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'''S. Ramanathan''' (1917-1988) was a [[Carnatic music]] singer and [[musicologist]]. He was awarded the [[Madras Music Academy]]'s [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] in 1985.<br />
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He learned music from [[Tiger Varadachariar]], Sabesa Iyer, [[Ponniah Pillai]], and Sathur Krishna Iyengar. Post this, he also trained under Vidwan [[Valadi Krishnaiyer]] known as "Kirthana Kutir" - Granary of Kirthanas for vocal music and [[Devakottai Narayana Iyengar]] for the veena and acquired proficiency in both fields.<br />
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He received a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in [[ethnomusicology]] from [[Wesleyan University]], [[Middletown, Connecticut]], where he also taught.<ref>http://dpnelson.web.wesleyan.edu/longerbio.html</ref><br />
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He had disciples who have carved names for themselves such as [[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[S. Sowmya]], Savithri Sathyamurthy, Seetha Narayanan, Vasumathi Nagarajan, Sukanya Raghunathan (veena), [[Geetha Bennett]] (veena and a renowned short story writer in Tamil), Vidya Hariharan (veena and vocal), Thiagarajan/Raju (Vocal), Banumathy Raghuraman (veena), Latha Radhakrishnan (violin and vocal), Padma Gadiyar (veena), Vanathy Raghuraman (Vocal), and the Krishnan Sisters (Padmapriya (veena and vocal), Harini (vocal) and Subhapriya (vocal). <br />
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He also has composed many [[varnam]]s and [[kriti]]s, which have been popularized by his disciples. The American ethnomusicologist [[David Nelson (ethnomusicologist)|David Nelson]]<!-- http://dpnelson.web.wesleyan.edu/cv.html --> studied with him.<br />
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In 1981 Ramanathan released an album of Carnatic music, ''Navagraha Krtis (The 9 Planets), Cāturdaṡa Rāgamālika (The 14 Worlds) and Srī Gurunā: By Muttuswāmī Dīkṣitar (1775-1835),'' on [[Folkways Records]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Ramnad Raghavan]]<br />
*[[T. Ranganathan]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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*[http://www.carnatica.net/artiste/sramanathan.htm S. Ramanathan page]<br />
*[http://dpnelson.web.wesleyan.edu/ramanathan.html Ramanathan page]<br />
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060811213105/http://www.geethabennett.org/srama/srama.asp |date=August 11, 2006 |title=Ramanathan page }}<br />
*[http://www.musicalnirvana.com/carnatic/s_ramanathan.html Musica Nirvana biography]<br />
*[http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=683/ ''Navagraha Krtis (The 9 Planets), Cāturdaṡa Rāgamālika (The 14 Worlds) and Srī Gurunā: By Muttuswāmī Dīkṣitar (1775-1835)''] at [[Smithsonian Folkways]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.saadigitalarchive.org/entity/s-ramanathan S. Ramanathan materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)]<br />
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