit]- Kadanakuthuhalam Thillana
- MohanakalyaniThillana
- KhamasThillana
- Mand Thillana
- Revathi Thillana
- DwijavanthiThillana
- Brindavani Thillana
- Kadanakuthuhalam Thillana
- Kunthalavarali Thillana
- GarudadhwaniThillana
- Jaya Ragamalika Thillana (KalyaniRaga)
BY OTHER COMPOSERS
- Kalinga Narthana Thillana composed by SriOothukkadu Venkata Kavi(Ragam:Gambhira Natta)
- DhanashreeThillana composed byMaharaja Swathi Thirunaland tuned byLalgudi Jayaraman
- KhamasThillana composed byPatnam Subramania Iyer(Ragam:Khamas)
- KaapiThillana, composed byGanesh and KumareshRajagopalan
- Basant BaharThillana, composed byMaharajapuram Santhanam
- BehagThillana, composed byVeene Sheshanna
- BehagThillana, composed byAbhishek Raghuram
- DwijavanthiThillana by Bharat Sundar
References
[edit]- ^"Pure aural feast".The Hindu.16 February 2012.Retrieved18 February2012.
- ^Subrahmanyam, Velcheti (2 February 2012)."Master holds in hypnotic spell".The Hindu.Retrieved18 February2012.
- ^Kumar, Ranee (16 February 2012)."Resonant repertoire".The Hindu.Retrieved18 February2012.
- ^Singh, Thakur Jai Deva (1975). "Khusrau's Musical Compositions". In Ansari, Zoe (ed.).Life, Times & Works of Amir Khusrau Dehlavi.New Delhi: National Amir Khusrau Society. p. 276.