Pacchimiriam Adiyappa

Pacchimiriam Adiappayya was a famous court musician at the Maratha kingdom of Thanjavur in the 18th century. He belongs to Kannada Madhwa Brahmin community.^[1] Famous musicians Veena Venkatamaramana Das of Vijayanagaram and Veena Seshanna of Mysore are his descendants.^[2] He was a composer of Carnatic music. Some of his famous disciples were Syama Sastri (1762-1827), one of the Trinity of Carnatic composers, and Ghanam Krishna Iyer. Three of his compositions, all in the Telugu language, survive today in the 21st C, two of them being kritis and one a varnam.^[3]

Pacchimiriam Adiappayya's most famous composition is the varnam Viriboni in Bhairavi ragam.^[4]

See also

• List of Carnatic composers

References

1. The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 101, Issues 35-46. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1980. p. 7. , it has been mentioned that Pachimiriyam Adiayyappaiah was a Karnataka Brahmin of the Madhva Sect.
2. B. Dayananda Rao (1994). Carnatic Music Composers: A Collection of Biographical Essays. Triveni Foundation. p. 75. Adiyappayya was a Madhva Brahmin and two of his lineal descendants, namely. Veena Venkataramana Das of Vijayanagaram and Veena Seshanna of Mysore made an indelible mark in the realm of Performance.
3. Deepti Omchery Bhalla (1990). Studies in Indian Music and Allied Arts, Volume 5. Sundeep Prakashan. p. 123. ISBN 978-8185067599.
4. Deepti Omchery Bhalla (1990). Studies in Indian Music and Allied Arts, Volume 5. Sundeep Prakashan. p. 124. ISBN 978-8185067599.

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