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9780765680129

Music in the 20th Century (3 Vol Set)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780765680129

  • ISBN10:

    0765680122

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-01-01
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

This handsomely illustrated encyclopedia covers all the major figures in 20th century music, including composers and performers, along with description of their most important works. Filled with fascinating, extremely accessible details, each entry has highlighted boxes which provide suggested listening and/or readings. In addition to the main entries, the last volume includes a biographical digest that provides brief sketches of hundreds of important figures in each musical category not covered in the major entries. Music in the Twentieth Century: --presents entries on over 400 prominent musicians and musical groups, as well as musical styles from the United States, Britain, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Asia, and South and Central America. --covers in detail a broad scope of musical forms, including: serious, folk, jazz, rock, soul, gospel, and Latin music, as well as popular and commercial music, theatrical music, and film scores.

Table of Contents

A-Z entries cover: Major Musical Styles
Concert music
Jazz
Popular Music
Rock Music
Blues
Gospel
Country
Folk music
Film music
Musicals World Music: Latin and Gypsy music
Music from South Asia, Africa, South East Asia, the Middle East, and the Caribbean Individuals
Performing artists and groups
Composers Related Musical Topics: Including festivals and events
Music production
Musical terms and definitions
Abba Claudio Abbado Nathan Abshire Roy Acuff
Cannonball Adderley Africa aleatory Music
Amplification Andean Music
The Andrews Sisters
Arrangers
Authentic Performance
Modern Dance Music
The Beach Boys
The Beatles Bebop Sir
The Bellamy Brothers
British Beat Music
Burton Cabaret Music
The Caribbean Hoagy Carmichael
The Carter Family
Chamber Music
The Charts Clifton Chenier Maurice Chevalier Children's Songs
Corea Country
Damrosch Dance Music
The Darmstadt School
The Eagles Roy Eldrige Electronic Music Sir
The Everly Brothers Expressionism in Music
Festivals and Events
Film Music Film Musicals
Folk Music Folk Rock
The Four Seasons
George Gershwin Stan Getz Beniamino Gigli
Gypsy Music
Heavy Metal
Highlife Hillbilly Music
Impressionism in Music Indian Film Music Indie Bands
The Ink Spots Irakere
The Kinks Otto Klemperer Zoltan
Late Romanticism Latin America Latin Jazz Leadbelly
The Middle East Mighty Clouds of
Francis Poulenc Bud Powell Chano Pozo Perez Prado Elvis Presley Andre Previn Leontyne Price Charley Pride Prince Producers Progressive Rock Sergey Prokofiev Giacomo Puccini Tito Puente Punk Rock Queen Serget Rachmaninov Radio Ragga Ma Rainey Rap Maurice Ravel Record Companies Record Production Recording Studios Otis Redding Jimmy Reed Jim Reeves REggae
Ottorino Respighi Max Roach Paul Robeson Rock Festivals Rock Music Rock'n Roll
The Rolling Stones
The Sex Pistols
Dimitry Shostakovich Jean Sibelius Horace Silver
South African Jazz South Asia South East Asia Otis Spann Phil Spector Bruce Springsteen Max Steiner Isaac Stern Sting Karlheinz Stockhausen Leopold Stokowski
Surf Music Dame Joan Sutherland Swing
Take 6 Toru Takemitzu Tampa Red Tango Art Tatum Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Sister Rosetta Tharpe Virgil Thomson Tin Pan Alley Sir Michael Tippett Mel Torme Arturo Toscanini Merle Travis Ernest Tubb Richard Tucker Sophie Tucker Tina Turner McCoy Tyner U2 Rudy Vallee Edgard Varese Sarah Vaughan Ralph Vaughan
The Velvet Underground Venezuela Heitor Villa-Lobos Vocal and Choral Music T-Bone Walker Fats Waller Bruno Walter Sir William Walton Dinah Washington Muddy Waters Franz Waxman
The Weavers
The Who Hank Williams
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