The Oxford Companion to Popular Music
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The Oxford Companion to Popular Music by Peter Gammond
This "Companion" encompasses in one A-Z sequence all that is notable within this vast subject, covering the history and style of all the major strands within Anglo-American popular music from operetta to blues and folk. There are biopgraphical entries on all the major exponents within each field - for example, composers, singers, librettists, performers, band leaders, conductors and their bands and orchestras. There are entries on major shows and films, detailing plot where appropriate and giving the number of performances, and on major songs. There are entries on the main instruments used in popular music, as well as entries on associated subjects - organizations, clubs, impresarios and publishers.
Author, music critic, artist and musician, Peter Gammond was born in Northwich, Cheshire in 1925, inheriting his musical interests from his father who was a cellist. He joined the Decca Record Company in 1952 as a music editor leaving in 1960 to become a freelance writer, critic and author. He has written over forty books on jazz, ragtime and the music-hall, including The Oxford Companion to Popular Music, and, on the classical side, books on Schubert, Mozart, Offenbach and record collecting.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780193113237 |
| ISBN 10 | 0193113236 |
| Title | The Oxford Companion to Popular Music |
| Author | Peter Gammond |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1991-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 748 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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