Tyagaraja
Sign in to saveAlso known as Tyagaraju, Thyagaraju, Thyagaraja, Kakarla Tyagabrahmam
Sadguru Sri Tyāgarāja Swāmi (4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847), also known as Tyāgayya, and in full as Kākarla Tyāgabraḥmaṁ, was a composer of Carnatic Music, a form of Indian Classical Music. Tyāgarāja and his contemporaries, Śyāma Śāstri and Muthuswāmi Dikshitar, are regarded as the Trinity of Carnatic Music. Tyāgarāja composed hundreds of devotional kṛti ( compositions), mostly in Telugu and in praise of Rāma. Many of them remain popular to this day. Of special mention are five of his compositions called the Pañcaratna Kṛti ( five gems), which are often sung in programs held in his honor. Tyāgar
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- Person
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- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1767
- Active to
- 1847
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Tyagaraja is the name of two artists: 1)Kakarla Tyagabrahmam (Telugu: కాకర్ల త్యాగబ్రహ్మం), (May 4, 1767–January 6, 1847), colloquially known as Tyāgarāju (Telugu: త్యాగరాజు). Tyagayya and Tyāgarājar, was one of the greatest composers of Carnatic music or classical South Indian music. He, along with his contemporaries Muthuswami Dikshitar and Shyama Shastry, forms the Trinity of Carnatic music. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tyagaraja">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Person.name
- Tyāgarāja
- Person.image
- Sri Tyagabrahmam.png
- Person.caption
- A painting of Tyāgarāja from the Jaganmohan Palace in Mysore
- Person.birth_name
- Kākarla Tyāgabraḥmaṁ
- Person.birth_place
- Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Maratha Kingdom
- Person.death_place
- Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur Maratha kingdom
- Person.resting_place
- Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu, India
- Person.occupation
- Carnatic composer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Thanjavur district
- Place of death
- Thiruvaiyaru
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- Telugu
- Native language
- Telugu
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Field of work
- Carnatic music
- Genre
- Carnatic music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Tyagaraja (cropped).png
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- date of birth
- 1767-05-04
- date of death
- 1847-01-06
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- Tyagaraja
- name in native language
- త్యాగరాజు
- writing language
- Telugu
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Musical career
- Preservation of compositions
- Remembrance
- In popular culture
- Films on Tyagaraja (biographical)
- Raga on Tyagaraja (Musical scale)
- Compositions
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Sadguru Sri Tyāgarāja Swāmi (4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847), also known as Tyāgayya, and in full as Kākarla Tyāgabraḥmaṁ, was a composer of Carnatic Music, a form of Indian Classical Music. Tyāgarāja and his contemporaries, Śyāma Śāstri and Muthuswāmi Dikshitar, are regarded as the Trinity of Carnatic Music. Tyāgarāja composed hundreds of devotional kṛti ( compositions), mostly in Telugu and in praise of Rāma. Many of them remain popular to this day. Of special mention are five of his compositions called the Pañcaratna Kṛti ( five gems), which are often sung in programs held in his honor. Tyāgarāja composed many Utsava Sāmpradāya Kṛti ( festive ritual compositions), meant to be sung in temple rituals/festivities and Divya Nāma Saṅkīrtana ( divine compositions on the Lord's various names), sung as a part of concerts and daily life.
Tyāgarāja lived through the reigns of four kings of the Thanjavur Maratha rule – Thuljaji (1763–1787), Amarasimha (1787–1798), Serfoji II (1798–1832) and Shivaji II (1832–1855), although he served none of them.
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