Popular Singers of the Twentieth Century: A Bibliography of Biographical Materials

by Robert H. Cowden

Overview

This guide to the biographical literature available on popular 20th-century singers covers nearly 1000 artists. Much of the literature cited is also cross-referenced to major biographical dictionaries, encyclopedias, and relevant periodicals. Entries not only list known publications associated with popular singers but also incorporate elements of analytical and descriptive bibliography. The artists included in this volume increasingly cross musical boundaries. The popular singer category, therefore, encompasses Broadway, Hollywood, cabaret, and operetta performers as well as recording artists.

Scholars of popular music and popular music enthusiasts will appreciate the extensive research this work embodies. Divided among three sections, citations are arranged alphabetically and include information about literature published through 1997. An appendix of additional artists and an index complete the volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313293337
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/30/1999
Series:	Music Reference Collection , #78
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.12(d)

About the Author

ROBERT H. COWDEN is founding Chair of the Music Program for the California State Summer School for the Arts and Professor of Music at San Jose State University. His recent books include Classical Singers of the Opera and Recital Stages: A Bibliography of Biographical Materials (Greenwood, 1994), Opera Companies of the World: Selected Profiles (Greenwood, 1992), Instrumental Virtuosi: A Bibliography of Biographical Materials (Greenwood, 1989), and Concert and Opera Conductors: A Bibliography of Biographical Materials (Greenwood, 1987).

Table of Contents

Introduction
Bibliographical Abbreviations
Books on Singers
Related Books
Individual Singers, A-Z
Appendix
Index

Editorial Reviews

Cowden (music, San Jose State U., California) cites all the known autobiographies and biographies of the 971 he lists, and cross- references to major biographical dictionaries, encyclopedias, and relevant periodicals. He also includes considerable information about the works as physical objects. The first section contains books on several singers or in which several singers are discussed; the second contains related books; the third and by far largest lists works by the singer's name and includes nationality, genre, birth date and place, death date and place if relevant, and other names if any as well of course as the citations, which include references to works in the first two sections. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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