Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.5.14 Performing arts, crafts and festivals
3.5.14.2 Telugu in Carnatic music: Kshetrayya, Tyagaraja and later composers
Telugu became the main language of Carnatic music through Annamacharya's sankeertanas, Kshetrayya's padams, Ramadasu's keertanas and, above all, the kritis of Tyagaraja, the leading figure of the Carnatic Trinity, a tradition carried into modern times by musicians such as Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna and Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu.
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Key terms
- Carnatic music
- Telugu
- Annamacharya
- Tallapaka
- sankeertana
- copper plates
- Padakavita Pitamaha
- Kshetrayya
- Movva
- Muvva Gopala
- padam
- Bhadrachala Ramadasu
- Kancherla Gopanna
- Narayana Tirtha
- Krishna Leela Tarangini
- Tyagaraja
- Kakarla
- Tiruvaiyaru
- Pancharatna kritis
- Sonti Venkataramanayya
- Nauka Charitram
- Prahlada Bhakti Vijayam
- Nidhi chala sukhama
- Syama Sastri
- Muthuswami Dikshitar
- Guruguha
- Bangalore Nagarathnamma
- Tyagaraja Aradhana
- Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna
- Sankaraguptam
- Mahati
- Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
- Bobbili veena
- Vizianagaram music college
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