Professor P Sambamurthy (14 February 1901 - ?) was an Indian musicologist. He has written extensively on Carnatic music. He was awarded Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 1971 He was also a 1963 recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship. Publications The following books are published by The Indian music publishing house, Chennai In English * South Indian Music (6 Volumes) * Dictionary of South Indian Music and Musicians (3 Volumes) * Great Composers (2 Volumes) * History of Indian Music * Teaching of Music * Aids to the Teaching of Music * Elements of Western Music for Students of Indian Music with Examples of Indian melodies in Staff Notations * The Flute * 72 Melakarta Pocket Guide * The Melakarta janya-Raga Scheme with an Explanatory Chart and Two Appendices * Great Musicians with illustrations * Pictures of Famous Composers & Musicians * Syama Sastry and other famous figures of South Indian Music In Tamil * A Practical Course in karnatic Music (3 Volumes) * Kirtana Sagaram (5 Volumes) * Tamil Songs * Nowka Charitram * Cheyyur Chengalvaraya Sastri Kritis with Notation * Pallaki Seva prabhandham of Shahji Maharaja * Indian Songs (5 Volumes)
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