2015 · Q71
Which of the following statements about the musical culture in 18th and 19th century South India is/are correct ?
- 1Musical developments were spearheaded by the Arcot court.
- 2Tanjavur replaced Madras as the cultural capital of classical music in the second half of the nineteenth century.
- 3Three great composers. Tyagaraja Diksitar and Syama Sastri experimented with the kriti form to set the foundations for modern Carnatic music.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- A1 and 3 only
- B2 only
- C3 only
- D1, 2 and 3
Explanation
The Carnatic Trinity — Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastri — did experiment with the kriti form and lay the foundations of modern Carnatic music (3 is correct). But musical developments were spearheaded by the Tanjore (Maratha) court, not the Arcot court (1 is false), and Madras, not Tanjavur, emerged as the cultural capital in the later 19th century (2 is false). Only 3 is correct — option C.