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Popular Singers of the Twentieth Century A Bibliography of Biographical Materials
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Robert H. Cowden
ISBN: 0-313-29333-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29333-7
520 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 7/30/1999
List Price: $138.95 (UK Sterling Price: £95.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: This guide to the biographical literature available on popular 20th-century singers covers nearly 1000 artists. Much of the literature cited is also cross-referenced to major biographical dictionaries, encyclopedias, and relevant periodicals. Entries not only list known publications associated with popular singers but also incorporate elements of analytical and descriptive bibliography. The artists included in this volume increasingly cross musical boundaries. The popular singer category, therefore, encompasses Broadway, Hollywood, cabaret, and operetta performers as well as recording artists.

Scholars of popular music and popular music enthusiasts will appreciate the extensive research this work embodies. Divided among three sections, citations are arranged alphabetically and include information about literature published through 1997. An appendix of additional artists and an index complete the volume.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    Bibliographical Abbreviations
    Books on Singers
    Related Books
    Individual Singers, A-Z
    Appendix
    Index
About the Author: ROBERT H. COWDEN is founding Chair of the Music Program for the California State Summer School for the Arts and Professor of Music at San Jose State University. His recent books include Classical Singers of the Opera and Recital Stages: A Bibliography of Biographical Materials (Greenwood, 1994), Opera Companies of the World: Selected Profiles (Greenwood, 1992), Instrumental Virtuosi: A Bibliography of Biographical Materials (Greenwood, 1989), and Concert and Opera Conductors: A Bibliography of Biographical Materials (Greenwood, 1987).
LCC Class: 16
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