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The Book of World Famous Music
Classical, Popular, and Folk
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By James J. Fuld
718 pages 5-3/8" x 8-1/2" Paperback
Copyright 1995
Dover Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 048628445X
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The Book of World-Famous Music traces nearly 1000 of the world's best
known tunes back to their original sources. Each entry includes the first
few bars and lyrics of the music, enough for any music reader to confidently
identify the tune. Authors, publish date, publisher, and a description of
the song and its history are included in each from half to full page song
description.
A tremendous range of music receives the author's keen attention.
Compositions as diverse as We Shall Overcome, Haydn's "Surprise"
Symphony, Silent Night, the Whiffenpoof Song, and The Beatles'
Michelle are discussed. This standard reference work is an
unparalleled key to best-known classical, popular, and folk music and their
place in music history. Recently revised and expanded, the book deserves a
place in everyone's music library.
Full music or lyrics are not included for any song--only the first four
to seven bars. While not all songs in this book are in the public domain,
detailed dates, authors and other information are included so that the reader
can easily determine the PD status of each entry. This book is an
excellent modest priced song reference for public domain and other music
research.
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