Dear Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan, While I have no knowledge of music, I do hail from a family of classical music lovers and musicians. So, if only as a feeble attempt to uphold the family legacy, here is what I can offer on this: Of the three great musicians, only one, Sri TAlapAkka Annamachariar was a SriVaishnava, having received pancha samskAram from the renowned Adivan satakOpan of what would later come to be known as Sri Ahobila Matham. Indeed, I have reason to believe (although much more research needs to be done into this) that Sri Annamachariar's music was deeply influenced by SriVaishnava thought, particularly the AzhvArs pAsurams, and it is for that reason that to this day, Srinivasan is lulled to sleep with renderings sung by his direct descendant (It is interesting to note that while the TAlapAkka family is smArtha by tradition, the eldest son in each generation takes samAsrAyanam from Srimad Azhagiya Singar such that this tradition can be maintained). As for the other two, Sri ThyAgaraja, while an ardent devotee of Sriman NarAyana in his own right, was not connected to Ramanuja Sampradayam, and in fact hints of an advaitic element in his musical compositions. Regarding Sri Purandaradasa, perhaps the devotees from Karnataka could shed more light on him. I was under the impression that he belonged to the Madhva community. adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan Mohan
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