When one listens to any great musical composition – be it Ilayaraja’s or any classical old krithis – he/she derives immense joy and happiness. Although most of them were composed several decades ago or even few centuries ago, it still gives a great feeling when we listen to those musical gems. But feeling so happy from a listener’s perspective is definitely true. What about the singer who sings those compositions ? Isn’t it true that he or she should have felt the same happiness while rendering them ? Singers add so much feeling and beauty to the song that if he/she does not get the complete feeling of the song, its hard to make a listener derive happiness out of the rendition. Further down, if the listener and the singer both were able to get so much joy – how about the composer who composed those?
Few examples of great composers – St. Thyagaraja, Purandaradasa, Ilayaraja(in the modern age) etc..
Few examples of great singers – Bombay Jayashri, K.S. Chitra, SPB, K J Yesudas, Sanjay Subramanyam, Maharajapuram Santhanam etc..
Examples of listeners – All of us 🙂
Examples of great songs – Pancharathna kritis
No doubt, at every stage feeling of happiness is derived by all the three – composer, singer and the listener. But who really gets more joy? Few think its the listener, some say its the singer and the rest say its the composer. What do you think?
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