Papanasam sivan biography definition

Indian composer of Carnatic music

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.

Papanasam sivan biography definition

Using Classical South Indian music 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]

Life

Sivan's early years were spent in the Travancore area of Kerala.

He was born at Polagam village in the district of Thanjavur, which was home to the musical trinity of Carnatic music. His given name was Ramaiya. In 1897, when he was 7, his father di