The present volume Twin Garlands is a nice sequel to the previous six volumes. In this well-researched volume consisting of two parts, Sri Rajagopalan informs us of the great patrons of music and, also the therapeutic value of music. There is a treasure of information collected from various sources and presented in an attractive and humorous style of narration.
The Eloquent Garland: A Classical Dictionary of Composers and Musicians
There have been excellent books from ancient days on musicology, the theory of music. There are biographies of a few celebrated composers and musicians. There are some publications with a collection of more than one or two biographies. Revered Subbarama Dikshitar in his comprehensive presentation titled 'Sangita Sampradaya Pradarsini' did bring out brief facts of seventy-seven lives. Abraham Pandithar in his Karnamrta Sagaram and later Prof. P. Sambamurthi have ...
