Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
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Book Overview
A perfect gift for an admirer of classical music, this indispensable volume condenses seven hundred years of classic music history and covers periods from Baroque to Contemporary, in an easy-to-use... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0517092956
ISBN13:9780517092958
Release Date:June 1993
Publisher:Gramercy Books
Length:592 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:2.3" x 6.8" x 10.0"
Customer Reviews
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Excellent for the major composers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
This is an excellent reference if you are interested in the major composers and not in the thousands of other American and European composers. The three parts: alphabetic listing of composers and their works (in chronological order), chronological lists of composers and a complete timeline are useful when a listener wants to know who composed what (major works), who is contemporary to whom and what happened in the music world around a certain period or in a certain year. As a serious listener of classical music, I never use this book all by itself but I use it in conjunction with 'Classical Music the Third Ear', 'The penguin Guide of CD/DVD', 'The Classical Music All Music Guide' and the 'Canon of Classical Music' book. However, I do use it!!!
This is a great reference book. There is NOTHING like it.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Yes, the selections are incomplete - but how much can one include in such a book. The truly comprehensive book would cover many more volumes. The exclusion of Arvo Part is sad but I hope Mr. Gilder will listen to his readers and think about this.I have used this book for 20 years since it's earliest edition. I have found NO OTHER BOOK like this with Cross-referencing of Dates to Composers names. I know this book will only improve with each edition. The first edition was barely more than 400 pages. Mr. Gilder has added a lot more since. He deserves DUE CREDIT for having amassed such a wonderful book. Thank you, Mr. Gilder,,,for years and years of pleasure and learning.Enrique Sanchez Miami, FL
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