Authentic Past Paper Standard Evaluation
Which of the following statement(s) about the musical culture in 18th and 19th centuries South India is/are correct? 1. Musical developments were spearheaded by the Arcot court. 2. Tanjavur replaced Madras as the cultural capital of classical music in the second half of the 19th century. 3. Three great composers, Tyagaraja, Dikshitar and Syama Sastri experimented with the kriti from to set the foundations for modern Carnatic music. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Solution & Analysis
Answer: C
Concept
Modern Carnatic music was codified in the late 18th and 19th centuries through the work of the 'Three Jewels' (Trinity), who refined the Kriti format.Explanation
Thanjavur was the heart of Carnatic music. The Trinity—Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar, and Syama Sastri—flourished there, creating a vast repertoire of kritis.Logical Breakup
Logic 1: Statement 1 is incorrect; Tanjavur and Travancore were the primary centers, not Arcot.
Logic 2: Statement 2 is incorrect; Thanjavur was already the established center, and Madras became the new commercial capital in the late 19th/20th century.
Logic 3: Statement 3 is correct; the Trinity standardized the Pallavi-Anupallavi-Charanam structure of the Kriti.