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Cheyyur Chengalvaraya Sastri
Cheyyur Chengalvaraya Sastri (1810-1900) was a carnatic music composer that lived in the 19th century. Chengalvaraya Sastri was born in 1810 in Perumpedu village in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, India. His original family name was Marpeddi. He was proficient in Sanskrit, Telugu, Bharatanatyam, and music. He composed several kritis, padams, and yakshaganams in Sanskrit and Telugu, and a few in Tamil. Upon the invitation of Periya Kalappa, a Jamindar of Cheyyur, he left his hometown, and settled in Cheyyur, and hence was known as Cheyyur Chengalvaraya Sastri. He was a devotee of Goddess Muktamba Devi of Cheyyur, and stayed lifelong devoted to her temple, even rejecting an invitation from the King of Berhampur. Chengalvaraya Sastri composed about a thousand kritis. Of those, 360 were on Goddess Kamakshi of Kanchi, 240 on Goddess Meenakshi of Madhura, and more than 100 on Lord Venkateshwara. Most of his kritis were extemporaneous compositions. He also composed a Muddukumara S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. # Allama Prabhu (12th century) # Andal (9th century) # Arunagirinathar (b.1480) # Bhadraachala Raama daasu (1620-1688) # Jayadeva, (12th Century) - Composed Gita Govinda ## 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 # Kanakadasa (1509-1609) # Karaikkal Ammeiyar (7th century) # Kshetrayya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |