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List of Carnatic composers

List of composers of Carnatic music, a subgenre of Indian classical music. Chronologically they can be grouped into 4 different Eras: Pre-Trinity Era, Trinity Era, Post Trinity Era and Modern Era. Composers are listed here based on this classification and their birth years are provided to the extent available.

Pre-Trinity Era composers (17th century and prior)

These are early stage composers that created the rules and foundations of classical music.

  1. Allama Prabhu (12th century)
  2. Andal (9th century)
  3. Tirugnana sambandar (7th century)
  4. Annamayya ( b.1408)
  5. Arunagirinathar (b.1480)
  6. Bhadraachala Raama daasu (1620–1688)
  7. Jayadeva, (12th Century) - Composed Gita Govinda
  8. 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
  9. Kanakadasa (1509–1609)
  10. Karaikkal Ammeiyar (7th century)
  11. Kshetrayya (1600–1680)
  12. Madhwacharya (12th century)
  13. Manikkavasagar (10th century)
  14. Muthu Thandavar (1525–1625)
  15. Naraharitirtha (1250–1333)
  16. Narayana Teertha (1650–1725)
  17. Padmanabha Tirtha (12th century)
  18. Papanasa Mudaliar (1650–1725)
  19. Paidala Gurumurti Sastri (17th century) - Composed over 1000 geethams
  20. Purandaradasa (1484–1564)
  21. Raghavendra Swami (1595–1671)
  22. Sarangapani (1680–1750)
  23. Sripadaraya (1404–1502)
  24. Sundaramurti (7th century)
  25. Thirunavukkarasar (7th century)
  26. Tallapaka Annamacharya (1408–1503)
  27. Vadirajatirtha (1480–1600)
  28. Vijaya Dasa (1682–1755)
  29. Vyasatirtha (1460–1539)

Trinity Era Composers (18th Century)

Composers of 18th Century started a new era in the history of Carnatic music with the introduction of new ragas, krithis and musical forms that are widely adopted and laid foundation for what we know today as Classical music. Trinity are the biggest contributors of this era even though there are a large number of musicians and composers that left their mark during this period.

  1. Arunachala Kavi (1711–1788)
  2. Ghanam Krishna Iyer (1790–1854)
  3. Gopala Dasa (1722–1762)
  4. Iraiyamman Tampi (1782–1856)
  5. Jagannatha Dasa (1728–1809)
  6. Kaiwara Sri Yogi Nareyana (1730–1840)
  7. Krishnarajendra Wodeyar III (1799–1868)
  8. Marimuttha Pillai (1717–1787)
  9. Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775–1835)
  10. Mysore Sadasiva Rao (b. 1790)
  11. Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi (1700–1765)
  12. Pacchimiriam Adiyappa (early 18th century)
  13. Sadasiva Brahmendra (18th century)
  14. Thyagaraja Swami (1767–1847)
  15. Anai Ayya brothers (1776–1857)
  16. Tiruvarur Ramaswami Pillai (1798–1852)
  17. Ramaswami Dikshitar (1735–1817)
  18. Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (1813-1846)
  19. Syama Sastri (1762–1827)

Post-Trinity Era composers (19th century)

  1. Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu (1864–1945)
  2. Primary contribution is in the area of Hari katha. Also created several krithis as part of the hari kathas he authored
  3. Ambi Dikshitar (1863–1936)
  4. Propagated Muthuswami Dikshitar compositions and helped bring them into modern era
  5. Also used the mudra of guruguha for about 10 compositions we have available at this time
  6. Annamalai Reddiyar (1865–1891)
  7. Cheyyur Chengalvaraya Sastri (1810–1900)
  8. Chittor Subrahmanya Pillai (1898–1975)
  9. Dharmapuri Subbarayar
  10. Composed more than 50 Javalis
  11. Ennappadam Venkatarama Bhagavatar (1880–1961)
  12. Gopalakrishna Bharathi (1811–1896)
  13. Jayachamaraja Wodeyar (1919–1974)
  14. Kavi Kunjara Bharati (1810–1896)
  15. Koteeswara Iyer (1870–1940)
  16. Composed in all 72 melakarta raagas
  17. Kotthavaasal Venkatarama Ayyar (1810–1880)
  18. Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer (1844–1893)
  19. Composed Mela raga maalika
  20. Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar
  21. Mayuram Viswanatha Sastri (1893–1958)
  22. Muthiah Bhagavatar (1877–1945)
  23. Mysore T. Chowdiah (1894–1967)
  24. Mysore Vasudevacharya (1865–1961)
  25. Neelakanta Sivan (1839–1900)
  26. Pallavi Seshayyar (1842–1905)
  27. Papanasam Sivan (1890–1973)
  28. Patnam Subramania Iyer (1845–1902)
  29. Pattabhiramayya (b. 1863)
  30. Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar (1860–1919)
  31. Rallapalli Anantha Krishna Sharma (1893–1979)
  32. Subbarama Dikshitar (1839–1906)
  33. Subbaraya Sastri (1803–1862)
  34. Son of Shyama Shastri and First generation disciple of Tyagaraja
  35. Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyar (1882–1921)
  36. Shuddhananda Bharati (1897–1990)
  37. Thanjavur Quartet (1801–1856)
  38. Tiger Varadachariar (1876–1950)
  39. Tiruvottriyur Tyagayya (1845–1917)
  40. Son of Veena Kuppayya
  41. Veena Kuppayya (1798–1860)
  42. First generation disciple of Tyagaraja
  43. Veene Sheshanna (1852–1926)

Modern Era composers (20th century and beyond)

Pre-Trinity composers (born in 17th century or earlier)

Trinity-Age composers (born in 18th century)

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

19th-century composers

Modern-age composers (born in 20th century and beyond)

Other composers

Other composers in Mysore Kingdom

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.

See also

References

External links

  • http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article2618959.ece#.Tr5zbWkGd-A.email
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20151225101816/http://saaranimusic.org/vaggeya/vaggeyakarulu.php