Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music: A Biographical and Discographical Sourcebook

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Reuben Musiker Naomi Musiker

Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music

A Biographical and Discographical Sourcebook

Reuben Musiker, Naomi Musiker

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Greenwood Press
30 January 1998

Light orchestral & big band music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Orchestras; Biography: arts & entertainment; Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies

Worldwide in scope and covering the second half of the 20th century, this work provides biographies and discographies of some 500 conductors and composers in many aspects of light and popular orchestral music, including film, show, theatre, and mood music. This is the first time the lives and recordings of such artists as Kostelanetz, Faith, Gould, as well as the orchestral recordings of such great popular composers as Gershwin, Kern, Porter, Rodgers, Berlin, and Coward, have been adequately documented and consolidated in an encyclopedic fashion. Almost 5,000 records and CDs are listed. Of interest to scholars, students, disc jockeys, record and CD collectors, film music buffs, and mood and production music enthusiasts.

Popular orchestral music has been a neglected and often erroneously perceived and misunderstood genre in the 20th century. It has certainly not received the attention that it deserves and seems to be viewed as a Cinderella in relation to classical music and jazz. The genre, especially in the last 50 years, has been graced by exceptionally fine and highly esteemed conductors and arrangers, and also by a large number of highly regarded composers.

By: Reuben Musiker, Naomi Musiker
Imprint: Greenwood Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 737g
ISBN: 9780313302602
ISBN 10: 031330260X
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 30 January 1998
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

REUBEN MUSIKER is Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he was Professor of Librarianship and Bibliography and University Librarian. He is an inveterate collector of popular orchestral music and has contributed many articles on the subject to music journals. NAOMI MUSIKER is a freelance book indexer of some seventy-five books by leading South African publishers. She has assisted her husband in the compilation and indexing of this book.

Reviews for Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music: A Biographical and Discographical Sourcebook

This book adds strength to the already bountiful corpus of music reference works that are devoted to or include composer and conductor biographies. Furthermore, these are composers who, thanks to their popularity, library users are highly likely to be interested in. -Rettig on Reference ... this title will be a useful addition to larger music collections due to its unique focus. -Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin [T]he volume is concise and easily used. It will be of good use to academic libraries supporting music programs, and anyone interested in the history of popular music. -RUSQ YThe volume is concise and easily used. It will be of good use to academic libraries supporting music programs, and anyone interested in the history of popular music. -RUSQ ?...this title will be a useful addition to larger music collections due to its unique focus.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin ?[T]he volume is concise and easily used. It will be of good use to academic libraries supporting music programs, and anyone interested in the history of popular music.?-RUSQ ?This book adds strength to the already bountiful corpus of music reference works that are devoted to or include composer and conductor biographies. Furthermore, these are composers who, thanks to their popularity, library users are highly likely to be interested in.?-Rettig on Reference .,. this title will be a useful addition to larger music collections due to its unique focus. -Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin