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Veteran musician

Sir, — With the passing away of the veteran musician, Mani Krishnaswami, the Carnatic music world, especially the Musiri school, has lost a patron who had carved a niche for herself. She was at an early age put under the tutelage of Tiger Varadhachariar at the Kalakshetra and had the golden opportunity to learn the theoretical aspects of Carnatic music directly from Prof. Sambamoorthy.

She also had the very rare opportunity to learn the nuances of music from Jalatarangam Ramaniah Chetty, Thirupparkadal Srinivasa Iyengar (father of Thirupparkadal S. Veera Raghavan), Budalur Krishnamoorthy Sastrigal, T.K. Ramaswamy Iyengar and her mentor, Musiri Subramania Iyer, who groomed her into a top-ranking musician.

Many are unaware of Mani Krishnaswami's flair for vintage film music. She had a thorough knowledge of the lyrics of old songs, both film and non-film classicals, not only in Tamil but also in Telugu and Hindi, and could sing any number of them.

A few years ago, she gave a recital for ``Vintage Heritage'' (an association for the preservation and propagation of old film classics) exclusively devoted to old film music.

Shankar Venkatraman,

Chennai

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