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The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music
The Faber Companion to 20th Century Pop Music has established itself as
the classic reference work in this area. From Abba to ZZ Top, through
Noel Coward, the Skatalites and The Stone Roses, this book covers the
major players in the vast history of popular music in the twentieth century.
With over 2,500 entries and covering bebop to western swing by way of
psychedelic rock, Phil Hardy's indispensable book maps out a stimulating
and informative cultural history of the century in popular music.
The
Grove Concise Dictionary of Music
"The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music is just as remarkable and
necessary as the Concise Oxford Dictionary. For handy and reliable musical
reference, backed by the authority of the 20-volume Grove, this new one-volume
work is nothing short of indispensable." - André Previn
Among the features that make The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music indispensable
are:
• 10,000 entries including:
• 4,500 on composers - eg Leonard Bernstein
• 2,000 on terms, instruments and institutions - eg whip
• 1,100 on performers and other key figures - eg Stephane Grapelli
• 1,000 titles of musical works - eg Eight Songs for a Mad King
• 150 work-lists for major composers - eg JS Bach
There are also historical accounts of important topics, outlines of non-Western
music systems and discussions of musical acoustics.
The Harvard
Biographical Dictionary of Music
An incomparable guide to the thousands of characters, from humble artisan
to lofty genius, who people the unfolding history of music, this volume
brings together all the pertinent biographical information about composers,
performers, music theorists, and instrument makers from the days of praise
chants to the bop and pop of today. A long-awaited companion to The New
Harvard Dictionary of Music, and compiled with the same meticulous scholarship
and delight in detail, this biographical dictionary emphasizes classical
and art music, but also gives ample attention to jazz and blues, rock
and pop, and hymns and showtunes across the ages - with unusual care devoted
to coverage of the twentieth century.
Here then is the information you need about 5500 figures in the world
of music - the major, the minor, the famous, the nearly forgotten, from
Bach and Beethoven to Irving Berlin, Benny Goodman, and Bruce Springsteen
- capsule summaries of the lives and careers behind the music enjoyed
in every era.
The New
Grove Dictionary of Jazz
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz is the largest, most comprehensive and
most accurate reference work on jazz ever published. Over 4,500 articles
by leading authorities in the field cover its every aspect; from jazz
groups, composers and arrangers, to instruments, terms, and styles, to
record labels, institutions, and specialist areas such as clubs, festivals
and the recording of jazz. There are detailed biographies of all the leading
jazz performers, 1,800 selective discographies and many entries include
meticulously compiled reading lists.
Using the same exacting standards that have become the hallmark of the
Grove tradition, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz is a pioneering achievement.
No other work has come near to achieving the breadth of coverage and depth
of scholarship it offers.
Some of the key attractions of The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz are:
• Detailed biographies of jazz legends - eg Louis Armstrong and
Charlie Parker
• Jazz groups - eg Harlem Blues and Jazz Band and The Squadronaires
• Musical instruments - eg oboe and vibraphone
• Terms and styles - eg Gutbucket and Master
• Record companies and labels - eg Blue Note and Verve
• Complete international coverage of festivals, nightclubs, libraries,
and other institutions
The Penguin
Dictionary of Music
This thoroughly revised and expanded edition of the landmark musical reference
book contains more than 500 new entries on new musical instruments, recent
compositions, new composers, and rising stars of the concert and opera
worlds, as well as a new subject area, classic musicals and their composers.
Entries include:
• Orchestral, solo, choral, and chamber music (eg Chamber Symphony)
• Opera and ballet as well as classical musicals and their composers
(eg Prokofiev's Cinderella
• Noted performers past and present (eg Yehudi Menuhin), composers
and their works (eg Edvard Grieg), orchestras and conductors (eg London
Symphony Orchestra), and even authors whose work has inspired musical
compositions, such as William Blake
• Musical instruments of every kind (eg cimbasso), musical terms
and genres (eg libretto)
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