"The major works in the rich musicological tradition are Matanga Muni’s Brihaddeesi (9th century) Saarnggadeva’s 13th century classic Sangitaratnaakaraa, Raamamaatyaa’s Svaramekalanidhi three centuries later and Goovinda Dikshitar’s Sangitasudha in the middle of the 16th century.... Govinda Dikshitar’ son Venkatamakhi is the first landmark classic that still has a bearing on contemporary Carnatic music. His Caturdandi Prakaashika (1660) is relevant today mainly for the classification of the Carnatic raga system, although his actual descriptions of raagas prevalent in his time are of only historical interest now....The Carnatic music as we know today is very different from the music that was described in these treatises."
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