Music and Musicians

This Reader's Guide to music and musicians by celebrated music critic and historian Alec Robertson was first published in 1956.

Alec Robertson (Author)

9781107622234, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 August 2013

32 pages
19.8 x 12.9 x 0.2 cm, 0.04 kg

The National Book League was a precursor to the current Booktrust, and was set up in 1924 by the Society of Bookmen in order to promote reading, particularly among the young. To that end, the NBL issued Reader's Guides on a variety of subjects, each written by an author with expertise in that field and containing an annotated bibliography of recommended titles on the subject. Celebrated music critic and historian Alec Robertson wrote this Reader's Guide published in 1956. His bibliography is broken down by musical genre, and contains biographies of a great range of composers from a variety of periods.

Introduction
Reading List: 1. Dictionaries of music
2. History
3. Opera
4. Orchestra
5. Chamber music
6. Songs
7. Piano
8. Jazz
9. Gramophone records
10. Church music
11. English madrigals
12. Analytical guides
13. Composers
14. Autobiographies
15. Biographies
16. Essays
Index of authors.

Subject Areas: General & world history [HBG]