Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Elgar, Handel, Mahler, Schubert, Sibelius and Vivaldi among others. Contemporary composers including Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and other, lesser-known figures. There are several different editions of the Contemporary Authors series. Very comprehensive source for biographical information on writers. Total coverage includes over 100,000 writers.
Some entries are full entries while others are brief.
Full entries usually include an interview with the writer, a biographical essay and a list of the author's works. A separately published index comes with each even numbered original edition. This index contains references to other Gale literary series, and therefore it is a very useful source for biographical information on authors. Biographical essays of the Roman emperors from the accession of the Emperor Augustus to the death of the Emperor Constantine XI Palaeologus. Multi-volume source with each volume concentrating on specific fields within the humanities.