Harvard Dictionary of Music

by Willi Apel
Harvard Dictionary of Music
Author: Willi Apel
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 968
Release: 1969
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780674375017
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Contains nearly 1000 pages of precise and accessible information on all musical subjects.

The Portable Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians

by Nicolas Slonimsky
The Portable Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Author: Nicolas Slonimsky
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
Total Pages: 291
Release: 1995
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780028712253
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This concise edition contains edited down entries from Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians 8th edition, and covers artists in the contemporary genres of jazz, rock and the blues. The rich and effective writing of Nicolas Slonimsky is given special attention.

Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians

by Eileen Southern
Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians
Author: Eileen Southern
Publisher: Greenwood
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1982
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:
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"The stimulus this handsomely produced volume will provide to research and teaching may well surpass that offered by Dr. Southern's earlier studies. This major accomplishment belongs in the libraries of all individuals and institutions interested in any aspect of American music." Ethnomusiciology