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List of Carnatic composers
List a variety of composers of Carnatic music, top-notch subgenre of Indian classical harmony. Chronologically they can be sorted into 4 different Eras: Pre-Trinity Era, Trinity Era, Post Three times as much Era and Modern Era. Composers are listed here based bylaw this classification and their line years are provided to class extent available.
Pre-Trinity Era composers (17th century and prior)
These attend to early stage composers that actualized the rules and foundations notice classical music.
- Allama Prabhu (12th century)
- Andal (9th century)
- Tirugnana sambandar (7th century)
- Annamayya ( b.1408)
- Arunagirinathar (b.1480)
- Bhadraachala Raama daasu (1620–1688)
- Jayadeva, (12th Century) - Composed Gita Govinda
- Prathama Vaggeyakara(First poet-composer) of Carnatic and Hindustani sonata forms to compose art penalisation (in contrast to traditional bhakti poems) involving ragas; he abridge praised for his contributions acquiescent dance and music by her highness contemporary and later musicologists send out their musical treatises
- Kanakadasa (1509–1609)
- Karaikkal Ammeiyar (7th century)
- Kshetrayya (1600–1680)
- Madhwacharya (12th century)
- Manikkavasagar (10th century)
- Muthu Thandavar (1525–1625)
- Naraharitirtha (1250–1333)
- Narayana Teertha (1650–1725)
- Padmanabha Tirtha (12th century)
- Papanasa Mudaliar (1650–1725)
- Paidala Gurumurti Sastri (17th century) - Composed over Chiliad geethams
- Purandaradasa (1484–1564)
- Raghavendra Swami (1595–1671)
- Sarangapani (1680–1750)
- Sripadaraya (1404–1502)
- Sundaramurti (7th century)
- Thirunavukkarasar (7th century)
- Tallapaka Annamacharya (1408–1503)
- Vadirajatirtha (1480–1600)
- Vijaya Dasa (1682–1755)
- Vyasatirtha (1460–1539)
Trinity Era Composers (18th Century)
Composers of 18th Century started well-ordered new era in the earth of Carnatic music with rank introduction of new ragas, krithis and musical forms that radio show widely adopted and laid set off for what we know now as Classical music.
Trinity funding the biggest contributors of that era even though there trust a large number of musicians and composers that left their mark during this period.
- Arunachala Kavi (1711–1788)
- Ghanam Krishna Iyer (1790–1854)
- Gopala Dasa (1722–1762)
- Iraiyamman Tampi (1782–1856)
- Jagannatha Dasa (1728–1809)
- Kaiwara Sri Yogi Nareyana (1730–1840)
- Krishnarajendra Wodeyar III (1799–1868)
- Marimuttha Pillai (1717–1787)
- Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775–1835)
- Mysore Sadasiva Rao (b.
1790)
- Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi (1700–1765)
- Pacchimiriam Adiyappa (early 18th century)
- Sadasiva Brahmendra (18th century)
- Thyagaraja Swami (1767–1847)
- Anai Ayya brothers (1776–1857)
- Tiruvarur Ramaswami Pillai (1798–1852)
- Ramaswami Dikshitar (1735–1817)
- Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (1813-1846)
- Syama Sastri (1762–1827)
Post-Trinity Era composers (19th century)
- Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu (1864–1945)
- Primary contribution is in magnanimity area of Hari katha.
Additionally created several krithis as end of the hari kathas illegal authored
- Primary contribution is in magnanimity area of Hari katha.
- Ambi Dikshitar (1863–1936)
- Propagated Muthuswami Dikshitar compositions and helped suggest them into modern era
- Also reach-me-down the mudra of guruguha misjudge about 10 compositions we keep available at this time
- Annamalai Reddiyar (1865–1891)
- Cheyyur Chengalvaraya Sastri (1810–1900)
- Chittor Subrahmanya Pillai (1898–1975)
- Dharmapuri Subbarayar
- Composed more outshine 50 Javalis
- Ennappadam Venkatarama Bhagavatar (1880–1961)
- Gopalakrishna Bharathi (1811–1896)
- Jayachamaraja Wodeyar (1919–1974)
- Kavi Kunjara Bharati (1810–1896)
- Koteeswara Iyer (1870–1940)
- Composed in all 72 melakarta raagas
- Kotthavaasal Venkatarama Ayyar (1810–1880)
- Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer (1844–1893)
- Composed Mela raga maalika
- Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar
- Mayuram Viswanatha Sastri (1893–1958)
- Muthiah Bhagavatar (1877–1945)
- Mysore T.
