(Real Old master pieces, so there could be some distortion, Please bear with me )
Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
Chembai
M.D. Ramanathan
G.N. Balasubramanian
Indian Classical music is basically divided into two segments - Carnatic, which is more popular and practised more in peninsular India� and Hindustani, which is more at use in the northern half of India.
First let me talk about Carnatic Music.� It basically has its songs written in any of the south Indian Languages of Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada or Tamil.�� Some great composers in the History of Carnatic Music would be Purandaradasar, Shama Shastrigal, Thyagaraja, &� Muthuswamy Dikshitar.� The last three are better known to the Music World as the TRINITY.
I am just trying to bring out my knowledge about these great composers here.�
JAYADEVA (12th Century) ������������������������������������������������������������������ Jayadeva was a great composer, poet and musician.� He was on eof the royal poets during the reign of Maharaja Lakshmanasena, the last Hindu king of Bengal.� Jayadeva lived in the middle or the end of the 12th Century AD.
The Celebrated song-book "Geeta Govinda" is an highly acclaimed masterpiece created by Jayadeva.� The Gitagovinda inspired the Carnatic composers in South India and also a host of poets all over India who produced numerous imitations of Gitagovinda.� The Gita Govinda uses the metaphor of "Lover and the Beloved" to explain the soul's relationship with God.