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] He was a composer of Carnatic music. Some of his famous disciples were Syama Sastri, one of the Trinity of Carnatic composers, and Ghanam Krishna Iyer. His compositions are in the Telugu language.[2]
Pacchimiriam Adiappayya's most famous composition is the varnam Viriboni in Bhairavi ragam.[3]
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References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Deepti Omchery Bhalla (1990). Studies in Indian Music and Allied Arts, Volume 5. Sundeep Prakashan. p. 123. ISBN 978-8185067599.
- ↑ Deepti Omchery Bhalla (1990). Studies in Indian Music and Allied Arts, Volume 5. Sundeep Prakashan. p. 124. ISBN 978-8185067599.
- M. V. Ramana, Pre-trinity composers of Tamil Nadu - Carnatica.net
- Carnatica.net
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