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The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music

Title
The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music / edited by Colin Larkin.
Publication
Enfield, Middlesex, England : Guinness Pub. ; Chester, CT : New England Pub. Associates, 1992.

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vol.4TextUse in library ML102.P66 G8 1992 vol.4Off-site

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Additional Authors
Larkin, Colin
Found In
OKS Print
Description
4 volumes (3295 pages); 26 cm
Summary
"This reference work in four volumes covers all forms of popular music from 1900 to 1992, listing every artiste, band, genre, group and musical style in an A-Z format, beginning with ABBA and ending with ZZ Top. The four volume set - compiled with contributions from more than 40 writers and musicologists - contains approximately 10,000 entries, varying in size from 150 to 3,000 words."--Abebooks.com viewed Nov. 4, 2022.
Alternative Title
Encyclopedia of popular music
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Popular music
  • Encyclopedias
  • Popular music.
  • Musique populaire.
Note
  • "First published in 1992 by Guinness Publishing Ltd."--Verso t.p.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references, discographies, and indexes.
Contents
v. 1. AACM to Fargo, Donna -- v. 2. Farian, Frank to Menza, Don -- v. 3. Mercer, Johnny-Tillman, Floyd -- v. 4. Tillotson, Johnny to Z.Z. Top.
ISBN
  • 0851129390
  • 9780851129396
  • 1882267001
  • 9781882267002
  • 1882267044
  • 9781882267040
  • 1882267028
  • 9781882267026
  • 1882267036
  • 9781882267033
  • 188226701X
  • 9781882267019
LCCN
92033209
OCLC
  • ocm26634496
  • 26634496
  • SCSB-2022942
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library