List of Carnatic composers
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List of composers of Carnatic music, a subgenre of Indian classical music.
Pre-Trinity composers (before 18th century)
Composer | Years | Languages | Approx. Number of Compositions | Signature (Insignia) | Other Info |
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Basavanna | 12th century | Kannada | 1300 (available) | Kudala Sangama Deva | Composed Vachanas - One of his main ragas was Kalyani |
Allama Prabhu | 12th century | Kannada | 1321(available) | Guheshwara | Composed Vachanas - One of his main ragas was Shivaranjani |
Akka Mahadevi | 12th century | Kannada | 430 | Chenna Mallikarjuna | Composed Vachanas - One of her main Ragas was Bhairavi |
Jayadeva | 12th century | Sanskrit | Gita Govindam | Jayadeva | Prathama Vaggeyakara(First poet-composer) of Carnatic and Hindustani music forms to compose art music (in contrast to traditional bhakti poems) involving ragas; he is praised for his contributions to dance and music by his contemporary and later musicologists in their musical treatises |
Naraharitirtha | 1250? - 1333) | Sanskrit | Narahari | Composed Dasara Padas | |
Tallapaka Annamacharya | 1408–1503 | Telugu, Sanskrit | 36,000 | Venkatachala | Called as Telugu pada-kavita pitamaha; composed in themes shringara(love), adhyatma(bhakti) and philosophical in 100 ragas; also author of the musical text Sankeertana lakshana |
Vadirajatirtha | 1480 - 1600) | Kannada | hundreds | Hayavadana | Composed Dasara Padas in his Ramagadya, Vaikunthavarnane and Lakshmisobanehadu |
Purandara Dasa | 1484–1564 | Kannada, Sanskrit | 400,000, of which only around 2000 have come down to us | Purandara Vittala | Set the Carnatic music in its present form; composed basic exercises for practice like sarali and janta varisai |
Kanaka Dasa | 1509–1609 | Kannada | 300 | Adi Keshava | Composed Dasara Padas in native metrical forms such as Suladi and Ugabhoga and wrote 5 classical Kavya epics poems in Shatpadi |
Sripadaraya | 1404–1502 | Kannada | Ranga Vittala | Composed Dasara Padas | |
Arunachala Kavi | 1711–1788 | Tamil | 320 | ||
Arunagirinathar | 1480– | Tamil | 760 | Composed Tiruppugazh | |
Bhadraachala Raama daasu | 1620–1688 | Telugu | 500 | Bhadradri | Composed devotional songs |
Kshetragna | 1600–1680 | Telugu | 100 | Muvvagopala | Composed immortal padams which are even popular today in Bharathanatyam & Kuchipudi. Also the oldest composer whose tunes are available |
Marimutthu Pillai | 1717–1787 | Tamil | 42 | ||
Muthu Thandavar | 1525–1625 | Tamil | 165 | ||
Vaikunthadasa | 16th century | Kannada | hundreds | Vaikuntha | Composed Dasara Padas |
Mahipatidasa | 1611 - 1681 | Kannada | hundreds | Mahipati | Composed Dasara Padas |
Krishnadasa | 17-18th century | Kannada | hundreds | Varaha Timmappa | Composed Dasara Padas |
Narayana Teertha | 1650–1745 | Telugu, Sanskrit | 200 | Vara Naaraayana Teertha | Composed Krishna leelaa Tarangini |
Paidala Gurumurti Sastri | 17th century | Telugu | |||
Papanasa Mudaliar | 1650–1725 | Tamil | |||
Sarangapani | 1680–1750 | Telugu | 220 | ||
Vijaya Dasa | 1682–1755 | Kannada | 25,000 | Vijaya Vittala | Composed Dasara Padas in native metrical forms such as Suladi and Ugabhoga |
Jagannatha Dasa | 1728–1809 | Kannada | 260 | Jagannatha Vittala | Composed Dasara Padas, and the Kavya poems Harikathamritasara in the native shatpadi and Tattva suvvali in the native tripadi meters |
Gopala Dasa | 1722–1762 | Kannada | 10,000 | Gopala Vittala | Composed Dasara Padas in native metrical forms such as Suladi and Ugabhoga |
Helavanakatta Giriyamma | 1750 | Kannada | hundreds | Helavanakatte Ranga | Composed Dasara Padas |