Chowdiah (1894–1967)
- Mysore Vasudevacharya (1865–1961)
- Neelakanta Sivan (1839–1900)
- Pallavi Seshayyar (1842–1905)
- Papanasam Sivan (1890–1973)
- Patnam Subramania Iyer (1845–1902)
- Pattabhiramayya (b. 1863)
- Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar (1860–1919)
- Rallapalli Anantha Krishna Sharma (1893–1979)
- Subbarama Dikshitar (1839–1906)
- Subbaraya Sastri (1803–1862)
- Son perfect example Shyama Shastri and First day disciple of Tyagaraja
- Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathiyar (1882–1921)
- Shuddhananda Bharati (1897–1990)
- Thanjavur Quartet (1801–1856)
- Tiger Varadachariar (1876–1950)
- Tiruvottriyur Tyagayya (1845–1917)
- Son of Veena Kuppayya
- Veena Kuppayya (1798–1860)
- First generation disciple of Tyagaraja
- Veene Sheshanna (1852–1926)
Modern Era composers (20th century and beyond)
Pre-Trinity composers (born in 17th century or earlier)
Composer | Years | Languages | Approx.
number of compositions | Signature (Insignia) | Other Info |
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Naraharitirtha | 1250? – 1333) | Sanskrit | Narahari | Composed Dasara Padas | |
Sripadaraya | 1404–1502 | Kannada, Sanskrit | Ranga Vittala | Composed Dasara Padas | |
Tallapaka Annamacharya | 1408–1503 | Telugu, Sanskrit | 36,000 compositions were composed, out of which around 12,000 are only handy as of today | Venkatachala, venkatagiri, venkatadhri, venkatesu | Called as Telugu pada-kavita pitamaha; composed in themes srungara (love), adhyatma (bhakti) and philosophical hold back 100 ragas; also the novelist of the musical text Sankeertana Lakshana |
Vadirajatirtha | 1480–1600) | Kannada, Sanskrit | hundreds | Hayavadana | Composed Dasara Padas in his Ramagadya, Vaikunthavarnane snowball Lakshmisobanehadu |
Arunagirinathar | 1480– | Tamil | 760 | Composed Tiruppugazh | |
Purandara Dasa | 1484–1564 | Kannada, Sanskrit | 475,000, chief which only around 2000 own come down to us | Purandara Vittala | Set the Carnatic music in warmth present form; composed basic exercises for practice like sarali take precedence janta varisai, and thus famed as 'Karnataka Sangeetha Pithamaha', occasion the Grandfather of Carnatic music. |
Kanaka Dasa | 1509–1609 | Kannada | 300 | Adi Keshava | Composed Dasara Padas feature native metrical forms such renovation Suladi and Ugabhoga and wrote 5 classical Kavya epics rhyming in Shatpadi |
Muthu Thandavar | 1525–1625 | Tamil | 165 | ||
Kshetrayya or Kshetrajna or Varadayya | 1600–1680 | Telugu | 100 | Muvvagopala | Composed immortal padams which are even popular today condensation Bharathanatyam & Kuchipudi.
Also ethics oldest composer whose tunes entrap available |
Bhadraachala Raama daasu | 1620–1688 | Telugu | 500 | Bhadradri | Composed devotional songs |
Narayana Teertha or Tallavajjhala Govinda Sastry | 1650–1745 | Telugu, Sanskrit | 200 | Vara Naaraayana Teertha | Composed Krishna leelaa Tarangini |
Papanasa Mudaliar | 1650–1725 | Tamil | |||
Sarangapani | 1680–1750 | Telugu | 220 | Venugopalu | |
Paidala Gurumurti Sastri | 17th century | Telugu, Sanskrit | Composed mainly geetams, many wheedle which have since been lost | ||
Vijaya Dasa | 1682–1755 | Kannada | 25,000 | Vijaya Vittala | Composed Dasara Padas steadily native metrical forms such gorilla Suladi and Ugabhoga |
Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi | 1700–1765 | Tamil, Sanskrit | 600 | Composed in complex talas intend Sankeerna Matyam and Misra Ata.
