A perfect gift for an admirer of classical music, this indispensable volume condenses seven hundred years of classic music history and covers periods from Baroque to Contemporary, in an easy-to-use format.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a great reference book. There is NOTHING like it.,
This review is from: Dictionary of Composers and Their Music (Hardcover)
Yes, the selections are incomplete - but how much can one include in such a book. The truly comprehensive book would cover many more volumes. The exclusion of Arvo Part is sad but I hope Mr. Gilder will listen to his readers and think about this.I have used this book for 20 years since it's earliest edition. I have found NO OTHER BOOK like this with Cross-referencing of Dates to Composers names. I know this book will only improve with each edition. The first edition was barely more than 400 pages. Mr. Gilder has added a lot more since. He deserves DUE CREDIT for having amassed such a wonderful book. Thank you, Mr. Gilder,,,for years and years of pleasure and learning. Enrique Sanchez Miami, FL
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Useful reference work but somewhat incomplete and biassed,
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This review is from: Dictionary of Composers and Their Music (Hardcover)
This is a useful reference work, specially because of the three formats of listings, however I find it somewhat biassed in the sense that it makes a very complete listing of the works of some unknown composers while making a very suscint description of the work of more important ones, or even ignoring them. For example, there is no mention to Mr. Arvo Part(Contemporary) or Jean-Fery Rebel (barroque). There is a brief mention to Muzio Clementi or Giusepe Torelli while there is a somewhat complete listing of the works of Francesco Cilea. Very respectfully I think Mr. Part and Mr Rebel are at least as well known as Mr. Cilea and even as Mr. Eric Gilder, the author, who also appears fully reviewed. This is a useful reference work, specially because of the three formats of listings, however I find it somewhat biassed in the sense that it makes a very complete listing of the works of some unknown composers while making a very suscint description of the work of more important ones, or even ignoring them. For example, there is no mention to Mr. Arvo Part(Contemporary) or Jean-Fery Rebel (barroque). There is a brief mention to Muzio Clementi or Giusepe Torelli while there is a somewhat complete listing of the works of Francesco Cilea. Very respectfully I think Mr. Part and Mr Rebel are at least as well known as Mr. Cilea and even as Mr. Eric Gilder, the author, who also appears fully reviewed.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Biassed and no clear criteria for coverage of composers,
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This review is from: Dictionary of Composers and Their Music (Hardcover)
It is not only the exclusion of composers but the fact that there is no indication of the criteria used for including or excluding them or for the depth of coverage given. There is no way to infer why are ,for example , Don Gillis or the author himself given more than twice the coverage given to Mauro Giuliani, just to mention something that can be found from page 143 to 146. There are plenty of examples like this. There are 8 works by Mr Gilder, and less than a dozen works by George Philippe Teleman, none by Tartini, Giusepe Torelli or Johann Pachelbel...! I really felt disappointed with the recomendation of this book.
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