Ganakalabhushana Vidushi Vasanthamadhavi, teacher, performer, composer, and musicologist is the founder of Ragasree College of Music. As a teacher she has spotted and groomed many a young talent. She has given to the world of music, a large posse of talented artistes. She is also founder managing trustee of Sri D. Subbaramaiah Fine Arts Trust.
Among her compositions in Sanskrit, Telugu and Kannada, Navagraha Kritis, Ashta Dikpalaka Kritis, Rishi Vandana kritis and Venkateshwara Navaratna malika kritis giving an insight into the Vedic and Pouranic descriptions of the Ashta Dikpalakas, Saptarshis, Navagrahas and other deities have been acclaimed by scholars. These compositions are published in two volumes, titled "Vaggeya Rathnavali.
As a musicologist, having studied the Shastra aspect of Music, she has contributed to several scholarly works and websites including the magnamum opus encyclopaedia Sri Tyagaraja yoga Vaibhavam and Shri Shyama Vaggeya Vaibhavam of Bharatha -Bharathi Sangeetha seva Prathishthana. She has also authored books for the senior and proficiency curriculum. Sangeetha Shastra Mandakini, authored by her, is published in two parts by Karnataka Sangeetha Nritya Academy.
Vidushi Vasanthamadhavi has given performances and conducted workshops across the length and breadth of the country and abroad under the banner of prestigious Sabhas and musical institutions. She has been giving performances for AIR and Doordarshan for several decades. She has performed at CMANA (New Jersey), Fremont, San Diego, NASA (North American Sankethi Association). Washington and several other places in the USA.
Music is an integral part of Indian culture and life style. Noe is complete without music filling the air. Man has always drawn inoperative, from Mother Nature. Whistling winds, running water, cooing birds, roaring beasts, thundering sky-makes the submerged musical instincts surface, in receptive mind. Man has found one form or other, music playmost feeling through Music, successfully. Intel beginning of civilization plays an important fold in one's life. Right from the beginning of civilization, Music has be the medium, through which, personal impressions, history, mythology incidents, social life and many such details are recorded, preserved and came onward till today. There are many forms of Music, each of which is distinct of the place, customs of people, historical and social scenario ete. A keen staty of Music of different times by various composers gives a clear picture of the set up behind it. In India, we see Music dominating our social, religious and cultural lives, since the Vedic age. Through centuries, it has undergone considerable changes. Exhaustive studies, authoritative treatises, research works and innovative contributions have given a refinement and perfection to our present classical Music forms, Indian Classical Music is now divided into two main streams - Karnatak (Carnatic) and Hindusthani. Until 12 Cent A.D, only one form of classical music prevailed all over our Country. During Al-lahuddin Khilji's regime at Delhi, a Persian musician, Amir Khusro came to India, on invitation by the ruler of Delhi. He studied Indian Music, that was prevailing then and changed several aspects to suit his method, composed several new pieces to establish his ideas and popularized a musical form that was a mixture of Persian and Indian Music. Later it came to be known as Hindusthani (Uttaradi) music. In southern India, the original Indian Music is preserved and nourished in its original form and is handed down to the present generation. It is now popularly known as Dakshinadi or Carnatic Music.
It is an established fact that, Classical Music now in its refined form, finds its origin in folk music. Even now we find many tunes resembling a few of the old folk tunes. That is altogether a different topic, which needs a special study. In these chapters we will learn about all the musical terms used, different forms of compositions, contribution of composers and musicologists belonging to different times, musical instruments, set music, innovative (manodharma) ragalakshanas, tala-laya and other allied topics.
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