Thyagaraja

Tyāgarāja (Telugu : త్యాగరాజ, Tamil: தியாகராஜா; Kannada: ತ್ಯಾಗರಾಜ; May 4, 1767 - January 6, 1847) (also commonly transcribed as Thyagaraja) was a composer of Carnatic music, who along with his contemporaries Muttusvami Dikshitar and Shyama Shastry forms the Trinity of Carnatic music composers. He was a prolific artist and highly influential in the development of the South Indian classical music tradition. Tyagaraja composed hundreds of devotional songs, most of them in praise of the Hindu god Rama. His compositions are very popular even today. Five of his compositions called the 'five gems' (Pancharatna Krithis), are often sung in programs in honour of Tyagaraja. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.