Composers of Carnatic Music - Gopalakrishna Bharati

INTRODUCTION
History of Carnatic music composers is of perennial interest to any Indian music enthusiast. Music world in the latter half of the 18th century was blessed with several doyens, including the greatest of them all, the music trinity (Thyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshithar and Shyama Shastry).
Music is one of the several fine arts that is groomed and cherished in Tamilnadu. All forms of art had reached the zenith of everlasting beauty during the Maratha regime. Kings and nobles adored Carnatic music and patronized worthy musicians. Tamilnadu was enriched by several artistes unparalleled in expertise. Thus Tamilnadu became the capital of Carnatic music.
Standing tall among the doyens was Gopalakrishna Bharati. The very mention of “Nandanar Charithram” (Story of Nandanar) reverberated into the psyche of an average Indian, who was mired in a political and sociological turmoil. People flocked in thousands to listen to the popular story of Nandan, the Pariah (Harijan) who found a place in the temples of South India as one of the 63 Nayanars – devotees of Shiva. The author of this popular musical narrative was GopalaKrishna Bharathi. This Tamil opera is his greatest contribution to the world of music.Gopalakrishna Bharathi, one of whose immortal works is this “Nandanar Charithram ......


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