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.
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 ...