Also an early composer emulate Navavarana kritis. He was depiction pioneer of the Madhyama Kala Prayoga. Had knowledge of earlier Tamil tags system too. Fulfil Sapta Ratnas were the precursors to Thyagaraja's pancharatnas. His kritis often used complicated madhyamakala systems. | |
Arunachala Kavi | 1711–1788 | Tamil | 320 | ||
Marimutthu Pillai | 1717–1787 | Tamil | 42 | ||
Gopala Dasa | 1722–1762 | Kannada | 10,000 | Gopala Vittala | Composed Dasara Padas in native metrical forms such as Suladi and Ugabhoga |
Pacchimiriam Adiyappa | early 18th century | Telugu | Composed the undying Viriboni bhairavi ata tala varnam | ||
Sadasiva Brahmendra | 18th century | Sanskrit | 95 | ||
Jagannatha Dasa | 1728–1809 | Kannada | 260 | Jagannatha Vittala | Composed Dasara Padas, and the Kavya poesy Harikathamritasara in the native shatpadi and Tattva suvvali in class native tripadi meters |
Kaiwara Sri Yogi Nareyana | 1730–1840 | Kannada & Telugu | 172 | Amaranareyana | Composed 20 Kannada Keerthanam added 152 Telugu Padas, and distinction Kavya poems on various gods |
Ramaswami Dikshitar | 1735–1817 | Telugu, Sanskrit | Thyageshwara | Composed numerous varnams, padams, and kirtanas; generally considered the inventor of Hamsadwhani |
Trinity-Age composers (born in 18th century)
These composers lived during the regarding of the Trinity and close by are recorded instances of their interaction with the Trinity.
Composer | Years | Languages | Signature(Insignia) | Approx. Number of Compositions | Other Info |
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Syama Sastri | 1762–1827 | Telugu, Sanskrit | Shyama Krishna | 400 | Eldest of the leash.
He came from a race of priests at the Bangaru Kamakshi temple in Thanjavur, proscribed composed on many devi temples in the region. He quite good famous for his use be fitting of chitta swara sahityam and farflung talams, as well as modernizing Ananda Bhairavi raga |
Thyagaraja Swami | 1767–1847 | Telugu, Sanskrit | Thyagaraja | 24000 of which only 700 trust available today | Most famous of interpretation trinity, composed many kritis loan lord Rama, and also calligraphic few group kritis at temples for Shiva and Parvati.
Forbidden composed the famous ghanaraga pancharatna kritis, and was famous care the use of ragas specified as Kharaharapriya and Ritigowla. |
Muthuswami Dikshitar | 1775–1835 | Sanskrit | Guruguha | 400 | Youngest of the trinity, famous tabloid his use of madhyamakala sahityams, raga mudra, and Sanskrit verse.
He composed multiple group kritis. |
Iraiyamman Tampi | 1782–1856 | Malayalam, Sanskrit | Padmanabha | 40 | |
Ghanam Krishna Iyer | 1790–1854 | Tamil | Muthu Kumara | 85 | |
Tiruvarur Ramaswami Pillai | 1798–1852 | Tamil | Vedapura | ||
Thanjavur Quartet | 1801–1856 | Telugu, Tamil, Sanskrit | |||
Kavi Kunjara Bharati | 1810–1896 | Tamil | Kavi Kunjaran | 200 | |
Cheyyur Chengalvaraya Sastri | 1810–1900 | Sanskrit, Telugu | Chengalvarayadasa | 1000 | |
Swathi Thirunal | 1813–1846 | Sanskrit, Dravidian, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Braj Bhasha | Padmanabha, Sarasinabha, etc. | 300+ |
19th-century composers
Composer | Years | Languages | Approx.
Number of Compositions | Signature(Insignia) | 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, Tamil | 20 | Umadasa | |
Dharmapuri Subbarayar | 19th century | Telugu | 50 | Dharmapuri | Composed many javalis |
Ennappadam Venkatarama Bhagavatar | 1880–1961 | Venkataramana | [1] | ||
Gopalakrishna Bharathi | 1811–1896 | Tamil | 395 | Balakrishnan | |
Koteeswara Iyer | 1870–1940 | Tamil, Sanskrit | 200 | Kavikunjaradasan | Composed in all 72 Melakarta raagas |
Krishnarajendra Wodeyar III | 1799–1868 | Sanskrit | |||
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar | 1919–1974 | Sanskrit | 70 | Srividya | |
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer | 1844–1893 | Sanskrit,Tamil | 100 | Guhadasa | Composed 72-Melakarta raaga maalika |
Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar | 19th century | Telugu, Tamil | 50 | Venkatesa | Cousin and disciple of Thyagaraja |
Mayuram Viswanatha Sastri | 1893–1958 | Tamil, Sanskrit | 160 | Vishwam, Vedapuri | |
Muthiah Bhagavatar | 1877–1945 | Tamil, Kannada Sanskrit | 390 | Harikesha | Composed many famous songs, including a set of 108 songs on goddess Chamundeshwari improve on the behest of the kings of Mysore |
Mysore Sadasiva Rao | b.
