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List of Carnatic composers

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List of Carnatic composers

List of composers of Carnatic music, a subgenre of Indian classical music.

Contents

Trinity-Age composers (18th century)

These composers lived during the time of the Trinity and there are recorded instances of their interaction with the Trinity.

Other composers

  • Rallapalli Anantha Krishna Sharma (1893–1979)
  • N. S. Ramachandran
  • Shishunala Sharif

    • Other composers in Mysore Kingdom

  • Veene Sheshanna (1852–1926)
  • Rallapalli Anantha Krishna Sharma (1893–1979)
  • Mysore T. Chowdiah (1894–1967)
  • Jayachamaraja Wodeyar (1919–1974)
  • Tiger Varadachariar (1876–1950)

    • Other composers—Bhakti Saints

    In addition to the above composers, various Bhakti saints of medieval India also composed devotional hymns, verses and songs. First six composer used ancient Tamil music[pannicai] which later evolved to the Carnatic musical tradition over the centuries.

  • Karaikkal Ammeiyar (7th century)
  • Thirunavukkarasar (7th century)
  • Thirugnana Sambanthar (7th century)
  • Sundaramurti (7th century)
  • Andal (9th century)
  • Manikkavasagar (10th century)
  • Madhwacharya (12th century)
  • Padmanabha Tirtha (12th century)
  • Allama Prabhu (12th century)
  • Muthu Thandavar (14th century)
  • Sripadaraja (14th century)
  • Vyasatirtha (1460–1539)
  • Vadirajatirtha (1480–1600)
  • Narayana Teertha (1580–1660)
  • Kanakadasa (1509–1609)
  • Raghavendra Swami (1595–1671)
  • Vijaya Dasa (1682–1755)

    • References

    List of Carnatic composers Wikipedia
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