Item Detail
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Cohen, Aaron I.
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International encyclopedia of women composers
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Book
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2nd ed.
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2 vols.
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New York, N.Y.
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c1987
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Books & Music USA
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2 v. (1151 p., [48] p. of plates) : port. ; 29 cm.
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English
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2nd ed., rev. and enl.
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0961748524; 9780961748524 (set); 0961748508 (vol. 1); 0961748516 (vol. 2)
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Women composers--Biography--Encyclopedias.
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Composers; Women; Women Composers
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ML 105 .C7 1987
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Cohen, Aaron I. International Encyclopedia of Women Composers, 2nd ed., rev. and enl. Foreword by Dr. Merle Montgomery. New York: Books and Music (USA) Inc., 1981.
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Biographical information and complete works listings for Women composers dating back to the earliest known. Bibliographies for preliminary research are included.
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International; attempts a complete list of every women composer known.
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The biographies are in standard dictionary format. Each entry contains biographical information, list of compositions, list of publications by the composer, bibliography of sources about the composer, and references. Photographs of selected composers in alphabetical order follow. 14 appendices include Composers by Country and Century, List of Pseudonyms and Maiden Names, and Information Wanted (dedicated to women of who little is known). The second edition includes a discography and listing of recording companies. Reference sources are listed separately, as well as listed in the bibliography proper. An additional section, Notable Facts, Quotations, and Statistics, proceeds the biographical portion.
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Indexes are very extensive (14).
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The biographical data is very brief.
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Neuls-Bates, Carol. Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 40 (September 1983): 53-55.http://www.jstor.org/stable/941475
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LeFanu, Nicola. Music and Letters 71 (February 1990): 74-75.http://www.jstor.org/stable/735770
Skinner, Robert. American Reference Books Annual 20 (1989): 1199.
Tsou, Judy. Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 46 (March 1990): 633-35.http://www.jstor.org/stable/941433 -
BYU Mus Ref
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2943