Dharmapuri subbarayar biography books

List of composers of Carnatic music, a subgenre of Indian classical music. Chronologically they can be grouped into 4 different Eras: Pre-Trinity Era, Trinity Era, Post Trinity Era and Modern Era.

Composers are listed here based on this classification and their birth years are provided to the extent available.

Pre-Trinity Era composers (17th century and prior)

These are early stage composers that created the rules and foundations of classical music.

1. Allama Prabhu (12th century)
2. Andal (9th century)
3. Tirugnana sambandar (7th century)
4. Annamayya ( b.1408)
5. Arunagirinathar (b.1480)
6. Bhadraachala Raama daasu (1620–1688)
7. Jayadeva, (12th Century) - Composed Gita Govinda
   1. Prathama Vaggeyakara(First poet-composer) of Carnatic and Hindustani music forms to compose art music (in contrast to traditional bhakti poems) involving ragas; he is praised for his contributions to dance and music by his contemporary and later musicologists in their musical treati