The Great Song Thesaurus

Author : Roger Lax
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Song Thesaurus written by Roger Lax and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique reference covers every aspect of the literature of popular songs from the 16th century to 1987. Compiling 11,000 songs from the English-Speaking world, The Great Song Thesaurus, Second Edition, Updated and Expanded provides pertinent information about each entry - including year of popularity, the composer, lyricist, record sales, Hit Parade and air ranking, and the names of artists who recorded the 'Top Hit' songs since 1940 - and indexes these song titles by subject, key word, key lyric line and category. Completely cross-referenced throughout, information associated with each song is easily accessible in any of the book's ten parts.

Author : Roger Lax
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Song Thesaurus written by Roger Lax and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique reference covers every aspect of the literature of popular songs from the 16th century to 1987. Compiling 11,000 songs from the English-Speaking world, The Great Song Thesaurus, Second Edition, Updated and Expanded provides pertinent information about each entry - including year of popularity, the composer, lyricist, record sales, Hit Parade and air ranking, and the names of artists who recorded the 'Top Hit' songs since 1940 - and indexes these song titles by subject, key word, key lyric line and category. Completely cross-referenced throughout, information associated with each song is easily accessible in any of the book's ten parts.

Author : Gary Haggerty
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313387710
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Popular Music Reference Books written by Gary Haggerty and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1995-09-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to locating information on popular music and the people who create it, this volume is designed as a desk reference—to locate answers to specific questions and to direct library users to key resources. More than 400 comprehensive titles are carefully annotated, describing content, scope, and special features. The focus is on the musical styles that have developed measurable commercial success through recordings and live performance. Along with academic titles, many important titles from the popular press are included, as well as selected electronic resources. A necessary reference tool for any library, scholar, student, and popular music buff. The work covers bibliographies, indexes, discographies, dictionaries and encyclopedias, biographical resources, directories, almanacs, yearbooks, and guidebooks on styles that include jazz, swing, Tin Pan Alley, country, gospel, blues, rhythm and blues, soul, rockabilly, rock, heavy metal, musical theater, and film music. Its extensive appendices feature discographies and bibliographies of individual artists and ensembles. A detailed index combining authors, titles, and subjects makes cross-referencing easy. The entries are modeled after the immensely useful The Guide to Reference Books.

Author : William Emmett Studwell
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780789009142
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Band Reader written by William Emmett Studwell and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benny Goodman, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, The Dorsey Brothers, Duke Ellington, and Glenn Miller were musical masters of their eras, enchanting and romancing audiences with their timeless classics. Relive these wonderful songs and memories through The Big Band Reader: Songs Favored by Swing Era Orchestras and Other Popular Ensembles, a unique and exciting collection of over 140 songs from over 70 bands that are categorized by themes, preferred numbers, and top songs! Paying tribute to better known swing bands, sweet bands (ensembles favoring softer, more sentimental numbers), and some unheralded bands (good ensembles that did not receive much attention or did not have a well-known leader), this book contains up to four essays relating to specific groups and their popular hits, giving readers historical and informative facts about the songs and the people who performed them.

Author : Bruce Pollock
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135462968
Total Pages : 698 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rock Song Index written by Bruce Pollock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rock Song Index, Second Edition, is a new version of a well-received index to the classic songs of the rock canon, from the late '40s through the end of the 20th century. The study of the history of rock music has exploded over the last decade; all college music departments offer a basic rock-history course, covering the classic artists and their songs.

Author : Naomi Musiker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135917701
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music written by Naomi Musiker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World-wide in scope and focusing on the second half of the 20th century, this work provides biographies and discographies of some 500 composers and conductors of light and popular orchestral music, including film, show, theatre and mood music. The book is arranged in two sequences: 1) Biographies and select discographies, both arranged alphabetically, of the well-known and better-known conductors and composers. These entries also include a list of suggested reading for those wishing to further their studies; and 2) Select discographies of conductors about whom little or no biographical information is available. The bibliography at the end of the book covers discographical sources, popular music and film music. This is the first time that the lives and recordings of such artists as Kostelanetz, Faith, and Gould as well as the orchestral recordings of such great popular composers as Gershwin, Kern, Porter, Rodgers, Berlin and Coward have been documented and presented in an encyclopedic form.

Author : Thomas S. Hischak
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810869381
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Disney Song Encyclopedia written by Thomas S. Hischak and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Songs written for Disney productions over the decades have become a potent part of American popular culture. Since most Americans first discovered these songs in their youth, they hold a special place in one's consciousness. The Disney Song Encyclopedia describes and discusses hundreds of famous and not-so-famous songs from Disney films, television, Broadway, and theme parks from the 1930s to the present day. Over 900 songs are given individual entries and presented in alphabetical order. The songwriters and original singers are identified, as well as the source of the song and other venues in which it might have been used over the years. Notable recordings of the song are also listed. But most important, the song is described and what makes it memorable is discussed. This is not a reference list but a true encyclopedia of Disney songs. The book also contains a preface describing the criteria for selecting the songs, a glossary of song terms, a list of all the Disney songs and their sources, a songwriter's directory in which every song by each composer/lyricist is listed, a bibliography, a guide to recordings and DVDs of Disney productions, and an index of people and titles.

Author : Michael Whorf
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786490624
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Popular Song Composers written by Michael Whorf and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, 39 of the legendary composers from Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood and Broadway of the 1920s through the 1950s discuss their careers and share the stories of creating many of the most beloved songs in American music. Interviewed for radio in the mid-1970s, they include such giants as Harold Arlen, Eubie Blake, Cy Coleman, George Duning, Sammy Fain, Jerry Herman, Bronislaw Kaper, Henry Mancini, David Rose, Arthur Schwartz, Charles Strouse, Jule Styne, Jimmie Van Heusen, Harry Warren, Richard Whiting, and Meredith Willson. Photographs and rare sheet music reproductions accompany the interviews.

Author : Michael Whorf
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786490616
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Popular Song Lyricists written by Michael Whorf and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume (a companion to American Popular Song Composers), 39 leading American lyricists from the Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood and Broadway of the 1920s to the 1960s discuss their careers and share the stories of creating many of the most beloved songs in American music. Interviewed for radio in the 1970s, they include such writing teams as Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, and such individuals as Harold Adamson, E.Y. Harburg, Gus Kahn, Leo Robin and Paul Francis Webster. Photographs and rare sheet music reproductions accompany the interviews.

Author : Russ Girsberger
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1574631969
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Music Performance Library written by Russ Girsberger and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Meredith Music Resource). The music performance library is the heart of any musical ensemble, supplying music to performers and information to an entire organization. This text contains valuable information on this important topic for all musicians, including music directors, conductors, student librarians, community volunteers, professional performance librarians, and performers. This essential resource provides step-by-step directions on the librarian's responsibilities, including how to: locate and choose editions * purchase and rent music * catalog new works * store and preserve music * prepare music for performance * mark bowings * correct errata * prepare manuscripts and programs * distribute and collect parts * and communicate efficiently.