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Title

The 100 most influential musicians of all time / edited by Gini Gorlinski.

Publication

New York : Britannica Educational Pub., 2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gorlinski, Gini.
• Britannica Educational Publishing.

Description

361 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Chronologically arranged entries profile one hundred of the world's most influential musicians from medieval times through the twentieth century.

Series Statement

Britannica guide to the world's most influential people

Uniform Title

Britannica guide to the world's most influential people.

Alternative Title

• One hundred most influential musicians of all time
• Hundred most influential musicians of all time

Subjects

• Musicians > Biography
• Musicians > Encyclopedias

Note

• Published in association with Rosen Educational Services.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-350) and index.

Contents

Guido d'Arezzo -- Josquin des Prez -- Antonio Vivaldi -- George Frideric Handel -- Johann Sebastian Bach -- Joseph Haydn -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- Franz Schubert -- Felix Medelssohn -- Frédéric Chopin -- Franz Liszt -- Richard Wagner -- Giuseppe Verdi -- Johannes Brahms -- Sir W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan -- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky -- Giacomo Puccini -- Gustav Mahler -- Claude Debussy -- Sergey Rachmaninoff -- W.C. Handy -- Arnold Schoenberg -- Charles Ives -- Béla Bartók -- Igor Stravinsky -- Leadbelly -- Carter Family -- Sergey Prokofiev -- Cole Porter -- Jimmie Rodgers -- Fletcher Henderson -- Bessie Smith -- George Gershwin -- Duke Ellington -- Kurt Weill -- Aaron Copland -- Louis Armstrong -- Umm Kulthūm -- Count Basie -- Dmitry Shostakovich -- Bill Monroe -- Mahalia Jackson -- Robert Johnson -- Woody Guthrie -- John Cage -- Muddy Waters -- Billie Holiday -- Frank Sinatra -- Edith Piaf -- Nat King Cole -- Ella Fitzgerald -- Leonard Bernstein -- Pete Seeger -- Ravi Shankar -- Charlie Parker -- Tito Puente -- Hank Williams -- Maria Callas -- Clifton Chenier -- B.B. King -- Miles Davis -- Chuck Berry -- Antonio Carlos Jobim -- Ray Charles -- Patsy Cline -- James Brown -- Elvis Presley -- Luciano Pavarotti -- Buddy Holly -- The Rolling Stones -- Philip Glass -- Smokey Robinson and the Miracles -- Parliament-Funkadelic -- The Beatles -- Joan Baez -- Plácido Domingo -- The Beach Boys -- Bob Dylan -- Aretha Franklin -- Jimi Hendrix -- Joni Mitchell -- Led Zeppelin -- The Who -- Bob Marley -- Eric Clapton -- King Sunny Ade -- David Bowie -- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan -- Bruce Springsteen -- Stevie Wonder -- The Sex Pistols -- Prince -- Madonna -- Michael Jackson -- Public Enemy -- U2 -- Nirvana -- Radiohead -- Jay-Z.

Call Number

JME 11-349

ISBN

• 9781615300068
• 1615300066

LCCN

2009029076

OCLC

426066227

Title

The 100 most influential musicians of all time / edited by Gini Gorlinski.

Imprint

New York : Britannica Educational Pub., 2010.

Edition

1st ed.

Series

Britannica guide to the world's most influential people

Britannica guide to the world's most influential people.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-350) and index.

Added Author

Gorlinski, Gini. Editor

Britannica Educational Publishing.

Research Call Number

JME 11-349