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The Tanjore Quartet

Also: Thanjavur Quartet, Chinnayya, Ponnayya, Sivanandam and Vadivelu

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Period
early 19th century

Biography

Four brothers, Chinnayya, Ponnayya, Sivanandam and Vadivelu, employed first at the Thanjavur court of the Maratha king Sarfoji II. Chinnayya also served at Mysore, and Vadivelu served at Travancore under Swati Tirunal (Wikipedia says the brothers moved there).

Notable contributions

Credited with formalising the performance pattern of Bharatanatyam and codifying its adavus, and so the standard order of a recital. They composed varnams and kritis (kirtanas), and trained under Muthuswami Dikshitar.

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