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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
Abba
Abbado, Claudio
Abshire, Nathan
Acuff, Roy
Adderley, Cannonball
Africa
Aleatory Music
Alpert, Herb
Amplification
Andean Music
Anderson, Marian
Andrews Sisters, The
Ansermet, Ernest
Arlen, Harold
Armstrong, Louis
Arrangers
Arrau, Claudio
Arroyo, Joe
Ashkenazy, Vladimir
Atkins, Chet
Authentic Performance
Aznavour, Charles
Bacharach, Burt
Baez, Joan
Baker, Chet
Ballet and Modern Dance Music
Barber, Samuel
Barenboim, Daniel
Bart, Lionel
Bartók, Béla
Basie, Count
Bauzá, Mario
Beach Boys, The
Beatles, The
Bebop
Beecham, Sir Thomas
Beiderbecke, Bix
Bellamy Brothers, The
Bennett, Tony
Berg, Alban
Berlin, Irving
Bernstein, Elmer
Bernstein, Leonard
Berry, Chuck
Bhangra Beat
Big Band Jazz
Blades, Rubén
Blakey, Art
Blues
Bock & Harnick
Böhm, Karl
Boogie-woogie
Boulanger, Nadia
Boulez, Pierre
Bowie, David
Brazil
Brel, Jacques
Brendel, Alfred
British Beat Music
Britpop
Britten, Benjamin
Broonzy, Big Bill
Brown, Clifford
Brown, James
Brubeck, Dave
Burton, Gary
Cabaret Music
Cage, John
Cajun
Callas, Maria
Cantor, Eddie
Caribbean, The
Carmichael, Hoagy
Carter Family, The
Carter, Benny
Carter, Elliott
Caruso, Enrico
Casals, Pablo
Cash, Johnny
Chaliapin, Fyodor
Chamber Music
Charles, Ray
Charts, The
Chenier, Clifton
Chevalier, Maurice
Children's Songs
Christian, Charlie
Cleveland, James
Cline, Patsy
Cohan, George M.
Cole, Nat King
Coleman, Cy
Coleman, Ornette
Colombian Cumbia
Colón, Willie
Coltrane, John
Cooder, Ry
Cooke, Sam
Cool Jazz
Copland, Aaron
Corea, Chick
Country
Coward, Noel
Cowell, Henry
Cray, Robert
Cream
Crosby, Bing
Cruz, Celia
Cuba
D'León, Oscar
D'Rivera, Paquito
Damrosch, Walter
Dance Music
Darmstadt School, The
Davis, Miles
Day, Doris
Debussy, Claude
Delius, Frederick
Dibango, Manu
Diddley, Bo
Dire Straits
Disco
Dixon, Willie
Dolphy, Eric
Domingo, Placido
Domino, Fats
Doo-wop
Dorsey, Thomas A.
Dorsey, Tommy
Dukas, Faul
Dylan, Bob
Eagles, The
Eldridge, Roy
Electronic Music
Elgar, Sir Edward
Ellington, Duke
Estefan, Gloria
European Jazz
Eurythmics,
Evans, Bill
Everly Brothers, The
Expressionism in Music
Falla, Manuel de
Fauré, Gabriel
Festivals and Events
Fiedler, Arthur
Film Music
Film Musicals
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich
Fitzgerald, Ella
Flagstad, Kirsten
Flamenco
Folk Music
Folk Rock
Four Seasons, The
Franklin, Aretha
Free Jazz
Freed, Alan
Friml, Rudolf
Funk
Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Galway, James
Gamelan
Garland, Judy
Garner, Erroll
Gaye, Marvin
Gayle, Crystal
Genesis
Gershwin, George
Getz, Stan
Gigli, Beniamino
Gillespie, Dizzy
Glass, Philip
Gobbi, Tito
Goldsmith, Jerry
Gonzáles, Celina
Goodman, Benny
Gordon, Dexter
Gospel
Gould, Glenn
Grainger, Percy
Granados, Enrique
Granz, Norman
Grunge
Gubaidulina, Sofia
Guthrie, Woody
Guy, Buddy
Gypsy Music
Haggard, Merle
Haley, Bill
Hamlisch, Marvin
Hammerstein, Oscar
Hancock, Herbie
Hard Bop
Harris, Emmylou
Harris, Roy
Harrison, Lou
Hawkins, Coleman
Haymes, Dick
Heavy Metal
Heifetz, Jascha
Henderson, Fletcher
Henderson, Joe
Hendrix, Jimi
Henze, Hans Werner
Herbert, Victor
Herman, Jerry
Herrmann, Bernard
Highlife
Hillbilly Music
Hindemith, Paul
Hodges, Johnny
Holiday, Billie
Holly, Buddy
Holst, Gustav
Hooker, John Lee
Hopkins, Sam Lightnin'
Home, Lena
Horowitz, Vladimir
House, Son
Houston, Whitney
Hubbard, Freddie
Impressionism in Music
Indian Film Music
Indie Bands
Ink Spots, The
Irakere
Ives, Charles
Jackson, Mahalia
Jackson, Michael
James, Harry
Janácek, Leos
Jarre, Maurice
Jarrett, Keith
Jazz
Jazz Rock
Jefferson, Blind Lemon
Jennings, Waylon
Jobim, Antonio Carlos
John, Elton
Johnson, Lonnie
Johnson, Robert
Jolson, Al
Jones, Elvin
Jones, Quincy
Jones, Tom
Joplin, Scott
Jungle
Kahn, Gus
Kander & Ebb
Karajan, Herbert von
Kenton, Stan
Kern, Jerome
Khachaturian, Aram
Kidjo, Angélique
King, Albert
King, B. B.
