1) Second Edition of "The Beauty of Carnatic Music" Released: BANGALORE, INDIA, October 12, 2002: Upon retirement as the Director of Pasteur Institute of India at Coonoor, Dr. Prasada Rao Gandlur conceived the idea of producing a virtual music tutor on the "Beauty of Carnatic Music." The second edition of this two-volume CD has just been launched by Blue Lotus Informatics in Bangalore. The first CD outlines the history of Carnatic music, the science of ragas, details of the seven notes, a live musical keyboard, a search facility, a section on rhythms and talas, as well as interactive vocal lessons. The second CD has compositions that cover most of the masterpieces in Carnatic music such as Krithis of Thyagaraja, Deekshitar, Swathi Tirunal and Mysore Vasudevachar.

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2) good performances this season: One of your reporters met me the other day in Hamsadhwani, asking for my opinion about the good performances this season. My wife & I will easily rate T N Krishnan's violin recital as the best, of what we enjoyed. Among others,Prince Rama Varma came up with a very good performance.We heard him for the first time.Earlier, Vasundhara Rajagopalan sang extremely well, the memory of which lingers on.The only other names that come to my mind are that of Aruna Sairam, Madurai G S Mani & T M Krishna.Well, Have a good day. Brig Subramanian.(Retd) - balan at md4.vsnl.net.in - Email received on Sat, 5 May 2001

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3) Royal Carpet: karnATik Carnatic Music: lyrics to more than 800 songs and much more... *****

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