Ancient Tamil music
The ancient Tamil music is the historical predecessor of the Carnatic music during the Sangam period. Many poems of the classical Sangam literature were set to music. There are various references to this ancient musical tradition found in the ancient Sangam books such as Ettuthokai and Pattupattu. The early narrative poem Cilappatikaram, belonging to the post-Sangam period (5th or 6th century) also mentions various forms of music practiced by the Tamil people.
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Ancient Tamil music
The ancient Tamil music is the historical predecessor of the Carnatic music during the Sangam period. Many poems of the classical Sangam literature were set to music. There are various references to this ancient musical tradition found in the ancient Sangam books such as Ettuthokai and Pattupattu. The early narrative poem Cilappatikaram, belonging to the post-Sangam period (5th or 6th century) also mentions various forms of music practiced by the Tamil people.
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The ancient Tamil music is the ...... the 6th and the 10th century.
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"The south Indian music system ...... ‘Nalayira Divya Prabhandam'.."
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- Tamil scholar, Mu. Arunachalam in his book TAMIZH ISAI ILAKKIYA VARALAARU.''
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