List of Carnatic composers

Carnatic Music
Concepts
Sruti • Swara • Raga • Tala • Melakarta • Asampurna Melakarta
Compositions
Varnam • Kriti • Geetham • Swarajati • Ragam Thanam Pallavi • Thillana
Instruments
melody: Vocals • Saraswati veena • Venu • Violin • Chitra veena • Nadaswaram • Mandolin rhythm: Mridangam • Ghatam • Morsing • Kanjira • Thavil drone: Tambura • Shruti box
Composers
List of Carnatic composers

Contents 1 Pre-Trinity Composers (Before 18th Century) 2 Trinity-Age Composers (18th Century) 3 Post-Trinity Composers - 19th Century 4 Post-Trinity Composers - 20th Century and up 5 Other Composers 6 Other Composers in Mysore Kingdom 7 Other composers - Bhakti Saints 8 See also 9 References

Pre-Trinity Composers (Before 18th Century)

Composer	Years	Languages	Approx. Number of Compositions	Other Info
Akka Mahadevi	12th century	Kannada
Annamacharya	1408 - 1503	Telugu, Sanskrit	50,000
Arunachala Kavi	1711 - 1788	Tamil
Arunagirinathar	15th century	Tamil		Composed Tiruppugazh
Basavanna	12th century	Kannada		Composed Vachanagalu
Jayadeva	12th century	Sanskrit	50	Composed Geetha Govindam
Bhadraachala Raama daasu	1620 - 1688	Telugu	500
Kshetragna	1600 - 1680	Telugu	100
Marimutthu Pillai	1717 - 1787	Tamil
Muthu Thandavar	1525 - 1625	Tamil
Narayana Teertha	1650 - 1745	Telugu, Sanskrit	200	Composed Krishna leelaa Tarangini
Paidala Gurumurti Sastri	17th century	Telugu
Papanasa Mudaliar	1650 - 1725	Tamil
Purandara Daasaru	1484 - 1625	Kannada, Sanskrit	50,000
Sarangapani	17th century	Telugu
Sripadaraya	1404 - 1502	Kannada

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.

Composer	Years	Languages	Approx. Number of Compositions	Other Info
Ghanam Krishna Iyer	1790 - 1854	Telugu
Iraiyamman Tampi	1782 - 1856	Malayalam, Sanskrit
Kavi Kunjara Bharati	1810 - 1896	Tamil
Muthuswami Dikshitar	1775 - 1835	Sanskrit, Mani Pravaalam	400
Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi	18th century	Sanskrit, Tamil	200
Pacchimiriam Adiyappa	18th century	Telugu
Thanjavur Quartet	18th century	Sanskrit, Tamil
Tiruvarur Ramaswami Pillai	1798 - 1852	Tamil
Thyagaraja Swami	1767 - 1847	Telugu, Sanskrit	50,000
Sadasiva Brahmendra	18th century	Sanskrit
Syama Sastri	1762 - 1827	Telugu	400

Post-Trinity Composers - 19th Century

Composer	Years	Languages	Approx. Number of Compositions	Other Info
Subramaniya Bharathiyar	1882 - 1921	Tamil,Sanskrit
Annamalai Reddiyar	1865 - 1891
Anai Ayya brothers	19th Century	Telugu	20
Dharmapuri Subbarayar	19th century	Telugu	50	Composed many Jaavalis
Ennappadam Venkatarama Bhagavatar	1880 - 1961			[1]
Gopalakrishna Bharathi	1811 - 1896	Tamil	50
Koteeswara Iyer	1870 - 1940	Tamil, Sanskrit	200	Composed in all 72 Melakarta raagas
Kurainadu Natesa Pillai	1830 - 1925
Krishnarajendra Wodeyar III	1799 - 1868	Sanskrit, Kannada
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer	1844 - 1893	Sanskrit	100	Composed 72-Melakarta raaga maalika
Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar	19th century	Telugu	50	Desciple of Thyagaraja
Mayuram Viswanatha Sastri	1893 - 1958	Telugu, Sanskrit	50
Muthiah Bhagavatar	1877 - 1945	Telugu, Sanskrit	200
Mysore Sadasiva Rao	b. 1790	Telugu, Sanskrit	100
Mysore Vasudevacharya	1865 - 1961	Telugu, Sanskrit	250
Neelakanta Sivan	1839 - 1900	Tamil	100
Pallavi Seshayyar	1842 - 1905	Telugu
Papanasam Sivan	1890 - 1973	Tamil, Mani Pravaalam	300
Patnam Subramania Iyer	1845 - 1902	Telugu	100
Pattabhiramayya	19th century
Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar	1860 - 1919'	Telugu	100
Subbarama Dikshitar	1839 - 1906	Telugu	50
Subbaraya Sastri	1803 - 1862	Telugu	100	Son of Syama Sastri
Swati Tirunal	1813 - 1847	Sanskrit, Hindi, Malayalam, Mani Pravaalam	200
Tiruvottriyur Tyagayyar	1845 - 1917	Tamil	50
Veena Kuppayyar	1798 - 1860	Telugu	100	Desciple of Thyagaraja

