![]() The announcement stated that “a conference of votaries of music in this part of the country will be held. The Annamalai University Syndicate had “approved a scheme for the composition of new Tamil songs and the popularisation of old songs”. ![]() It was at this juncture that an announcement appeared in The Hindu dated 28th July 1941 under the caption “Encouragement of Tamil Songs”. ![]() He, through the Music College of the Annamalai University of which he was the founder, called for a conference to discuss the status of Tamil as a music language. Several music lovers were concerned over the secondary status given to Tamil and it was left to the business baron Raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar to correct this wrong. It was an offshoot of the history of South India. The belief, widespread till the 1940s, did not come about suddenly. Yet there was a time when the language was considered unsuitable for Carnatic music. To Carnatic music audiences of today, Tamil is as musical a language as any of the others in which compositions were created – Telugu, Kannada, Sanskrit or Malayalam.
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