Trinity of Carnatic music
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The Trinity of Carnatic music refers to the three seminal South Indian composer-saints—Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar, and Syama Sastri—whose works form the core of the Carnatic classical repertoire.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trinity of Carnatic music canonical | 5 |
| Carnatic Music Trinity | 1 |
| Trinity of South Indian classical music | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural concept
ⓘ
group of composers ⓘ musicological term ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Trinity of Carnatic music
ⓘ
surface form:
Carnatic Music Trinity
Trinity of Carnatic music ⓘ
surface form:
Trinity of South Indian classical music
|
| associatedDeity |
Devi
ⓘ
Rama ⓘ Shiva ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tanjore musical tradition
ⓘ
composer-saints ⓘ |
| category |
Carnatic music history
ⓘ
Indian classical music composers ⓘ South Indian saints ⓘ |
| coreOf | Carnatic classical repertoire ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Hindu devotional music ⓘ |
| field | Carnatic music ⓘ |
| genre |
kritis
ⓘ
varnams ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalStatus | considered the most influential Carnatic composers ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Muthuswami Dikshitar
ⓘ
Syama Sastri ⓘ Tyagaraja ⓘ |
| hasNotableMemberRole |
Muthuswami Dikshitar as composer in Sanskrit
ⓘ
Syama Sastri as composer devoted to Goddess Kamakshi ⓘ Tyagaraja as prolific kriti composer ⓘ |
| historicalLocation |
Thanjavur district
ⓘ
surface form:
Tanjavur region
|
| impact |
codification of compositional forms in Carnatic music
ⓘ
standardization of raga usage in Carnatic music ⓘ |
| importance |
central to standard concert repertoire
ⓘ
foundational to Carnatic pedagogy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Carnatic concert repertoire
ⓘ
later Carnatic composers ⓘ |
| inspired | numerous later devotional compositions ⓘ |
| languageOfCompositions |
Sanskrit
ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ Telugu ⓘ |
| performedIn | Carnatic concerts ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Carnatic musicians
ⓘ
South Indian cultural historians ⓘ musicologists ⓘ |
| region | South India ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Hinduism ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Bhakti movement ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Carnatic music curricula ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 19th century
ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ |
| tradition | South Indian classical music ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Carnatic Music Trinity
this entity surface form:
Trinity of South Indian classical music