100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time
100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time
1st Edition
Published on 10. January 2009
362 pages
978-1-61530-056-3 (ISBN)
Description
Welcome to a veritable feast for readers' eyes, minds, and, by extension, ears. Filled with profiles of truly accomplished musicians across a broad spectrum of musical styles and genres, this volume includes such varied musical artists as Ludwig von Beethoven, Elvis Presley, and hip-hop artist Jay-Z.
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Content
- COVER
- TITLE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- GUIDO D'AREZZO
- JOSQUIN DES PREZ
- ANTONIO VIVALDI
- LIFE
- INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
- VOCAL MUSIC
- GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
- LIFE
- MUSIC
- JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
- EARLY YEARS
- THE ARNSTADT PERIOD
- THE MÜHLHAUSEN PERIOD
- THE WEIMAR PERIOD
- THE KÖTHEN PERIOD
- YEARS AT LEIPZIG
- SYMBOLISM
- INSTRUMENTAL WORKS
- LAST YEARS
- JOSEPH HAYDN
- EARLY YEARS
- ESTERHÁZY PATRONAGE
- ENGLISH PERIOD
- THE LATE ESTERHÁZY AND VIENNESE PERIOD
- WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
- EARLY LIFE AND WORKS
- THE ITALIAN TOURS
- EARLY MATURITY
- MANNHEIM AND PARIS
- SALZBURG AND MUNICH
- VIENNA: THE EARLY YEARS
- THE CENTRAL VIENNESE PERIOD
- FROM FIGARO TO DON GIOVANNI
- THE LAST TRAVELS
- THE LAST YEAR
- LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
- ONSET OF DEAFNESS AND ILL HEALTH
- THREE PERIODS OF WORK
- STRUCTURAL INNOVATIONS
- AN ENDURING MYSTERY
- FRANZ SCHUBERT
- EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
- MATURITY
- LAST YEARS
- FELIX MENDELSSOHN
- EARLY LIFE AND WORKS
- MARRIAGE AND MATURITY
- FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
- EARLY YEARS IN WARSAW AND VIENNA
- YEARS IN PARIS
- FRANZ LISZT
- YOUTH AND EARLY TRAINING
- YEARS WITH MARIE D'AGOULT
- COMPOSITIONS AT WEIMAR
- EIGHT YEARS IN ROME
- LAST YEARS
- RICHARD WAGNER
- EARLY LIFE
- EXILE
- RETURN FROM EXILE
- LAST YEARS IN BAYREUTH
- GIUSEPPE VERDI
- EARLY YEARS
- EARLY CAREER
- THE MIDDLE YEARS
- LATE YEARS
- JOHANNES BRAHMS
- THE YOUNG PIANIST AND MUSIC DIRECTOR
- MATURITY AND FAME
- FINAL YEARS
- AIMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
- SIR W. S. GILBERT AND SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
- PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
- EARLY YEARS
- MIDDLE YEARS
- YEARS OF FAME
- FINAL YEARS
- GIACOMO PUCCINI
- EARLY LIFE AND MARRIAGE
- MATURE WORK AND FAME
- GUSTAV MAHLER
- EARLY LIFE
- CAREER AS A CONDUCTOR
- MUSICAL WORKS: FIRST PERIOD
- MUSICAL WORKS: MIDDLE PERIOD
- MUSICAL WORKS: LAST PERIOD
- CLAUDE DEBUSSY
- EARLY PERIOD
- MIDDLE PERIOD
- LATE PERIOD
- EVOLUTION OF HIS WORK
- SERGEY RACHMANINOFF
- EARLY LIFE
- MAJOR CREATIVE ACTIVITY
- LATER YEARS
- W. C. HANDY
- ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
- EARLY LIFE
- FIRST MAJOR WORKS
- EVOLUTION FROM TONALITY
- CHARLES IVES
- BÉLA BARTÓK
- CAREER IN HUNGARY
- U.S. CAREER
- IGOR STRAVINSKY
- EARLY YEARS
- RUSSIAN PERIOD
- SHIFT TO NEOCLASSICISM
- LATER YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES
- LEADBELLY
- CARTER FAMILY
- SERGEY PROKOFIEV
- PREREVOLUTIONARY PERIOD
- FOREIGN PERIOD
- SOVIET PERIOD
- COLE PORTER
- JIMMIE RODGERS
- FLETCHER HENDERSON
- BESSIE SMITH
- GEORGE GERSHWIN
- EARLY CAREER AND INFLUENCES
- RHAPSODY IN BLUE
- POPULAR SONGS
- OTHER WORKS FOR ORCHESTRA
- PORGY AND BESS
- AFTERMATH
- DUKE ELLINGTON
- KURT WEILL
- AARON COPLAND
- LOUIS ARMSTRONG
- UMM KULTHUM
- COUNT BASIE
- DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH
- EARLY LIFE AND WORKS
- LATER LIFE AND WORKS
- BILL MONROE
- MAHALIA JACKSON
- ROBERT JOHNSON
- WOODY GUTHRIE
- JOHN CAGE
- MUDDY WATERS
- BILLIE HOLIDAY
- FRANK SINATRA
- THE BAND SINGER
- THE COLUMBIA YEARS
- THE ACTOR
- THE CAPITOL YEARS
- THE RAT PACK AND THE MOB
- THE REPRISE YEARS
- THE MATURE YEARS
- 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
- STARTING OUT
- COOL JAZZ AND MODAL JAZZ
- FREE JAZZ AND FUSION
- LEGACY
- 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
- GLOSSARY
- FOR FURTHER READING
- INDEX
- Back Cover
