OF CHANGE IN SOUTH INDIAN (KARNATAK) MUSIC

established ranks of the tradition. "It is sheer vandalism to tamper with tradition and introduce novel ideas in Carnatic music, in defiance of aesthetic qualities and spiritual values." (Aiyer, 1966:45) This remark was made by a senior musician, Musiri Subramania Aiyer, in his Presidential Address to the Indian Fine Arts Society. Another authoritative expression of concern was delivered eight years earlier at the Madras Music Academy by G.N. Balasubramaniam. "We are now in an age of transition. Unless we are able to understand and communi