Vocal Studies

About 5,500 entries arranged alphabetically and covering people, organizations, musical instruments and styles, compositions, and terminology covering genres, performance terms, styles and periods. Contains time lines for key composers as well as about 250 illustrations, mostly B&W.

More than 15,000 entries, mostly biographical, covering performers from many genres and countries (though predominately from the U.S. and U.K.), industry personalities, instruments, musicals and movies, and events. Discographies and bibliographies close each entry. Essays range from several pages to a couple of paragraphs.

Presents information about texts, composition dates (when known), and publication for art songs by 125 Western composers. International in scope and meticulous in detail. Entries are arranged alphabetically.

Bringing together information on the most musically diverse nation in the world, The New Grove Dictionary of American Music is a landmark in the documentation of musical and cultural history.

With more than 20 years in this business, interacting with many musicians both personally and professionally, Michael A. Aczon shares the many lessons he's learned and takes you on a journey to a better legal understanding of the entertainment industry and your music career.

Carol Kimball's comprehensive survey of art song literature has been the principal one-volume American source on the topic. Now back in print after an absence of several years, this newly revised edition includes biographies and discussions of the work of 150 composers of various nationalities, as well as articles on styles of various schools of composition.