Balasaraswati: Her Art and LifeAn intimate portrait of one of the great performing artists of the twentieth century |
Contents
Madras and Environs | 8 |
Descendants of Vina Dhanammal | 15 |
FROM THE HEART OF THE TRADITION I | 17 |
Mowbrays Road Madras ca 1895 | 21 |
Vina Dhanammal with musicians and music patrons 1911 | 42 |
Modarapu Govindarajulu Balasaraswatis father early 1920s | 48 |
Ammanakshi Amman Temple Kanchipuram | 57 |
RENAISSANCE 19271936 | 60 |
Balasaraswati with Vedantam Lakshminarayana Sastri Madras ca 1948 | 139 |
Ensemble for the kuravanji Sarabendra Bhoopala 1949 | 145 |
Recipients of Presidents Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Delhi 1955_1SS | 155 |
T Jayammal Delhi 1960 | 165 |
ON THE BACK OF A PEACOCK 19611972 | 185 |
SOMETHING GREAT AND GRAND 19721984 | 225 |
Acknowledgments | 253 |
Select Biographies | 255 |
Studio portrait of Balasaraswati 1934 | 84 |
Uday Shankar Balasaraswati and T Shankaran Calcutta 1934 | 94 |
RECONSTRUCTION 19361947 | 100 |
Balasaraswati in Egmore ca 1938 | 108 |
K Kandappa Pillai at Central Railway Station Madras 1940 | 117 |
DANCING FOR MURUGAN 19471961 | 138 |
Notes | 267 |
Glossary | 285 |
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