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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Roderick L. Sharpe , Jeanne Koekkoek StiermanPublisher: Scarecrow Press Imprint: Scarecrow Press Dimensions: Width: 16.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.739kg ISBN: 9780810860223ISBN 10: 0810860228 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 30 May 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book...addresses a gap in current conductor biographies.... This book serves not only as an update and expansion of other studies...but as a vital source of concise yet detailed essays concerning some of today's most influential musicians.... Well-rounded.... Reader-friendly.... Maestros in America is an admirable, practical, and relatively comprehensive reference work.... This collection then, should serve not only as a valuable biographical resource, but also as a catalyst for further study.--Michael Mauskapf Notes, March 2009 Maestros in America is a welcome source on current conductors. American Reference Books Annual This book...addresses a gap in current conductor biographies... This book serves not only as an update and expansion of other studies...but as a vital source of concise yet detailed essays concerning some of today's most influential musicians... Well-rounded... Reader-friendly... Maestros in America is an admirable, practical, and relatively comprehensive reference work... This collection then, should serve not only as a valuable biographical resource, but also as a catalyst for further study. -- Michael Mauskapf Notes: The Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, March 2009 A very useful reference book... The writing and usage are good (and that is unusual these days!). American Record Guide, May/June 2009 Maestros in America is a welcome source on current conductors. * American Reference Books Annual * This book...addresses a gap in current conductor biographies.... This book serves not only as an update and expansion of other studies...but as a vital source of concise yet detailed essays concerning some of today's most influential musicians.... Well-rounded.... Reader-friendly.... Maestros in America is an admirable, practical, and relatively comprehensive reference work.... This collection then, should serve not only as a valuable biographical resource, but also as a catalyst for further study. -- Michael Mauskapf * Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, March 2009 * A very useful reference book.... The writing and usage are good (and that is unusual these days!). * American Record Guide, May/June 2009 * Author InformationRoderick L. Sharpe and Jeanne Koekkoek Stierman are the music and reference librarians respectively at Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL. They are co-authors (with John P. Stierman and Kathleen E. Joswick) of Professional Ethics & Insignia, 2nd Edition (Scarecrow Press, 2000). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |