![]() His work was vital in the creation of the sarala gee genre practiced subsequently by artists like Victor Ratnayake, Sunil Edirisinghe and Sanath Nandasiri. ![]() ![]() In doing so, Amaradeva created a uniquely Sinhalese music style that stayed true to folk tradition while incorporating outside influences. Noting that it mostly revolved around a single melody, he decided to add verses that would lead up to the central melody which would now be a chorus thus forming two parts (unseen earlier in traditional Sri Lankan music) removing restrictions that had existed earlier. In the mid-1950s, Amaradeva in his Janagayana project consulted experts of the Kandyan dance tradition like Pani Bharata, Kiriganita, Gunamala, Ukkuva and Suramba in his path to understand what constituted Sinhala folk music. Many consider Pandith Amaradeva’s contribution to the development of Sinhala music as unmatched. Primarily using traditional instruments like sitars, tablas and harmoniums, Amaradeva incorporates Sinhala folk music with Indian ragas in his work. Amaradeva Wannakuwatta Mitiwaduge Don Albert Perera (Sinhala:වන්නකුවට්ට මිටිවඩුගේ දොන් ඇල්බට් පෙරෙරා) (Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, Decem3 November 2016), better known by his adopted name Amaradeva, was a Sri Lankan vocalist and musical composer.
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