Monday, July 19, 2010

carnatic music

Purandara Dasa (1480 - 1564) is known as the father (Pitamaha) of Carnatic music due to his pioneering contributions to Carnatic music.

The contemporaries

Tyagaraja (1759? - 1847),
Muthuswami Dikshitar, (1776 - 1827) and
Syama Sastri, (1762 - 1827)

are regarded as the
Trinity of Carnatic music

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