Here is a 1967 Mridangam solo (Thaniyavarthanam) by one of the all-time great Mridangam players in Carnatic music. Ramanathapuram C.S.Murugabhoopathi (1914-1998) and his elder brother C.S. Shankarasivam Bhagavathar had influenced the course of classical music in the south considerably. K.S.Kalidas in his obituary on Murugabhoopathi titled ‘The last of the Titans’ mentioned how CSM had ‘improvised the left hand playing technique with innovative movements of split fingers’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtFXE4aVMT8&feature=related
Some references of C.S. Murugabhoopathi:
1. Ramanathapuram C S Murugabhoopathy: The Last of the Titans, an Obituary by K S Kalidas, May 1998. Shruti, 164: 15-16.
2. N. Scott Robinson. "South Indian Percussionist Page". http://www.nscottrobinson.com/. http://www.nscottrobinson.com/southindiaperc.php. Retrieved march 16, 2011.
3. Publication of the Percussive Arts Centre, Bangalore
4. An interview of Ramathapuram C S Murugabhoopathy published in the music magazine Shruti, July 1985 (issue 17 S, page 6)
5. A radio interview of Ramanathapuram C S Murugabhoopathy conducted by Mr Subramanya Deshikar (AIR Madras)
6. "Padma Awards Directory (1954-2009)". Ministry of Home Affairs. http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf.
7. "Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Awards) list of Awardees". Sangeet Natak Akademi, http://www.sangeetnatak.org/. http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
8. A radio interview of Trichy Sankaran, speaking on Palani Subramania Pillai
9. Carnatic Summer by Shri V. Sriram
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