Browse: ABC-CLIO (publisher), General Education

Emerson offers a study of 20 classical women singers who have excelled in a specific area and succeeded in achieving specific goals, and whose work is significant for the art of singing and represents... — Choice More…

Libraries serving students and anyone interested in expanding their musical horizons will be well-served by this rich and thoughtful reference work — Booklist More…

Both respected musicologists, Ogasapian and Orr took up a daunting challenge because they had to run the gamut from art music (and its various supporting institutions) to various types of popular... — Choice More…

Comprising brief accounts of nearly every aspect of music in the 1930s, this encyclopedic survey covers popular, folk, and classical music; regional, national, and ethnic styles; and composers,... — Choice More…

YThe strength of this work is its broad coverage of several styles of popular music (including music hall, light opera, and musical theater). A time-saving reference source — Choice More…

Pratt's subject is the creation and use of popular music by Arfican-Americans, women, the poor, and the variously dipossessed in American life. Spirituals, blues, gospel, folk, and rock are considered... — Choice More…