Music of Andhra Pradesh
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Genres | Classical (Carnatic and Hindustani) | ||||||||
Awards | Bollywood Music Awards - Punjabi Music Awards | ||||||||
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Festivals | Sangeet Natak Akademi – Thyagaraja Aradhana – Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana | ||||||||
Media | Sruti, The Music Magazine | ||||||||
National anthem | "Jana Gana Mana", also national song "Vande Mataram" | ||||||||
Music of the states | |||||||||
Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Andhra Pradesh – Arunachal Pradesh – Assam – Bihar – Chhattisgarh – Goa – Gujarat – Haryana – Himachal Pradesh – Jammu – Jharkhand – Karnataka – Kashmir – Kerala – Madhya Pradesh – Maharashtra – Manipur – Meghalaya – Mizoram – Nagaland – Orissa – Punjab – Rajasthan – Sikkim – Tamil Nadu – Tripura – Uttar Pradesh – Uttaranchal – West Bengal |
Andhra Pradesh is a state of South India. Telugu language is considered the heart and soul of Carnatic music. The major composers Thyagaraja, Syama Sastri, Mudduswami Dikshita, Annamacharya and Bhadrachala Ramadasa are legends in the field of Carnatic music. In the area of instrumental music giants such as Dwaram Venkatasami Naidu (Violin), Chittibabu (Veena) and Eemani Sankara Sastri (Veena) are famous. Contemporary stalwarts of Vocal music include Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna, Nedunuri Krishnamurthy, Srirangam Gopalaratnam, Sarangapani and Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana. Yella Venkatesara Rao (Mridangam), Srinivas (Mandolin) have earned fame.