{"bio": "Born on 14th February 1901 as the third son of *Sri Pitchu Iyer* at Bitragunta; came of a family belonging to Tiruppunturutti and Varahur, Tanjore Dt., his sixth ancestor *Ghanam Tirumala Iyer*, having been court musician of *King Serfoji* of Tanjore; married *Anandavalli*, cousin of *Vidvan Sabhesa Iyer*, who later collaborated in his music research and publications; learnt his first lessons in music on violin from *Boddu Krishniah*, son  of *Boddu Sundariah*, pupil of *Tatchur Singaracharlu*, his vocal traing under *Vidvan Manatattai Doraiswami Iyer* of the *Tyagaraja Sishyaparampara* and also from *Tiruvorriyur S.A. Ramaswami Iyer* and *Ramaswami Bhagavatar* of the Umayalpuram and Walajapet traditions; entered the Madras Education Service in 1928 as Lecturer in Music in Queen Mary's College; in 1931, went to Munich to study Western music and comparatative music; was Lecturer and Reader in Music at the University of Madras from 1937 to 1961, *Director of Sangita Vadyalaya* from 1961 to 1964, *Professor of Musicology* at the S.V. University, Tirupati from 1964 to 1966, returned to to the University of madras under the U.G.C Scheme; has been connected with almost all the Universities of South India and at the Banaras and Delhi in the Organisation of their Music departments; has written 50 books; was honoured by H.H. Sankaracharya of Kamakoti Pitha with the title *Gita-Vadya-Vinoda* and by the President of India with *Padmabhushan*; has been a pioneer and most active peomotor of music education and pedagogy in South India.\r\n\r\n-- from *South Indian Music - Book II*, Thirteenth Edition, by the author", "name": "P Sambamoorthy", "links": [{"url": "http://www.tamilisaisangam.in/isaikala9.html", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}, "title": "Prof. Sambamurhty's Picture, Tamil Isai Sangam"}], "personal_name": "P. Sambamoorthy", "death_date": "23 Oct 1973", "alternate_names": ["Professor P. Sambamurhty", "Prof. P. Sambamurhty B.A., B.L.", "Padma Bhushan Prof. P. Sambamurthy"], "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2011-04-20T10:33:12.300004"}, "latest_revision": 4, "key": "/authors/OL8784A", "birth_date": "14 Feb 1901", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "revision": 4}