![]() ![]() ‘‘Sri Tyagaraja Gurucharanaravindabhyam namah”. At the commencement and conclusion of the notebooks of both the father and the son we invariably come across statements like the following Venkataramana Bhagavatar had a reverential regard for his master and learnt the latter’s compositions with great avidity. The Walajapet collection has long enjoyed the reputation of being the repository of the maximum number of the saint’s compositions and rightly so. Krishnaswamy Bhagavatar*s notebooks containing Tyagaraja’s compositions in notation and the great composer’s biography written by him are also there. ![]() His son Krishnaswamy Bhagavatar, also a disciple of Tyagaraja, further enlarged this collection by valuable acquisitions. With the manuscripts got from the sage oi Tiruvayar as a nucleus, he developed an important library by adding on to it from time to time. Walajapet Venkata- ramana Bhagavatar became the most favoured sishya in this When they requested their master to be favoured with some of the manuscripts in his library, the great composer generously parted with them. A few of his disciples, on account of their proficiency in music, scholarship in Sanskrit and Telugu, and long association with the gTeat composer earned his goodwill and blessings. He himself inherited these valuable manuscripts from his maternal grandfather, Veena Kalahasti Iyer, a Samasthana Vidwan in Tanjore court, and from his guru Sonti Venkataramanayya. The bulk of this collection evidently formed part of Tyaga- raja’s private library. A good number of the manuscripts are in Telugu script and a few in the grantha script. Many of these compositions and the works on musicology have not been published so far. ![]() Manuscripts containing the bare texts of songs from various composers are also included in the collection. ![]() The collection includes musical compositions in notation and works on musicology. The Walajapet Collection now housed in the premises of the Sourashtra Sabha, Madura, represents by far the largest private collection of musical manuscripts ever made. ![]()
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