King, Carole
King, Freddie
Kinks, The
Klemperer, Otto
Kodály, Zoltán
Konitz, Lee
Koussevitzky, Sergey
Kreisler, Fritz
Kristofferson, Kris
Kuti, Fela
Laine, Frankie
Lanza, Mario
Late Romanticism
Latin America
Latin Jazz
Leadbelly
Led Zeppelin
Lee, Peggy
Legrand, Michel
Leiber & Stoller
Levine, James
Lewis, Jerry Lee
Ligeti, György
Little Richard
Little Walter
Lloyd Webber, Andrew
Loesser, Frank
Loewe, Frederick
Lomax, Alan
Lombardo, Guy
Los Angeles, Victoria de
Los Van Van
Lutoslawski, Witold
Lynn, Loretta
Maazel, Lorin
Machito
Madonna
Mahler, Gustav
Mancini, Henry
Manilow, Barry
Marley, Bob
Marsalis, Wynton
Martinu, Bohuslav
McCormack, John
McLaughlin, John
Mehta, Zubin
Melba, Dame Nellie
Melchior, Lauritz
Memphis Minnie
Memphis Slim
Menotti, Gian Carlo
Menuhin, Yehudi
Mercer, Johnny
Messiaen, Olivier
Mexico
Michael, George
Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti
Middle East, The
Mighty Clouds of Joy
Milhaud, Darius
Miller, Glenn
Mingus, Charles
Minimalism
Mitchell, Guy
Mitchell, Joni
Modal Jazz
Modern Jazz Quartet
Monk, Thelonious
Monroe, Bill
Monteux, Pierre
Moré, Beny
Morgan, Lee
Morricone, Ennio
Morrison, Van
Morton, Jelly Roll
Motown
Mulligan, Gerry
Musicals
Nashville Sound/New Country
Nelson, Willie
New Orleans Jazz/Dixieland
New Wave
Newman, Alfred
Nielsen, Carl
Nirvana
Nono, Luigi
Norman, Jessye
Oasis
Opera
Operetta
Orchestral Music
Orff, Carl
Page, Patti
Parker, Charlie
Parton, Dolly
Patton, Charley
Pavarotti, Luciano
Penderecki, Krzysztof
Philadelphia Sound
Piaf, Edith
Pink Floyd
Pollini, Maurizio
Pop Music
Popular Music
Porter, Cole
Poulenc, Francis
Powell, Bud
Pozo, Chano
Prado, Perez
Presley, Elvis
Previn, André
Price, Leontyne
Pride, Charley
Prince
Producers
Progressive Rock
Prokofiev, Sergey
Puccini, Giacomo
Puente, Tito
Punk Rock
Queen
Rachmaninov, Sergey
Radio
Ragga
Rainey, Ma
Rap
Ravel, Maurice
Record Companies
Record Production
Recording Studios
Redding, Otis
Reed, Jimmy
Reeves, Jim
Reggae
Reich, Steve
Reinhardt, Django
R.E.M.
Respighi, Ottorino
Roach, Max
Robeson, Paul
Rock Festivals
Rock Music
Rock'n'roll
Rodgers, Jimmie
Rodgers, Richard
Rodrigo, Joaquín
Rogers, Kenny
Rolling Stones, The
Rollins, Sonny
Ross, Diana
Rostropovich, Mstislav
Roussel, Albert
Rubinstein, Artur
Salsa
Sandoval, Arturo
Santana
Satie, Erik
Schnabel, Artur
Schnittke, Alfred
Schoenberg, Arnold
Schwartz, Arthur
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Scriabin, Alexander
Scruggs, Earl
Segovia, Andrés
Serialism
Sex Pistols, The
Shankar, Ravi
Shorter, Wayne
Shostakovich, Dmitry
Sibelius, Jean
Silver, Horace
Simone, Nina
Sinatra, Frank
Singer-songwriters
Six, Les
Smith, Bessie
Solti, Sir Georg
Sondheim, Stephen
Sosa, Mercedes
Soul
Sousa, John Philip
South African Jazz
South Asia
South East Asia
Spann, Otis
Spector, Phil
Springsteen, Bruce
Steiner, Max
Stern, Isaac
Sting
Stockhausen, Karlheinz
Stokowski, Leopold
Strauss, Richard
Stravinsky, Igor
Streisand, Barbra
Strouse, Charles
Styne, Jule
Surf Music
Sutherland, Dame Joan
Swing
Szymanowski, Karol
Take 6
Takemitsu, Toru
Tampa Red
Tango
Tatum, Art
Terry, Sonny & Brownie McGhee
Tharpe, Sister Rosetta
Thomson, Virgil
Tin Pan Alley
Tippett, Sir Michael
Tormé, Mel
Toscanini, Arturo
Travis, Merle
Tubb, Ernest
Tucker, Richard
Tucker, Sophie
Turner, Tina
Tyner, McCoy
U2
Vallee, Rudy
Varèse, Edgard
Vaughan, Sarah
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Veloso, Caetano
Velvet Underground, The
Venezuela
Villa-Lobos, Heitor
Vocal and Choral Music
Walker, T-Bone
Waller, Fats
Walter, Bruno
Walton, Sir William
Washington, Dinah
Waters, Muddy
Waxman, Franz
Weavers, The
Webern, Anton
Webster, Ben
Weill, Kurt
Whiteman, Paul
Who, The
Williams, Hank
Williams, John (composer)
Williams, John (guitarist)
Williams, Tony
Williamson, Sonny Boy
Wills, Bob
Wonder, Stevie
Wynette, Tammy
Xenakis, Iannis
Yes
Young, Lester
Zappa, Frank
Zouk
Biographical digest
Glossary
Contributors
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
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