The brisk tempo unleashed by his powerful and pliable voice found many admirers and imitators among the younger generations, though it raised many an eyebrow among the senior vidwans. Indira Menon said that GNB was a self-taught artiste, his racy style sparkling with brigas and nuances never heard before, revealed a new range of colours on the musician's palette. ![]() MLV was very privilleged to learn Carnatic music from G. It was he who was responsible for the status I occupy in the music world today. Once G N Balasubramaniam heard me sing and he prevailed upon my parents to place me under his tutelage. But in the musical atmosphere of my house, I had ample opportunity of practising vocal music. They were not keen that I should enter the music field and gave me general education. They were mainly instrumental in popularising the compositions of Purandara Dasa in South India. In her own words: My parents had rendered yeomen service to Carnatic music. ![]() MLV's school education was in Madras, in a convent, where all was set to pursue a medical career until the great Carnatic musician G. A rare gramophone record (made in England) of her glorious voice rendering this song is said to be in V.Sundaram's private possession. When Deshbandu Chitharanjan Das (1870–1925) died in 1925, Lalithangi came out with a beautiful song by way of tribute to his national spirit and patriotism. Her father, Kuthanur Ayya Swamy Iyer, was a noted musician while her mother, Lalithangi, was also a great musician.
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