The Umayalpuram brothers passed on to the next generation the rich musical treasure acquired by them from their guru. Umayalpuram Natesa Iyer, the only son of Krishna Bhagavatar who adopted his daughter's progeny, was a reputed school teacher, known as a strict disciplinarian and a hard taskmaster. While he took to teaching at school as his profession, he kept up the musical tradition of the family. Trained as a violinist, he taught to his children some of the compositions of the sadgu.ro. But unfortunately this vital link to the next generation was abruptly cut off when he died prematurely in his early forties, leaving behind a family of four sons and three daughters. The economic conditions compelled his eldest son Tyagarama Iyer, trained to sing, to seek employment in a different field, but he did not give up the family's music tradition. He learnt to play the gottuvadyam, first from the renowned Sakharama Rao, and later from Budalur Krishnamurthy. In addition to being a vocalist, he developed a unique style in gottuvadyam, rich in melody and volume. Tyagarama Iyer's official life was spent mostly in North India, serving the Defence Accounts; this literally denied him the opportunity to be close to the musical centres of Tamil Nadu. Nonetheless, his ardent devotion to music, in particular to the music tradition of the family, remained undiminished.