Question

Who was the pioneer composer of kriti form of Carnatic music ?
1. Annamacharya
2. Thyagaraya
3. Ramayamatya
4. Krishna

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Thyagaraya

The correct answer is Thyagaraya.

• The pioneer composer of kriti form of Carnatic music was Thyagaraya.
• He was born on 14th May 1767 in the village of Thiruvayaru in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu.
• He was an ardent devotee of Lord Rama. In his praise and honor, he wrote numerous musical operas and about twenty-four thousand songs.
• Carnatic music, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
• Carnatic music is also usually taught and learned through compositions. The Telugu language predominates in the evolution of Carnatic Music as most compositions are in Telugu or Sanskrit, along with a few in Tamil.

Composer	Description
Annamacharya	Tallapaka Annamacharya ( 22 May 1408 died 4 April 1503) was a 15th-century Hindu saint and the earliest known Indian musician to compose songs called sankirtanas in praise of the Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu.
Krishna	He is an Indian Carnatic vocalist born in Chennai (Tamil Nadu). In the year 2016, he was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for “his forceful commitment as artist and advocate to art’s power to heal India’s deep social divisions.
Ramayamatya	He was also the royal composer and architect at the court of king Ramaraja. Swaramelakalanidhi is a much-celebrated musicological treatise of 16th century Vijayanagara authored by him. He described himself as abhinavabharatacharya and todara-malla (meaning "the hero (malla) who wears the honorific anklet (todar)").