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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : G. Schirmer, [1971].Edition: 5th edition Completely revised by Nicolas Slonimsky, with 1971 supplementDescription: xvi, 1855, 262 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0911320628 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 780.9203
Summary: "Nicolas Slonimsky's venerable single-volume reference is now a six-volume set, with better page layout and typeface, and a subject range outside its traditional concentration on classical music. Under new editorship since Slonimsky's death in 1995, coverage has expanded to over 1,000 new entries on classical music and over 2,000 new entries on jazz and popular music. Nice features include reprints of Slonimsky's witty introductions to earlier editions and indexes for genre, nationality, and women composers and musicians."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2002.
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Reference Reference Matheson Library Reference Collection R 780.9203 B167 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 144926

Rev. ed. of: Biographical dictionary of musicians. 4th ed. / Theodore Baker. 1940.

"Nicolas Slonimsky's venerable single-volume reference is now a six-volume set, with better page layout and typeface, and a subject range outside its traditional concentration on classical music. Under new editorship since Slonimsky's death in 1995, coverage has expanded to over 1,000 new entries on classical music and over 2,000 new entries on jazz and popular music. Nice features include reprints of Slonimsky's witty introductions to earlier editions and indexes for genre, nationality, and women composers and musicians."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2002.

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