Harappanahalli Bhimavva | 1790 | Kannada | hundreds | Bhimesha Krishna | Composed Dasara Padas |
Mohanadasa | 18th century | Kannada | hundreds | Mohana Vittala | Composed Dasara Padas |
Seshagiridasa | 18th century | Kannada | hundreds | Guru Vijaya Vittala | Composed Dasara Padas |
Prasanna Venkatesha Dasa | 18th century | Kannada | hundreds | Prasanna Venkata | Composed Dasara Padas |
Igi Venkatacharya | 18th century | Kannada | hundreds | Casndeva Vittala | Composed Dasara Padas |
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 |
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Thyagaraja Swami | 1767–1847 | Telugu, Sanskrit | 24000 of which only 700 are available today | |
Muthuswami Dikshitar | 1775–1835 | Sanskrit, Mani Pravaalam | 400 | |
Syama Sastri | 1762–1827 | Telugu, Sanskrit | 400 | |
Ghanam Krishna Iyer | 1790–1854 | Tamil | 85 | |
Iraiyamman Tampi | 1782–1856 | Malayalam, Sanskrit | 40 | |
Kavi Kunjara Bharati | 1810–1896 | Tamil | 200 | |
Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi | 1700–1765 | Sanskrit, Tamil | 200 | |
Pacchimiriam Adiyappa | early 18th century | Telugu | Composed the immortal Viriboni bhairavi ata tala varnam | |
Thanjavur Quartet | 1801–1856 | Telugu, Sanskrit | ||
Tiruvarur Ramaswami Pillai | 1798–1852 | Tamil | ||
Sadasiva Brahmendra | 18th century | Sanskrit | 95 | |
Swathi Thirunal | 1813–1846 | Sanskrit, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi | 300+ |
Post-Trinity composers (19th century)
Composer | Years | Languages | Approx. Number of Compositions | Other Info |
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Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyar | 1882–1921 | Tamil | 230 | |
Annamalai Reddiyar | 1865–1891 | Tamil | 40 | |
Anai Ayya brothers | 19th century | Telugu | 20 | |
Dharmapuri Subbarayar | 1900–? | Telugu | 50 | Composed many javalis |
Ennappadam Venkatarama Bhagavatar | 1880–1961 | [1] | ||
Gopalakrishna Bharathi | 1811–1896 | Tamil | 395 | |
Koteeswara Iyer | 1870–1940 | Tamil, Sanskrit | 200 | Composed in all 72 Melakarta raagas |
Kurainadu Natesa Pillai | 1830–1925 | Telugu | Composed padams including the famous mukhari padam Ososi | |
Krishnarajendra Wodeyar III | 1799–1868 | Sanskrit | ||
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer | 1844–1893 | Sanskrit, Telugu | 100 | Composed 72-Melakarta raaga maalika |
Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar | 19th century | Telugu | 50 | Cousin and disciple of Thyagaraja |
Mayuram Viswanatha Sastri | 1893–1958 | Telugu, Sanskrit | 160 | |
Muthiah Bhagavatar | 1877–1945 | Telugu, Sanskrit | 390 | |
Mysore Sadasiva Rao | b. 1790 | Telugu, Sanskrit | 100 | |
Mysore Vasudevacharya | 1865–1961 | Telugu, Sanskrit | 250 | |
Neelakanta Sivan | 1839–1900 | Tamil | 300 | |
Pallavi Seshayyar | 1842–1905 | Telugu | 75 | |
Papanasam Sivan | 1890–1973 | Tamil, Mani Pravaalam | 535 | |
Patnam Subramania Iyer | 1845–1902 | Telugu | 100 | |
Pattabhiramayya | c. 1863 | Telugu | Composed javalis | |
Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar | 1860–1919 | Telugu | 100 | Composed varnams,javalis and krithis including the famous mohanam raga varnam ninnu kori. |
Shuddhananda Bharati | 1897–1990 | Tamil, Sanskrit | 1090 | |
Subbarama Dikshitar | 1839–1906 | Telugu | 50 | Grandson of Baluswami Dikshitar, younger brother of Muthuswami Dikshitar. Author of the important Telugu musical treatise Sangeetha sampradaya pradarshini |
Subbaraya Sastri | 1803–1862 | Telugu | 12 | Son of Syama Sastri |
Tiruvottriyur Tyagayya | 1845–1917 | Telugu | 80 | Son of Veena Kuppayya |
Veena Kuppayya | 1798–1860 | Telugu | 100 | Disciple of Thyagaraja |
Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu | 1864-1945 | Telugu | 100 | Composed in all 72 melakarthas and a geetha-malika in 90 ragas in manjari meter called Dasha Vidha Raga Navati Kusuma Manjari; also composed in rare talams like Sankeerna chapu |
Post-Trinity composers—20th century and beyond
Composer | Years | Languages | Approx. Number of Compositions | Other Info |
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D Subbaramaiah | 1904-1986 | Kannada | ||
Dandapani Desikar | 1908–1972 | 55 | ||
GN Balasubramaniam | 1910–1965 | Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil | 90 | |
K. R. Kedaranathan | 1925–2007 | |||
Lalgudi Jayaraman | 1930–2013 | 60 | [2] | |
Maharajapuram Santhanam | ||||
M. Balamuralikrishna | b. 1930 | Telugu, Sanskrit | 200 | Composed in all 72 Melakarta raagas |
M. D. Ramanathan | 1923–1984 | Sanskrit | 300 | Mudra: Varadadasa |
Mysore V. Ramarathnam | 1917–2008 | Kannada, Telugu & Sanskrit | '26' | 'mudra rAma', "[3]" |
K. Ramaraj | 1936–2009 | Tamil, Sanskrit & Telugu" | 200 approximately. | raga mudra in all compositions |
L. Subramaniam | b. 1947 | |||
N. Ramani | b. 1934 | 10 | ||
N. Ravikiran | b. 1967 | Sanskrit, Tamil | 50 | |
Nallan Chakravartula Krishnamaachaaryulu | 1925–2006 | Sanskrit, Telugu | 30 | |
Periyasaamy Thooran | 1908–1987 | Tamil | 305 | |
S. Ramanathan | 1917–1988 | Tamil | 50 | |
Garimella balakrishnaprasad | 1948–present | Telugu,Sanskrit | 800 in more than 150 "ragas" using rare ragas like visaradha , rasikaranjani etc. and also created ragas like sundararanjani etc. | 'mudra " krishna, balakrishna, balakrishnaprasad |
R.K. Padmanabha | 1949–present | Kannada | 150 | |
Neduntheevu Ponn Suhir | 1965–present | Tamil | 30 | Mudra: Neduntheevan/Tamilampahl |
Vinjamuri Varadaraja Iyengar | 1915–1991 | Telugu,Sanskrit | 15 | Mudra: Varadaraja |
Balayogi Avadhuta Nirmalananda Swami | 1956–present | Sanskrit | 549 | Carnatic Classical Music Composer, Composed in All 72 Melakarta +36 new Melakarta Total 108 Melakarta Raagas |
Saint Gnanananda Teertha (Sri Ogirala Veera Raghava Sarma) | 1908-1989 | TELUGU,sanskrit | 85mudra:Raghava upto 1982, Gnanananda Teertha after 1982, Devi Gana Sudha , name of his book | Saint Composer of Carnatc Music of 20 th Century |
Other composers
- Ambujam Krishna
- Rallapalli Anantha Krishna Sharma (1893–1979)[4]
- 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
- Suguna Purushottaman
- Dr.Rukmimi Ramani
- Saint Gnanananda Tirtha (Sri Ogirala Veera Raghava Sarma Garu; 23-3-1908 to 4-1-1989)
- srimathi.UshaSrinivasan. Tamil swarajathis and songs
- Shishunala Sharif
Other composers in Mysore Kingdom
See also: Musicians of Mysore Kingdom
- Vaikunta Dasaru (1680)
- Veena Venkata Subbiah (1750)
- Shunti Venkataramaniah (1780)
- Aliya Lingaraja Urs (1823–1874)
- Chinniah (1902)
- Subbaraya Dasa
- 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)[4]
- 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. 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)
- 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)
- Ramalinga Vallalar (1823–1874)
- Arunagirinathar
- Pamban Swamigal
- Pithukuli murugadoss
- Madurai Somu
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/01/02/stories/2009010251030500.htm
- ↑ http://aboutindianmusic.blogspot.com/p/classical-musicians-of-india.html
- ↑ http://mysorevramarathnam.org//page7.html
- 1 2 http://sites.google.com/site/rallapallisharma
- http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article2618959.ece#.Tr5zbWkGd-A.email
- http://saaranimusic.org/vaggeya/vaggeyakarulu.php
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