Tyagaraja, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tyagaraja

Carnatic musician and composer

Date of Birth: 04-May-1767

Place of Birth: Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India

Date of Death: 06-Jan-1847

Profession: composer, singer, musician

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Tyagaraja (tyagaraja; 4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847), also known as Tyagayya, was a renowned composer of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music.
He was prolific and highly influential in the development of India's classical music tradition.
Tyagaraja and his contemporaries, Shyama Shastri and Muthuswami Dikshitar, were regarded as the Trinity of Carnatic music.
Tyagaraja composed thousands of devotional compositions, most in Telugu and in praise of Lord Rama, many of which remain popular today.
Of special mention are five of his compositions called the Pancharatna Kritis (English: "five gems"), which are often sung in programs in his honour. Tyagaraja saw the reigns of four kings of the Maratha dynasty — Tulaja II (1763–1787), Amarasimha (1787–1798), Serfoji II (1798–1832) and Sivaji II (1832–1855), although he served none of them.