Paapanaasam Raamayya Sivan (26 September 1890 – 1 October 1973[1]) was an Indian composer of Carnatic music and a singer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1971. He was also a film score composer in Kannada cinema as well as Tamil cinema in the 1930s and 1940s.[2]
Sivan was also known as Tamil Thyaagaraja. Using Classical South Indian as a base, Sivan created compositions popularised by M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, D. K. Pattammal, and M. S. Subbulakshmi.
In 1962, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.[3]
^Tamizh Thyaagayyar – The life and Music of Paapanaasam Sivan : Lec-Dem by Dr.Rukmini Ramani
^Mark Slobin (29 September 2008). Global Soundtracks: Worlds of Film Music. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 122–. ISBN 978-0-8195-6882-3. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
^"SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Puraskar winners (Akademi Fellows)". Official website.
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Subramania Bharathiyar, Kalyani Varadarajan, M. Balamuralikrishna and PapanasamSivan. The compositions of these composers are rendered frequently by artists...
Track listing No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length 1. "Siva Sivaayam" Papanasamsivan, Thiruvasagam Sam C. S. 4:56 2. "Kaathama" Sam C. S. Sam C. S. 3:23...
Carnatic vocalists who were established disciples of Ambi Dikshithar, PapanasamSivan, Koteeswara Iyer, T.L.Venkataramayyar and others. Her maternal grandfather...
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theatre. The music was composed by PapanasamSivan, Motibabu, and Kalki. The lyrics were written by PapanasamSivan and Rajagopala Iyer. The singers were...
language film directed and produced by K. Subrahmanyam. The film featured PapanasamSivan as the titular character with G. Subbulakshmi, Kothamangalam Subbu...
Kurai ondrum illai based on lyrics of Rajaji Andavan Ambe composed by PapanasamSivan Antaryami Alasithi Solasithi - popular rendering of Annamacharya's...
also remember the Kuchipudi dancers too. Singara Velavan Vanthan by PapanasamSivan in Tamil Sami ni pai Adathalavarnam by Veena Kuppayyar Yathum oore...
culture is his songwriting. Before Kannadasan, many lyricists like PapanasamSivan, Kambadasan, Vindhan, A. Maruthakasi, and Ku. Ma. Balasubramaniam were...
songs were composed by PapanasamSivan who also penned the lyrics for all songs while G. Ramanthan took care of orchestration. Sivan originally penned the...
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