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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must Have Biography Set
Plain and simple this set contains the most up to date biographies and is crammed full of great photographs to boot! Very informative with good bibliographic referencing all at a low price (especially for 17 volumes).
Published on February 18, 1999
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting, needs more proofreading
I enjoyed sitting and browsing through these volumes. However, when reading about people I already knew much about, I found far more errors than one would normally expect in a published work. E.g., In classical music, they have the number of Symphonies, Quartets, and Cello Concertos written by Shostakovich wrong; they have the number of Hanson's Romantic Symphony wrong,...
Published on April 26, 2001 by Edward R. Oswalt
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting, needs more proofreading,
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This review is from: Encyclopedia of World Biography (Hardcover)
I enjoyed sitting and browsing through these volumes. However, when reading about people I already knew much about, I found far more errors than one would normally expect in a published work. E.g., In classical music, they have the number of Symphonies, Quartets, and Cello Concertos written by Shostakovich wrong; they have the number of Hanson's Romantic Symphony wrong, and they imply Tchaikovsky wrote only one Piano Concerto. There are also people I think should be included but are not: Alan Hovhaness, Nicholas Roerich.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must Have Biography Set,
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This review is from: Encyclopedia of World Biography (Hardcover)
Plain and simple this set contains the most up to date biographies and is crammed full of great photographs to boot! Very informative with good bibliographic referencing all at a low price (especially for 17 volumes).
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Encyclopedia of World Biography by Paula K. Byers (Hardcover - December 2, 1997)
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