An incomparable guide to 5,500 figures in the history of music, this volume brings together all the pertinent biographical information about composers, performers, music theorists, and instrument makers from the days of praise chants to the bop and pop of today. The emphasis is on classical and art music, but ample attention is given to jazz and blues, rock and pop, and hymns and showtunes--with unusual care devoted to coverage of the twentieth century. A compendium that no music lover should be without, this rich volume, along with The New Harvard Dictionary of Music, constitutes the standard reference work for the musically inclined, the curious, the informed, and the expert.

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• Composers; writers and theorists; instrument makers and players; conductors; singers; jazz, blues, rock, pop, folk, and country musicians: selected figures from The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music arranged by category

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  The Andrews Sisters
  John Cage
  Scott Joplin
  Birgit Nilsson
  Seiji Ozawa
  Adolphe Sax
  Richard Wagner

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