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Carnatic Classical Music

Carnatic music is the classical music tradition of South India, organized…

Carnatic Trinity

The Carnatic Trinity refers to the three eighteenth-to-nineteenth-century…

K

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Kriti

Kriti is a structured devotional composition in Carnatic music, organised in…

M

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M. S. Subbulakshmi

M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916–2004) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist and the first…

Melakarta Raga System

The Melakarta system is a Carnatic music scheme that classifies 72 parent…

Mridangam

The mridangam is a double-headed barrel-shaped percussion instrument that…

Muthuswami Dikshitar

Muthuswami Dikshitar was an early-nineteenth-century South Indian composer who,…

P

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Purandara Dasa

Purandara Dasa was a 15th–16th century Kannada poet-composer and Haridasa saint…

R

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Ragam Tanam Pallavi

Ragam Tanam Pallavi is the most elaborate improvisational form in Carnatic…

S

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Syama Sastri

Syama Sastri (1762–1827) was a Carnatic composer of Tanjore, the eldest of the…

T

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Tyagaraja

Tyagaraja was an early-19th-century Telugu composer-saint of South India whose…

V

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Varnam

A varnam is a structured Carnatic music composition that codifies the melodic…