Cassell Companion to 20Th-Century Music - Hardcover

Pickering, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0304349372 ISBN 13: 9780304349371

Publisher: UNKNO, 1997

Synopsis

From the many-stranded forms of modern classical music, to blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll, rap and film music, this companion brings together facts and anecdotes about the people and events that have shaped the contrasting sounds of the contemporary world.

About this title

About the Author:

David Pickering is an experienced reference book compiler, freelance since 1992. He has contributed (often as sole author or chief editor) to around 200 books in the fields of general reference, English language, the arts, history and popular interest. He has also broadcast many times on a variety of subjects on radio and television. He lives in Buckingham with his wife and two sons.

From Library Journal:

These two titles cover the same material in a similar format but on a different scale. The Cassell Companion to 20th-Century Music, an updated revision of Pickering's Brewer's Twentieth-Century Music (Cassell, 1995) is a one-volume ready-reference work comprising brief entries. Music in the 20th Century, on the other hand, is a more encyclopedic three-volume set, with articles ranging from one to eight pages. Most of these articles also feature brief bibliographies and discographies. Both works follow a broad definition of 20th-century music, with coverage encompassing classical, rock, pop, blues, jazz, and country. Neither is especially strong on ethnic or world music, but Music in the 20th Century does contain articles such as "Cuba," "South African Jazz," and "Zouk." While there is little in either of these two sources that could not be found in either the Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (LJ 12/95) or the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (LJ 12/15/80), the Cassell book could be especially useful in answering the odd reference question, with entries such as "Fifth Beatle" and "donkey music" and cross references from The Boss, Slow Hand, or King of Swing. Music in the 20th Century does contain some information that updates the New Grove but seems aimed more at the general reader or undergraduate nonmusic major. It would be a good choice for libraries that cannot afford the two larger sets.AMichael Colby, Univ. of California, Davis
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About this edition

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0304349372
• ISBN 13: 9780304349371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 409