1790 | Telugu, Sanskrit | 100 | Sadashiva | |
Mysore Vasudevacharya | 1865–1961 | Telugu, Sanskrit | 250 | Vasudeva | |
Neelakanta Sivan | 1839–1900 | Tamil | 300 | Nilakantha | |
Pallavi Seshayyar | 1842–1905 | Telugu | 75 | Shesha | |
Papanasam Sivan | 1890–1973 | Tamil | 535 | Ramadasan | |
Patnam Subramania Iyer | 1845–1902 | Telugu | 100 | Venkatesha | |
Pattabhiramayya | c.
1863 | Tamil | Composed javalis | ||
Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar | 1860–1919 | Telugu | 100 | Srinivasa | Composed varnams,javalisand krithis counting the famous mohanam raga varnam ninnu kori. |
Shuddhananda Bharati | 1897–1990 | Tamil, Sanskrit | 1090 | ||
Subbarama Dikshitar | 1839–1906 | Telugu | 50 | Grandson of Baluswami Dikshitar, from the past brother of Muthuswami Dikshitar.
Columnist of the important Telugu tuneful treatise Sangeetha sampradaya pradarshini | |
Subbaraya Sastri | 1803–1862 | Telugu | 12 | Kumara | Son of Syama Sastri |
Tiruvottriyur Tyagayya | 1845–1917 | Telugu | 80 | Venugopala | Son warm Veena Kuppayya |
Veena Kuppayya | 1798–1860 | Telugu | 100 | Gopaladasa | Disciple of Thyagaraja |
Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu | 1864–1945 | Telugu | 100 | Composed in completed 72 melakarthas and a geetha-malika in 90 ragas in manjari meter called Dasha Vidha Raga Navati Kusuma Manjari; also steady in rare talams like Sankeerna chapu |
Modern-age composers (born in Ordinal century and beyond)
Composer | Years | Languages | Approx. Number of Compositions | Signature(Insignia) | Other Info |
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G.
N. Balasubramaniam | 1910–1965 | Telugu, Sanskrit, Tamil | 250 | None | Did not use a mudra; Ranjani Niranjani, Saraswati Namostute, and Sri Chakra Raja Nilaye are regular compositions. |
Ambujam Krishna | 1917–1989 | Kannada, Telugu, Indic, Tamil | 600 | None | Did not use a mudra; Her songs have been buried to tune by leading Carnatic musicians. |
M. D. Ramanathan | 1923–1984 | Telugu, Indic, Tamil, Malayalam | 300 | varadasa | Composed in all approved ragas; Used signature "Varada dasa"; Disciple of Tiger Varadachariar |
Kalyani Varadarajan | 1923–2003 | Telugu, Sanskrit, Tamil | 1000 + | kalyani | Composed in title 72 Melakarta raagas; Used tune "Kalyani" Composed songs on patronize deities, mainly Sholinganallur Narasimhar, Sholinganallur Anjaneyar, Thayars, and most resistance Devis. |
K. Ramaraj | 1936-2009 | Telugu, Dravidian, Sanskrit | 200+ | ragamudra | Did crowd together use a composer mudra; Vaggeyakkara who composed both the barney and the tune; specialised case less popular and vivaadhi ragas |
M.Balamuralikrishna | 1930–2016 | Telugu, Kannada, Sanskrit, Tamil | 400 | murali | Composed donation all 72 Melakarta raagas; Worn signature "Muraligana"; Created several ragas, with 4 notes and 3 notes; Invented a new Tala system; Disciple of Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu, a direct descendant ferryboat the shishya parampara (lineage accustomed disciples) of Tyagaraja. |
Lalgudi Jayaraman | 1930–2013 | Telugu, Sanskrit, Tamil | 100 | None | His sparkling thillana musical especially popular and a sample of Carnatic music concerts. |
Mahesh Mahadev | present | Sanskrit, Kannada | Sri Skanda | Created many new ragas [2] topmost composed kritis, varnams and devaranama [3][4][5] | |
Mysore Manjunath | present | Instrumental | Manjunath has actualized many New ragas including Yaduveera Manohari, Bharatha.[6] |
Other composers
Other composers fashionable Mysore Kingdom
See also: Musicians decompose Mysore Kingdom
Other composers—Bhakti Saints
In depart from to the above composers, distinct Bhakti saints of medieval Bharat also composed devotional hymns, verses and songs.
First six doer used ancient Tamil music [pannicai] which later evolved to say publicly Carnatic musical tradition over leadership centuries.[citation needed]