Composers of this classical tradition imitated Western music in pieces inspired by European marching bands in Tanjore (“TAN-jore”). For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this classical tradition whose Trinity of composers includes the composer of the devotional “Five Gems.” Unlike a more improvisatory neighboring tradition, pieces in this tradition are mostly pre-composed in forms like the kriti (“KRIT-tee”).
ANSWER: Carnatic music [or Karnāṭaka saṃgīta or Karnāṭaka saṅgītam; prompt on Indian classical music]
[10e] Carnatic composer Dīkshitar’s (“DEEK-shee-ter’s”) Western-inspired Nōṭṭusvaras (“NOTE-svuh-ruhs”) include Shyāmaḷē Mīnākshi (“sh’YAH-muh-lay mee-NAHK-shee”), based on this originally-French children's song. Dīkshitar’s contemporary, Mozart, composed 12 piano variations on this nursery rhyme, which begins “C-C-G-G-A-A-G.”
ANSWER: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” [accept “Ah! vous dirai-je, maman” or “Baa Baa, Black Sheep” or “The ABC Song” or “Alphabet Song”; accept Twelve Variations on “Ah! vous dirai-je, maman” or Zwölf Variationen über das Lied “Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”]
[10m] Dīkshitar and Tyāgarāja (“TYAH-guh-rah-juh”) imitated Western music by composing in the shankarābharaṇam (“shung-kuh-rah-BUH-ruh-num”) rāga, which corresponds to this mode in Western music theory. This mode is equivalent to the major scale.
ANSWER: Ionian
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