About Chitti Babu (musician)
Chitti Babu was a classical musician from India, and arguably one of the greatest Veena artistes, in the Carnatic Music genre of South India, who became a legend in his own lifetime. His name was synonymous with the musical instrument Veena, and he was and still is known in the Carnatic Music world, simply as Veena Chitti Babu. Chitti Babu gave his first performance at the age of 12. Chitti Babu (13 October 1936 – 9 February 1996) was a classical musician from India, and arguably one of the greatest Veena artistes, in the Carnatic Music genre of South India, who became a legend in his own lifetime. Muthuraman was a Veena artiste, and the entire background score for the Veena was played and recorded by Chitti Babu.
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