Reviews for International who's who in music & musicians' directory in the classical & light classical fields

The average rating for International who's who in music & musicians' directory in the classical & light classical fields based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-05-28 00:00:00 Carly Danielsen Two-thousand pages worth of paragraph-length biographical sketches of musicians and composers, written by one opinionated, crabby and hilarious Russian-born eccentric. A wonderful, truly nutty undertaking. Full of surprises.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-04-26 00:00:00 Tim Gordon Slonimsky, N. & Kuhn, L. (1992). Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians. Farmington: Cengage Gale. Citation by: Amy Williams Type of Reference: Bib-graphical Reference Call Number: Ref 780.922 Content/Scope: A biographical reference on musicians. This book gives information on 20th century jazz and popular musicians. The best feature is its expansion into six volumes. Accuracy/Authority/Bias: There are more than fifty contributors to this book. The biographies can be anywhere from a few lines to several pages. Arrangement/Presentation: The personalities covered in the book are indexed by nationality, genre, and time period in six volumes. Relation to other works: This will fit into our reference collection because we are graded as a school on how we integrate the arts and humanities into the classroom. This is something students can look at to learn more about music from the past. Accessibility/Diversity: This book can be read by elementary students, the six volumes contain different genres of music. Cost: $595 Professional Review: Bollerman, J. A. (2001). Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians (Book Review) (Undetermined). Reference & User Services Quarterly, 41(2), 199-200.