TIME
PERIOD |
IMPORTANT
CREATIONS |
IMPORTANT
PERSONALITIES |
NOTES |
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1000 BC
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500
- 1000 BC |
- Parivrajaka
Upanishad
- Early
Tamil school
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- Equivalent
of Swara system defined
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2nd
century AD |
- Natya
Sastra
- Silappadikaram
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5th
century AD |
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- Early
compilation of Ragas, then known as Jaatis
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7th
century AD |
- Kudimiyanmalai
inscriptions (stone) in Pudukottai district, Tamilnadu
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- Musical
notations (Probably the first)
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7th
- 9th century AD |
- Tevaram
- Tirumurai
- Divyaprabandha
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- Appar
- Sundaramurti
- Tirugnanasambandar
- Manikkavachakar
- Other
Nayanmars & Azhwars
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- Sacred
Tamil music forms
- Pann
concept
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12th
century AD |
-
Gita
Govinda
-
Sangeeta
Makaranda
-
Panditaradhya
Charita
- Sangeeta
Sudhakara
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-
Jayadeva
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Narada
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Palkuriki
Somanatha
-
Haripaladeva
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- Classification
of Gamakas
- Various
srutis identified
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1210
- 1247 AD |
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12th,
13th & 14th century AD |
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14th
century AD |
-
Raga
Tarangini
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Sangeeta
Sara
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Lochana
Kavi
-
Vidyaranya
(1320 - 1380 AD)
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- Development
of the concept of Raga alapana.
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15th
century AD |
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Introduction
and structuraing of basic music lessons.
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Evolution
of kriti, pada formats
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Growth
of Namasankeertana and Bhajana Paddhati (group rendition of
devotional music).
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1550
AD |
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- Explanation
of the word Mela, Vina techniques and other musical concepts.
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1609
AD |
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1660
AD |
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17th
century AD (approximately) |
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- Evolution of modern music theory.
- Development of 72-mela system.
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17th
century AD |
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- Bhavabhatta Shahoji, Maharaja of
Tanjavur (1684 - 1710)
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- Patronage of music and composers.
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17th
- 18th century AD |
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- Development of musical forms like
Varnams.
- Musical treatise with the 72-melakarta
scheme along with names written.
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18th
century AD |
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- Trinity of Carnatic music - Tyagaraja,
Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastri
- Other Tamil composers like
Gopalakrishna Bharati
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- Regarded as the Golden era of Carnatic
music.
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19th
century AD |
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- Composers like Subbaraya Sastri, Swati
Tirunal, Tachi Singaracharlu, Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer, Patnam
Subramanya Iyer, Vina Seshanna and Subbarama Dikshitar
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- Carnatic music became richer with more
compositions.
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1895
- 1950 AD |
- Sangeeta Sampradaya Pradarsini
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- Composers like Papanasam Sivan,
Koteeswara Iyer, Mysore Vasudevachar, Muthaiah Bhagavatar
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- Muthuswami Dikshitar's compositions
with notations published through the Sampradaya Pradarsini.
- Concepts like Gamakas etc explained in
the same.
- Emergence of Sabhas.
- Golden era for Carnatic concert scene.
- Emergence of institutional education
for music.
- Development of mass media like radio
and recording companies.
- Influx of patriotic songs in the wake
of the Indian freedom movement.
- Carnatic music came to be adopted in
film music.
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20th
century AD |
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- Technological developments as a result
of the electronic and computer age.
- Adoption of western instruments like
Guitar, Mandolin, Keyboard etc in the concert scene.
- Arrival of TV, cassettes, CDs,
CD-ROMs, VCDs etc.
- Growth and globalisation of
professional music.
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