Conductors and Composers of Popular Orchestral Music
Subtitle: A Biographical and Discographical Sourcebook
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: January 30, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780313302602
Subjects: Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies; Biography: film, television & music; Composers & musicians; Light orchestral, dance & big band music; Orchestras; Instrumental Ensembles And Their Music; Music; Music/Songbooks; Discography & Buyer's Guides; General; Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal; Music / Popular; Bio-bibliography; Composers; Discography; Orchestral music; Popular Music
First sentence: ADDINSELL, RICHARD (13 January 1904-14 November 1977) Richard Addinsell was born in Oxford, England, and studied at the Royal College of Music, London.
Description: Worldwide in scope and covering the second half of the twentieth 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, theater, 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.