Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
The ancient Tamil music is the historical predecessor of the carnatic music during the Sangam periodMany poems of the classical Sangam literature were set to music. There are various references to this ancient musical tradition found in the ancient Sangam books such as Ettuthokai and Pattupattu. The early narrative poem Cilappatikaram belonging to the post-Sangam period (5th or 6th century) also mentions various forms of music practiced by the Tamil people.