Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music: A Biographical and Discographical Sourcebook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313302602)

Worldwide in scope and covering the second half of the 20th century, this work provides biographies and discographies of some 500 conductors and composers in many aspects of light and popular orchestral music, including film, show, theatre, and mood music. This is the first time the lives and recordings of such artists as Kostelanetz, Faith, Gould, as well as the orchestral recordings of such great popular composers as Gershwin, Kern, Porter, Rodgers, Berlin, and Coward, have been adequately documented and consolidated in an encyclopedic fashion. Almost 5,000 records and CDs are listed. Of interest to scholars, students, disc jockeys, record and CD collectors, film music buffs, and mood and production music enthusiasts.

Popular orchestral music has been a neglected and often erroneously perceived and misunderstood genre in the 20th century. It has certainly not received the attention that it deserves and seems to be viewed as a Cinderella in relation to classical music and jazz. The genre, especially in the last 50 years, has been graced by exceptionally fine and highly esteemed conductors and arrangers, and also by a large number of highly regarded composers.

Author: Reuben Musiker, Naomi Musiker
ISBN-10: 031330260X
ISBN-13: 9780313302602
Publisher: Greenwood
Language: English
Published: 01/30/1998
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.54lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/1998 pg. 1540
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/1999 pg. 481