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Subbarama Dikshitar | |
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| Born | 1839 (1839) |
| Died | 1906 (aged 66–67) |
| Occupation | Carnatic musiccomposer |
| Notable work | Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini |
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Subbarama Dikshitar (1839–1906[1]) was aCarnatic music composer. He was the grandson, and also the adopted son, of Baluswami Dikshitar, a brother ofMuthuswami Dikshitar. He was an accomplished composer in his own right, but is more famous for hisSangita Sampradaya Pradarshini, a book detailing the works of Muthuswami Dikshitar and a reference on many other Carnatic musical concepts.[citation needed]
Baluswami Dikshitar, a noted musician, was at the court ofEttayapuram kings. His daughter had a son named Subbarama. Baluswami did not have a male child, so he adopted his daughter's son Subbarama Dikshitar as his own son and taught music to him. Subbarama Dikshitar began composing at the age of seventeen and became the court musician of the Ettayapuram kings at the age of nineteen. He composed manykritis,varnams, etc. To name a few important ones - Darbar raga, atta tala varna on God Karthikeya; jathiswara in yamuna kalyani raga, mrudanga jathi (1-2-3-2-1); shankaracharyam in shankarabharana raga, adi tala; ragamalika in 9 ragas; chauka varnas in raga anandabhairavi & surati.[citation needed]
Subbarama Dikshitar at the age of 60 began writing the bookSangita Sampradaya Pradarshini at the behest of A.M.Chinnaswami Mudaliar and completed it after four years of hard work. It can be said that he was one of the earliest documenters of Indian music and musicology. Subbarama Dikshitar died at a relatively young age of 67.[citation needed]
Subbarama Dikshitar's son Ambi Dikshitar (1863-1936) was originally named Muthuswami Dikshitar, not to be confused with the member of the trinity.[2] Ambi Dikshitar continued the family tradition of achieving excellence in music and he taughtT. L. Venkatarama Iyer andD. K. Pattammal.[3]
His other works include:[citation needed]
Ambi Dikshitar's prime disciples were brothers A Ananthakrishnan Iyer and A Sundaram Iyer and were primarily responsible for bringing their Guru to Chennai for propagation of Muthuswamy Dikshitar's compositions.
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