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percussion instruments include M.S. Ramaiah, V.V. Ranganathan, Ramachar,
M.S. Seshappa Bangalore. K. Venkataram, A.V. Anand, T.A.S. Mani, K.N.
Krishnamurthy, V.S. Rajagopal, Rajachar, Rajakesari, Chandramouli,
Bhadrachar, Praveen, Sonala Sheshagiridas, B.G. Lakshminarayana, Sukanya
Ramagopal, Dattareya Sharma, Ananthakrishna Sharma and K. Muniratnam
Naranappa (mukhaveena), Ramadasappa, Ravikiran (gotuvadya) and Kadri
Gopalanath (saxophone), Narasimhalu Vadavatie, Bindu Madhava Pathak
(Rudra Veena) and Rajiv Taranath (Sarodist) are other instrumentalists who
are popular.
Gamaka art is an ancient one. The practitioners of this art in recent times
include Joladarasi Doddanna Gowda, S. Nagesha Rao, B.S.S. Kaushik, H.K.
Ramaswamy, Gunduramaiah, S. Vasudeva Rao. R. Shankarnarayana, Hosabele
Seetharama Rao, G.B. Gopinatha Rao, Talakadu Mayigauda, M. Raghavendra
Rao etc. There is a Gamaka Kala Parishat at Bangalore.
The romantic poetry of modern period derived a new style, melody and new
musical form, called ‘Sugama Sangitha’. This form of music was influenced both
by classical Kamataka and Hindustani music and also western music. P. Kalinga
Rao was a pioneer in this field. He was followed by Mysore Ananthaswamy
who made this form of music extermely popular. C. Aswath. H.R. Leelavathi,
Jayavanthi Devi Hirebet, Anuradha Dhareshwar, Shimoga Subbanna,
Ratnamala Prakash, Malathi Sharma, Kasturi Shankar, Shyamala G. Bhave,
B.R. Chaya, B.K. Sumitra, Shymala Jahagirdar, Yeshwant Halibandi, Usha
Ganesh, Narisimha Nayak, Indu Vishwanath, H.K. Narayana, E.G. Ramanath
and Y.K. Muddukrishna and others have made light music popular.
The Government of Kamataka has a separate section devoted to the
advancement of music in Karanataka. The Secondary Education Board
conducts examinations in music and awards certificates to the participating
Gelaxi of Musican, Painting by Raja Ravivarma