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nmorano1 · **on:** Jul 25, 2018

When did carnatic music begin to take its present shape? List the three great saint-poet-composers of this period. Whose songs dominate the repertoire today?

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Question 2

What are the similarities and differences between music of the classical Hindusthani style of North India and the classical music of the Carnatic style of South India?

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ankilker · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The golden age of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Syama Sastry (1762 1827), Tyagaraja (1767 1847), and

Muttuswamy Dikshitar (1776 1836)

Tyagaraja's songs dominate the repertoire today

because of the accessibility of both their poetry and music.

Answer to Question 2

Similarities: Both styles use ragas (melodic mode/system) and talas (metric cycle).

Differences: In the Hindusthani style of North India expansive improvisations move gradually from near immobility to sections of great speed and virtuosity.

Carnatic music of the south is built around an immense repertoire of pre-composed Hindu devotional songs. The musical texture is busier, and improvisations fall within block-like sections.