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Musical AKAs
Jeanette Marie Drone
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Description for Musical AKAs
Hardback. Musical AKAs is an index to more than 15,000 assumed names and sobriquets of approximately 9,800 composers, songwriters, lyricists, librettists, hymnists and writers on music. The term "assumed names" includes legal name changes, pseudonyms, pen names, and nicknames. Num Pages: 544 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 228 x 46. Weight in Grams: 2079.
There are many reasons for musical artists to write or compose under an assumed name: be it hiding or drawing attention to their ethnicity or gender, pursuing an additional career or genre, or writing a parody or humorous music. Often, nicknames are assigned to composers and lyricists, whether they want them or not. Whatever the reasons for these artists to use assumed names instead of or in addition to their own, this comprehensive resource has amassed and cataloged them. Musical AKAs is a wide-ranging index of assumed names and sobriquets of approximately 9,800 composers, songwriters, lyricists, librettists, hymnists, and writers ... Read more
There are many reasons for musical artists to write or compose under an assumed name: be it hiding or drawing attention to their ethnicity or gender, pursuing an additional career or genre, or writing a parody or humorous music. Often, nicknames are assigned to composers and lyricists, whether they want them or not. Whatever the reasons for these artists to use assumed names instead of or in addition to their own, this comprehensive resource has amassed and cataloged them. Musical AKAs is a wide-ranging index of assumed names and sobriquets of approximately 9,800 composers, songwriters, lyricists, librettists, hymnists, and writers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810857391
SKU
V9780810857391
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Ref
99-15
About Jeanette Marie Drone
Jeanette Marie Drone is the author of Musical Theater Synopses: An Index (Scarecrow Press, 1998) and Index to Opera, Operetta and Musical Comedy Synopses in Collections and Periodicals (Scarecrow Press, 1978).
Reviews for Musical AKAs
This catalog lists about 15,500 assumed names of 9,800 composers, lyricists, librettists, and writers on music. Drawing from many music and other reference texts, websites, and online copyright sources, Drone lists these sources, followed by the bulk of the book: an alphabetical listing of original names of individuals and their aliases, source consulted, dates, occupation, and notes. This is followed ... Read more