Bibliographic Analysis of Percussion Literature (Studies in the History and Interpretation of Music)
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: September 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9780773466449
Subjects: Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies; Percussion instruments; Music; Reference; Bibliographies & Indexes; Bibliography; Analysis, appreciation; Percussion music
Description: "This volume surveys a broad spectrum, from Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms, through Ellington, Richard Rodgers, and the Beatles. It has more than a hundred essays annotating bibliographic entries concerning percussion, based on the author's experience as performer, teacher and writer. Broad subjects encompassed include opera, symphony orchestra, popular and jazz music, virtuosity and education, musicology and history, African-American history and women's history."--Jacket.