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He set music to over 800 compositions of Annamacharya. He was the Āsthāna Gāyaka of the Tirumala temple at Tirupati for two decades. He is regarded as a legend for rendering devotional music in classical style, especially the Annamacharya Sankirtanas. [citation needed] He was also an acclaimed poet, singer, and musicologist.
Carnatic music (known as Karnāṭaka saṃgīta or Karnāṭaka saṅgītam in the Dravidian languages) is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and portions of east and south Telangana and southern Odisha.
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. [citation needed] Karaikkal Ammeiyar (7th century) Thirunavukkarasar (7th century)
Tyagaraja was born Kakarla Tyagabrahmam in 1767 [Note 1] to a Telugu Vaidiki Mulakanadu Brahmin family [4] [5] in Tiruvarur in present-day Tiruvarur District of Tamil Nadu.There is a school of thought led by musicologist B. M. Sundaram that contests this and proposes Tiruvaiyaru as his birthplace.
M.S.Rama Rao married Lakshmi Samrajyam in 1946 and had three children P.V.Sarojini Devi, M.Babu Rao and M.Nageshwar Rao. He was inspired to write Hanuman chalisa because of his elder son Babu Rao who was a pilot in the Indian Air force whose whereabouts were not known for a long time during the Indo-Pak war in 1971, so he dedicated himself to lord Hanuman for his safe return and composed and ...
His devotional kirtana lyrics to Rama illustrate the classical Pallavi, Anupallavi and Charanam genre composed mostly in Telugu, some in Sanskrit and with occasional use of Tamil language. These are famous in South Indian classical music as Ramadaasu Keertanalu. [citation needed] Ramadasu was a Sri Vaishnava. [1] Ramadasu was a writer of Telugu ...
He was a prolific composer and highly influential in the development of the South Indian classical music tradition. Tyagaraja is said to have composed thousands of devotional compositions, most of them in praise of Lord Rama ; some of which remain very popular even today.
Raaga Series – Raagam Thodi is a Carnatic classical music album, a garland kritis presented by Dr. K. J. Yesudas.. Album begins with the kriti Swami Unnai, followed by a Muthuswami Dikshitar composition Mahaganapathim.