Music of Kerala has its origin in the primitive dances and plays, developed by the ancient people in conciliation with the deities of the hills and forests. Lyrical and spiritual ragas and talas of Carnatic music predominates the Keralite gharana. In addition, Kerala has its own native music system, sopanam, which is a sorrowful and bit-by-bit rendition of raga-based songs. It forms the background music in dance drama Kathakali.The other traditional music of Kerala also consists of melam performed with the help of instrument known as the chenda. Panchavadyam is a differing type of percussion ensemble consisting of 5 types of percussion instruments. The rulers of the land managed to be skilful in music, in spite of their martial preoccupations.
History of Music of KeralaThe early recorded history of the music of Kerala is the Edakal, which comprises of 3 types of composition, which are listed as follows:
• Classical songs known as Naadan Paattu.
• Manipravalam of the Sanskrit tradition, which permitted a generous interspersing of Sanskrit with Malayalam.
• The folk song rich in native elements.
To the late 20th century, the Malayalam poetry varies in degrees of the fusion of the 3 different strands. The oldest examples of Pattu are Ramacharitam and Vaishikatantram, both belonging to the 12th century.
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