Item Detail
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Greene, Frank
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Composers on record : an index to biographical information on 14,000 composers whose music has been recorded
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Book
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Metuchen, N.J.
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1985
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Scarecrow Press
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xxxi, 604 p. ; 23 cm.
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English
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0810818167; 9780810818163
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Composers--Discography--Indexes.
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Composers
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ML 105 .G78 1985
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Greene, Frank, comp. Composers on Record: An Index to Biographical Information on 14,000 Composers Whose Music Has Been Recorded. Metuchen, New Jersey, and London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1985.
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An index of basic information about composers whose works have been recorded. Also gives references to sources where further information may be obtained.
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Includes composers whose works have been recorded, as well as additional reference sources for these composers. The author obtained the information in this index from 66 discographies and record catalogs, and from the record collection in the music library of the University of Toronto.
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Composers are indexed by last name, after which is listed their dates of birth and death and the country in which they worked. Beneath this information the author gives an abbreviation referencing the source(s) in which the composer's name is found. A list of abbreviations and explanations of variations to this system are given in the Guide to Use.
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A good place to find information on composers who may not be found elsewhere.
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Information for individual composers is minimal.
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De Lerma, Dominique-René. American Reference Books Annual 17 (1986): 1248.
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BYU Mus Ref
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3294