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EWEN, DAVID editor Living musicians.
New York H. W. Wilson Company 1940 Hard Cover Good
390 pages, illustrations, cloth, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. Fifth printing. From the introduction: 'To have made this book truly comprehensive would have necessitated the inclusion of almost fifteen hundred biographical sketches in one volume, of almost thumbnail size. Thereby the very purpose of this book would have been defeated. The editor, therefore, decided that it was wisest to make this reference book representative rather than comprehensive. Heh as selected from his original list of fifteen hundred musicians only those five hundred who, he considered, would be most likely to interest the music lover. These five hundred musicians, however would be treated thoroughly. This is a book devoted to living musicians. Because it is meant principally for American consumption, it places particular emphasis on American musicians. . . . For those who are statistically minded, it might be of interest to learn that this volume includes 123 conductors, 79 pianists, 72 sopranos, 50 violinists, 40 tenors, 24 baritones, 23 chamber music ensembles, 18 contraltos, 14 bassos, 14 cellists, 9 organists, 6 violists, 6 flutists, 6 harpsichordists, 6 two-piano teams, 3 harpists, 2 guitarists, 1 lutenist, 1 clarinetist, 1 oboist, 1 saxophonist and 1 xylophonist.'
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EWEN, DAVID editor Popular American composers from Revolutionary times to the present. A biographical and critical guide.
New York H. W. Wilson Company 1962 Hard Cover Good
With an index of songs and other compositions. 217 pages, illustrations, cloth, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. From the introduction: Popular American Composers is a biographical guide 9the first of its kind) to 130 of the foremost American popular composers of the past and present: ranging chronologically from William Billings (1746-1800) to Andre Previn (1929- _ and alphabetically from Richard Adler to Victor Young. Approximately two thirds of the composers represented in this volume belong to the past; only one third are still alive. . . . For his material on living composers, the editor has in most cases gone to first-hand sources - the composers themselves. Of the 54 living composers found in this volume, 41 were interviewed by the editor either in New York or in Hollywood; the others were asked for information by mail.
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