Post-Trinity Composers - 20th Century and up

Composer	Years	Languages	Approx. Number of Compositions	Other Info
Dandapani Desikar	1908 - 1972		55
GN Balasubramaniam	1910 - 1965	Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil	90
K. R. Kedaranathan	1925 - 2007
Lalgudi Jayaraman	b. 1930		60	[2]
Maharajapuram Santhanam
M. Balamuralikrishna	b. 1930	Telugu, Sanskrit	200	Composed in all 72 Melakarta raagas
M. D. Ramanathan	1923 - 1984	Sanskrit	300
Mysore V. Ramarathnam	1917 - 2008	'Kannada, Telugu & Sanskrit'	'26'	'mudra rAma', "[3]"
L. Subramaniam	b. 1947
N. Ramani	b. 1934		10
N. Ravikiran	b. 1967	Sanskrit, Tamil	50
Ganam (Ganasaraswathy)	'	Tamil, Sanskrit, Mani Pravaalam	600	http://www.ganam.org
Nallan Chakravartula Krishnamaachaaryulu	1925 - 2006	Sanskrit	30
Periyasaamy Thooran	1908 - 1987	Tamil	305
S. Ramanathan	1917 - 1988	Tamil	50
Uppalapati Ankaiah	1914 - 1966	Telugu	''

Saint Gnanananda Tirtha( Sri Ogirala Veera Raghava Sarma), 1908- 1989, Telugu, Sanskrit, 86, mudras Gnanananda Tirtha, Raghava, Deviganasudha
 website gnanananda tirtha.com

Other Composers

• Rallapalli Anantha Krishna Sharma (1893 – 1979) [1]
• K.M. Soundaryavalli (July 22, 1914 – October 8, 1994)
• Mangalam Ganapathy
• N. S. Ramachandran
• Tanjavur Sankara Iyer
• K. R. Kumaraswamy Iyer
• Tanjavur S.Kalyanaraman
• Tirupati Narayanaswami Naidu
• Kadaloor M. Subramaniam
• Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswati
• Ragasri Kumaramangalam Srinivasaraghavan
• Saint Gnanananda Tirtha ( Sri Ogirala Veera Raghava Sarma Garu),(23-3-1908 - 4-1-1989)

Other Composers in Mysore Kingdom

• Vaikunta Dasaru (1680)
• Veena Venkata Subbiah (1750)
• Shunti Venkataramaniah (1780)
• Aliya Lingaraja Urs (1823 – 1874)
• Chinniah (1902)
• Krishnappa
• Veena Chikka Lakshminaranappa
• Veene Krishnappa
• Piteelu Seenappa
• Bhairavi Lakshminaranappa (1878 – 1934)
• Pedda Lakshminaranappa
• Devalapurada Nanjunda
• Veena Shamanna (1832 – 1908)
• Veena Padmanabiah (1842 – 1900)
• Veene Sheshanna (1852 – 1926)
• Mysore Karigiri Rao (1853 – 1927)
• Veena Subbanna (1861 – 1939)
• Bidaram Krishnappa (1866 – 1931)
• Tiruppunandal Pattabhiramiah (1863)
• Sosale Ayya Shastry (1854 – 1934)
• Rallapalli Anantha Krishna Sharma (1893 – 1979)[2]
• Jayarayacharya (1846–1906)
• Giribhattara Tammayya (1865 – 1920)
• Nanjangud Subba Shastry (1834 – 1906)
• Chandrashekara Shastry
• Veena Subramanya Iyer (1864 – 1919)
• Veena Shivaramiah (1886 – 1946)
• Veena Venkatagiriappa (1887 – 1952)
• Belakawadi Srinivasa Iyengar (1888 – 1952)
• Chikka Ramarao (1891 – 1945)
• Mysore T. Chowdiah (1894 – 1967)
• Jayachamaraja Wodeyar (1919 – 1974)
• Dr. B. Devendrappa (1899 – 1986)
• Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar (1903 – 1959)
• Tiruvayyar Subramanya Iyer
• Anavatti Rama Rao (1860)
• Tiger Varadachariar (1876 – 1950)
• Chennakeshaviah (1895 – 1986)
• Titte Krishna Iyengar (1902 – 1997)
• S.N. Mariappa (1914 – 1986)
• Chintalapalli Ramachandra Rao (1916 – 1985)
• R.N.Doreswamy (1916 – 2002)
• H.M. Vaidyalinga Bhagavatar (1924 – 1999)
• Bellary M Seshagiri Achar (1935 – 1985)

Other composers - Bhakti Saints

In addition to the above composers, various Bhakti saints of medieval India also composed devotional hymns, verses and songs. These compositions, though strictly not of Carnatic or classical character, have contributed to the gradual evolution of the Carnatic musical tradition over the centuries.

• Karaikkal Ammeiyar (5th century)
• Thirunavukkarasar (7th century)
• Thirugnana Sambanthar (7th century)
• Sundaramurti (7th century)
• Andal (9th century)
• Manikkavasagar (10th century)
• Allama Prabhu (12th century)
• Muthu Thandavar (14th century)
• Vyasatirtha (1460 &nadsh; 1539)
• Vadirajatirtha (1480 – 1600)
• Narayana Teertha (1580 – 1660)
• Kanakadasa (1509 – 1609)
• Raghavendra Swami (1595 – 1671)
• Mahipathidasa (1611 – 1681)
• Vijaya Dasa (1682 – 1755)
• Prasanna Venkatadasa (1680 – 1752)
• Gopaladasa (1722 – 1762)
• Jagannathadasa (1727 – 1809)
• Praneshadasa (1736 – 1822)
• Venugopaladasa (1728 – 1751)
• Mohanadasa (1728 – 1751)
• Helevanakatte Giriamma (18th century)
• Harapanhalli Bhimavva (1822 – 1903)
• Guru Jagananatha Dasa (1837 – 1918)

See also

References

1. ^ http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/01/02/stories/2009010251030500.htm
2. ^ http://aboutindianmusic.blogspot.com/p/classical-musicians-of-india.html
3. ^ http://mysorevramarathnam.org//page7.html