Top 101 musicians
By: edited by Shalini Saxena
Series: People You Should Know
Publisher: Britanica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781622751228; 9781622751211
Subjects: Musicians; Biography; Dictionaries; Musical groups; MUSIC; Genres & Styles; Classical; Reference
Other titles: Top one hundred one musicians
Description: This biography introduces some of the most remarkable women, musicians, athletes, philosophers, artists, and world leaders of all time--individuals who are well worth knowing on a personal and professional level. This volume profiles 101 remarkable musicians representing a variety of backgrounds, styles, genres, and eras. All have overcome personal and professional challenges to produce some of the world's most enduring and influential pieces.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Adele; title: Louis Armstrong; title: Johann Sebastian Bach; title: Bela Bartok; title: Count Basie; title: The Beach Boys; title: The Beatles; title: The Bee Gees; title: Ludwig van Beethoven; title: Leonard Bernstein; title: Chuck Berry; title: Black Sabbath; title: David Bowie; title: Johannes Brahms; title: James Brown; title: John Cage; title: Maria Callas; title: Ray Charles; title: Clifton Chenier; title: Frederic Chopin; title: Eric Clapton; title: The Clash; title: Patsy Cline; title: Nat King Cole; title: Miles Davis; title: Claude Debussy; title: Placido Domingo; title: Bob Dylan; title: Duke Ellington; title: Eminem; title: Ella Fitzgerald; title: Aretha Franklin; title: George and Ira Gershwin; title: Gilbert and Sullivan; title: Philip Glass; title: Benny Goodman; title: Guido d'Arezzo; title: Woody Guthrie; title: George Frideric Handel; title: W.C. Handy; title: Joseph Haydn; title: Fletcher Henderson; title: Jimi Hendrix; title: Billie Holiday; title: Buddy Holly; title: Charles Ives; title: Mahalia Jackson; title: Michael Jackson; title: Jay-Z; title: Robert Johnson; title: Josquin des Prez; title: B.B. King; title: Umm Kulthum; title: Leadbelly; title: Led Zeppelin; title: Franz Liszt; title: Little Richard; title: Madonna; title: Gustav Mahler; title: Bob Marley; title: Felix Mendelssohn; title: Joni Mitchell; title: Bill Monroe; title: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; title: Muddy Waters; title: Nirvana; title: Charlie Parker; title: Parliament-Funkadelic; title: Luciano Pavarotti; title: Edith Piaf; title: Cole Porter; title: Elvis Presley; title: Prince; title: Public Enemy; title: Giacomo Puccini; title: Tito Puente; title: Radiohead; title: Jimmie Rodgers; title: The Rolling Stones; title: Arnold Schoenberg; title: Franz Schubert; title: Pete Seeger; title: The Sex Pistols; title: Ravi Shankar; title: Dmitri Shostakovich; title: Simon and Garfunkel; title: Frank Sinatra; title: Bessie Smith; title: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles; title: Bruce Springsteen; title: Igor Stravinsky; title: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; title: U2; title: Giuseppe Verdi; title: Antonio Vivaldi; title: Richard Wagner; title: Kanye West; title: White Stripes; title: The Who; title: Hank Williams; title: Stevie Wonder.