Contents: A word from the publishers. Foreword. I. Ragam: 1. A biographical sketch/P.N. Venkatraman. 2. A unique voice/S.A.K. Durga. 3. Kutcheri/Trichur V. Ramachandran. 4. Adding radiance to kritis/S. Janaki. 5. Raga Alapana/Mahesh G. Bhuvaneswaran and G.B. Bhuvaneswaran. 6. The intellectual approach/N. Ramanathan. 7. Srutibhedam/M.A. Bhageerathi. 8. Graha Sruti Bhedam (Proceedings of the Experts Committee Meeting of the Music Academy reproduced from The Journal of the Music Academy, 1944). 9. Gamakas No Bar/V.N. Muthukumar and M.V. Ramana. 10. Rare Ragas/Sriram Vijayaraghavan. 11. Laya prowess/K.S. Kalidas. 12. His compositions/S. Rajam and Vidushi Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam. 13. The complete musician/T.R. Subramanyam. 14. Disciples and followers/V. Ramnarayan. 15. The influence of his music/T.M. Krishna. 16. A meteor and a star/S. Vijayaraghavan. II. Tanam: 1. The soul of South Indian Music/G.V. Narayanaswami Iyer. 2. South Indian music past and present/G.V. Narayanaswami Iyer. 3. Govindaswamy Pillai of Trichy/G.V. Narayanaswami Iyer. 4. Art: Its dawn, perfection and future role/G.N. Balasubramaniam. 5. Mass appeal in music/G.N. Balasubramaniam. 6. Concert tradition/G.N. Balasubramaniam. 7. The annihilation of Art/G.N. Balasubramaniam. 8. Music publication work/G.N. Balasubramaniam. 9. Sahityas in Kritis/G.N. Balasubramaniam. 10. Plea for youth/G.N. Balasubramaniam. 11. Presidential address, The Music Academy, Madras/G.N. Balasubramaniam. 12. The hero as a musician/G.N. Balasubramaniam. 13. Rajamanickam Pillai/G.N. Balasubramaniam. 14. T. Chowdiah/G.N. Balasubramaniam. III. Pallavi: 1. Anna/Sakunthala Ramanathan. 2. Cynosure of all eyes/Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman. 3. My master/T.S. Balasubramaniam. 4. GN Sir/T.N. Krishnan. 5. Pioneer of an attractive Bani/Gowri Kuppuswamy. 6. An intimate account of a family friend/C.V. Krishnaswami. 7. My homage/K.S. Hariharan. 8. Raja Sangeetam/M. Chandrasekaran. 9. Inspiring compositions/Sulochana Natarajan. IV. Post Pallavi: 1. Keeping his memory alive for tomorrow/Lalitha Ram. 2. Centenary celebrations/G.N. Balakrishnan and G.B. Bhuvaneswaran. Acknowledgements. About the Gandharva Ganam CD. [10 Articles in Tamil].