How to Name It?

Summary

How to Name It? (1986) is an instrumental Indian-Western fusion album by Ilaiyaraaja.[1][2] This was Ilayaraaja's first fusion music album. The album has musical movements that are dedicated to Tyagaraja, a religious musician and composer from South India (1767-1847) and the Western baroque music composer, J. S. Bach (1685-1750) of Germany.

How to Name It?
Studio album by
Released1986
Length48 Minutes
Ilaiyaraaja chronology
How to Name It? Nothing But Wind

One of the tracks is based on Preludium in E by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Track listing edit

  1. "How to Name It?" (7:22)
  2. "Mad Mod Mood Fugue" (2:01)
  3. "You Cannot Be Free" (5:31)
  4. "Study for Violin" (1:38)
  5. "It Is Fixed" (5:04)
  6. "Chamber Welcomes Thiyagaraja" (5:49)
  7. "I Met Bach in My House" (7:16)
  8. "And We Had a Talk" (1:34)
  9. "Don't Compare" (8:08)
  10. "Do Anything" (5:21)[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Kolappan, B. (28 March 2023). "Flautist Sudhakar, who collaborated with Ilaiyaraaja on many memorable songs, no more". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Ilaiyaraaja announces sequel to popular album 'How To Name It?'". Onmanorama. IANS. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ^ "How to name it LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

External links edit

  • How to Name It? at AllMusic. Retrieved 15:25, 15 September 2016 (UTC).