Carnatic Vocal Music
The
Carnatic Music of India consists of the music of the region south of the
Vindhya mountains in India. The Deccan region combining Andhra Pradesh,
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka played the important role in the development of
Carnatic music down the centuries.
Bharata's Natya Shastra,
Illango's Silappadikaram and Sanngadeva's Sangeeta Ratnakara form a triad
that contains fragments of Carnatic Music wrapped in poetry, romance and
philosophy.
The fusion of Aryan and Dravidian cultures in the
South took place before the dawn of the Christian era. It wove music into
the life of the community.
Today, the peninsular south of India
is a region where music is inseparable from life and literature.
The
most popular among Carnatic Ragas such as Sankarabharana, Kharaharapriya,
Todi, Kalyani, etc. are survivals of the Golden Age of Tamil Civilization
in the First Century A.D.
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