Composers and figures

People who shaped the tradition. Dates are given as sources give them, with disagreements shown. The composers module tells the story in order.

Composers

• Purandara Dasa — died 1564; birth year disputed (proposals range from about 1470 to 1494)
• Annamacharya — 1408 to 1503 (as usually given)
• Kshetrayya — c. 1600 to 1680 (approximate)
• Tyagaraja — 1767 to 1847
• Muthuswami Dikshitar — 1775 or 1776 to 1835 (birth year differs between sources; Wikipedia gives 24 March 1776, another source gives 24 March 1775, and Sruti gives 1775)
• Syama Sastri — 1762 to 1827
• Swati Tirunal — 16 April 1813 to late December 1846 (Wikipedia gives 25, 26 and 27 December in different places)
• Papanasam Sivan — 1890 to 1973
• Gopalakrishna Bharati — born 1810 or 1811, died 1881 or 1896 (sources differ)
• Arunachala Kavi — 1711 to 1779
• The Tanjore Quartet — early 19th century

Musicologists

• Sarngadeva — 13th century
• Ramamatya — 16th century (his treatise is dated 1550)
• Venkatamakhin — flourished c. 1630 (17th century)
• Govindacharya — late 18th century

Performers

• Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar — 1890 to 1967
• M. S. Subbulakshmi — 20th century
• D. K. Pattammal — 1919 to 2009