Item Detail
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Pickering, David
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Cassell companion to 20th-century music
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Book
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Rev. and updated ed.
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London
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1998
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Cassell
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409 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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0304350990 ; 0304349372
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Music--20th century--Encyclopedias.
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Compositions; Contemporary Music; United States; Europe; Record Labels; Twentieth Century
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ML 100 .P54 1997
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Pickering, David. Cassel Companion to 20th-Century Music. Cassel: London, 1998.
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Source of basic information about 20th-century musicians, music groups, record labels, and music.
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The book covers the 20th-century, mostly in the United States and musically involved Western European countries. It is an attempt to synthesize the many different styles of and influences on musical development in the 20th-century.
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The book is divided into sections alphabetically, each section integrating all musical terms, composers, performers, and record labels in the 20th century. Begins with an author's preface.
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BYU Mus Ref
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4044