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wrote that Tamil Sangam poetry is considered as a poetic achievement of Indian civilization. Written between 600BC-200AD, these poems are appreciated for their poetic value, vision, metaphors and technique. Though these poems are widely discussed in the academia as well as in popular media, there is
42: 256:. Composer Rajan mentioned that Yathum Oore being one of the oldest poem that talks about equality, unity and global citizenship, he composed the song to include 14 genres of musical styles including Indian classical, Western classical, 297:, he fell in love with those poems and tried to find any known musical forms. When he found that there were no albums or singles on any of the sangam poems, he tried to compose the first ever album on sangam poetry. 300:
About his unique style of music, he mentioned that he tried to bring in the best of three worlds- the melody of Indian classical music, Orchestration of western classical music and rhythms of tribal/ folk music.
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music review called the album "A Major Event in the World of Music". As of 15 July 2020, the album got into Amazon's Top#10 best seller list under International Music category.
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no known musical form for Sangam poems. Composer Rajan mentioned that when he read a book titled
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played the composition. Recordings happened in multiple locations across the world including
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having two versions (Symphony version and multi-genre version), Veral veli, written by Poet
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One of the songs from the album, "Yathum Oore Anthem", was declared the theme song of 10th
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The album consists of seven songs, a collection of outstanding ancient Tamil
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among others. The seven songs in the album are, Yathum Oore, written by
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ancient Tamil poetry and the first ever music album on Sangam poetry.
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that involved various international artists. It is based on
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Index

Sandham- Symphony Meets Classical Tamil

Studio album
Bombay Jayashri
Saindhavi
Karthik
Pragathi Guruprasad
William Henry Curry
Rajan Somasundaram
Genre
World
Producer
Rajan Somasundaram
studio album
Tamil
Rajan Somasundaram
Sangam period
The Hindu
Sangam literature
Rajan Somasundaram
Bombay Jayashri
Saindhavi
Karthik
Pragathi Guruprasad
Kaniyan Pungundranar
Kapilar
Sempulapeyaneerar
William Henry Curry
Raleigh-Durham
Los Angeles

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