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Salur Rajeswara Rao (Telugu: సాలూరు రాజేశ్వరరావు) (11 October 1922 – 25 October 1999) was an Indian composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, music producer, and musician known for his works predominantly in South Indian cinema.〔(M. L. Narasimham, "Trend-setter in Light Music". ''The Hindu'', 12 March 1993. ) Retrieved 2011-03-25.〕 Regarded as one of the finest music composers, Rao's works are noted for integrating Indian classical music in Telugu cinema for over half a century.〔http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/in-a-different-league/article5931863.ece〕〔http://www.mayyam.com/talk/showthread.php?6512-S-Rajeswara-Rao-a-retrospective〕 In his recordings, Rao pioneered the use of light music in Telugu cinema; ''"Thummeda Oka saari"'', ''"Kopamela Radha"'', ''"Podarintilona"'', ''"Rave Rave Koyila"'', ''"Challa Gaalilo"'' and ''"Paata Paduma Krishna"'' were all written by his father. Rao's most rewarding assignments came from Gemini Studios, which he joined in 1940 and with which he remained for a decade. After leaving Gemini, he received an offer to provide music for B. N. Reddy's ''"Malleeswari"'' in 1950; the song was a hit. ''"Vipranarayana"'', ''"Missamma"'' and a host of other musical hits – more than a hundred in Telugu most of which won the National Film Awards for best film(s), and Tamil and a few in Kannada – followed. When Vijaya's ''Missamma'' (originally a Telugu film) was remade as ''Miss Mary'' in Bollywood, the film's soundtrack retained one of Rao's compositions.〔(Biography at IMDB )〕〔(M. L. Narasimham, "Trend-setter in Light Music". ''The Hindu'', 12 March 1993. ) Retrieved 2011-03-25.〕 ==Early career== He was born in the village of Sivaramapuram, near Salur in Vizianagaram district (formerly Srikakulam district), Andhra Pradesh, India. His father, Sanyasi Raju, was a famous mridangam player at concerts performed by Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu and also a lyricist. Rao's introduction to cinema came unexpectedly, in the form of Mr. Huchins' (of the Huchins Recording Company) visit to Rao's home district of Vizianagaram in 1934. A child prodigy, Rao could identify the Carnatic music ragams at age four; by the time he was seven, he was giving stage performances. Huchins spotted young Rajeswara Rao's talent, and took him to Bangalore with his father; there, young Rao recorded "Bhagawat Gita". Film producers P. V. Das and Gudavalli Ramabramham visited Bangalore and, impressed by Rao's singing ability, brought him to Madras. They cast him as Lord Krishna in their production of ''Sri Krishna Leelalu'' in 1934. The film was released the next year (1935) and Rajeshwara Rao became a household name all over Andhra Pradesh. Rao went to Calcutta (now Kolkata) to act in ''Keechaka Vadha'', and met such stalwarts as Kundan Lal Saigal and Pankaj Mullick. He became a disciple of Saigal and studied Hindustani music for a year, learning to play the sitar and surbahar. Rao had already mastered playing the tabla, dholak, and miridangam; later instruments were piano, harmonium, mandolin and electric guitar. He learned orchestration, and how to mix the sounds of different instruments. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「S. Rajeswara Rao」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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