Item Detail
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Claghorn, Charles Eugene
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Women composers and hymnists : a concise biographical dictionary
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Book
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Metuchen, N.J.
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1984
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Scarecrow Press
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xiii, 272 p. ; 23 cm.
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English
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0810816806; 9780810816800
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Women hymn writers--Biography, and Women composers--Biography, and Hymns--Bio-bibliography.
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Women Composers; Hymns; Women Hymn Writers
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ML 385 .C58 1984
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Claghorn, Gene. Women Composers and Songwriters: A Concise Biographical Dictionary. Lanham, Maryland and London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1996.
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Concise biographies of women composers and authors. Oriented to any musically inclined reader.
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Includes women composers of symphonies, instrumental and choral works, chamber music, blues, jazz, heavy metal, rock 'n' roll, hard rock, soul, country/western songs, hymnists and composers of church music. Covers authors and composers dedicated also to education, the arts, journalism, and social work. Information covers 19th and 20th centuries up to 1996. A larger and more comprehensive work than its predecessor, Women Composers and Hymnists.
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Composer and author entries are organized alphabetically by last name. Relatively general information included; not detailed.
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Not an extensive list of literature by the composers and authors. Authors are not separated from composers.
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Anderson, Gillian B. Fontes artis musicae 32 (July-September 1985): 221-22.
Morgan, Paula. Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 42 (March 1986): 551-53.http://www.jstor.org/stable/897343
Sharp, Avery T. American Reference Books Annual 16 (1985): no. 1162. -
BYU Mus Ref
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2925