page_title: Madras Music Academy
hierarchical_section_title: Madras Music Academy
caption_attribution_description: English: Madras Music Academy Photo 1943: SITTING LEFT TO RIGHT (2rd from Left): Valadi Krishna Iyer, T L Venkatrama Iyer, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Palladam Sanjeeva Rao, Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Harikesanallur Muthiah Bagavathar, Musiri Subramania Iyer, K V Krishnaswami Iyer, TV Subba Rao and Palghat Mani Iyer. STANDING L to R: (4th from Left)G N Balasubramaniam, C V. Venkatanarasimhan, Alathur Subbaiyyer, Palani Subramania Pillai and Mayavaram Govindaraja Pillai...(2nd from Right) Thanjavur Ramadas Rao
context_page_description: Madras Music Academy is one of the earliest established music academies in South India. Before the concept of infrastructure was introduced to India in the early 1920s, it was a gathering for elite musicians simply called Music Academy It plays an important role in encouraging and promoting primarily the Carnatic Music Indian art form. It played a vital role in the revival of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatnatyam in the 1930s when it faced near extinction due to a negative connotation caused by conservative societal standards.
  They also run a music school called the Teachers college of Carnatic Music which has many eminent musicians on its faculty. Musicians such as Tiger Varadachariar, Appa Iyer, Valadi Krishnaiyer and Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer adorned the chair of Principal of the prestigious Teacher's College.
context_section_description: Madras Music Academy is one of the earliest established music academies in South India. Before the concept of infrastructure was introduced to India in the early 1920s, it was a gathering for elite musicians simply called (and is still more commonly referred to as) Music Academy (Tamil: சங்கீத வித்வத் சபை, sangeetha vidhwadh sabai )  It plays an important role in encouraging and promoting primarily the Carnatic Music Indian art form. It played a vital role in the revival of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatnatyam in the 1930s when it faced near extinction due to a negative connotation caused by conservative societal standards.
  They also run a music school called the Teachers college of Carnatic Music which has many eminent musicians on its faculty. Musicians such as Tiger Varadachariar, Appa Iyer, Valadi Krishnaiyer and Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer adorned the chair of Principal of the prestigious Teacher's College.
caption: The Music Academy, Madras in 1943.
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