Wednesday, January 16, 2008

All time greats of Carnatic Music

Here are some of the all time greats of Carnatic Music:

The Carnatic Music Trinity (Mumoorthigal):
In a typical modern day carnatic concert, it is a safe bet to assume more than 50% of the kritis/songs rendered would have been authored by one of the trinity. In particular, Thyagaraja seemed to have been a prolific composer with more than 20,000 kritis to his credit.
Thyagaraja
Shyama Shastri
Muthuswami Dikshitar

Purandara Dasa
Annamacharya


Great Carnatic Musicians of the 20th century:

Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer

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