Bharathiyar's Passion for Carnatic Music and Folk Music

Abstract

Mahakavi Subramania Bharathiyar was a great poet of the twentieth century. Mahakavi Bharathiyar's works are considered as great treasures for the Tamil community. Even at an early age, Bharathiyar had a great affection and knowledge of the Tamil language. He started writing poetry at the age of seven while still studying at school. At the age of eleven, he showed his talent for poetry and the King of Ettayapuram, who appreciated his poetry, gave him the title of "Bharathi". From that day he was known as "Subramania Bharathiyar". Bharathiyar is also very passionate about music. Mahakavi Bharathiyar has given many works to this world through his attachment to music, many songs and many social ideas through his songs. In this way, some of Bharathiyar's musical works and musical messages have been examined in this research paper. The sub-topics of the study of this research paper are the sub-topics Bharathiyar and Carnatic Music, Bharathiyar and Folk Music except the introduction and conclusion respectively. Bharathiyar's attachment to music and his musical knowledge are explained under the subheading Bharathiyar's Music. Bharathiyar's attachment to Carnatic music is explained in the subtitle Bharathiyar and Carnatic Music. Finally, under the title Bharathiyar and folk music, the folk music songs created by Bharathiyar in folk music depicting the life and environment of the rural people are highlighted under this title. Therefore, various musical messages found in Bharathiyar's work under these three sub-headings have been examined in this review. These respectively are seen as the theme of this research paper.