Rasikas would recall (see
editorial of March
29th, 2004) that Carnatica, with the consent of Shri. MDR's family had
launched an effort to digitally archive the maestro's compositions. The
scanning work is now complete and we proceed to the laborious task of
transcribing and classifying the compositions and notations. Meanwhile, here
is a list of the compositions contained in the first of MDR's three
notebooks. We will be updating and completing this list as we progress with
the transcription and translation. We have tried to include audio samples,
from recordings that are available. Rasikas who may have more audio
samples of MDR's compositions (preferably rendered by MDR himself), are
welcome to
contribute them so that we can build a comprehensive archive of Shri.
Ramanathan's music.
