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A unique, comprehensive guide to Danish music, this book furnishes an extensive annotated bibliography and a directory of all organizations, institutions, and facilities in the world pertaining to 20th century Danish music. The bibliography includes printed media of composers, music, music theories, musical developments, and general musical life in Denmark in the 20th century with an emphasis on the post-Nielsen era (1931-present). This valuable reference tool encompasses books, reference sources, bibliographies, catalogs, discographies, journals, periodicals and articles in all languages, as well as rare and out-of-print editions of historical significance. The research directory is an annotated register of all organizations connected with Danish concert music, such as information services, research facilities, music organizations, and professional associations. An up-to-date directory and bibliography, this resource on Danish music is an invaluable tool benefitting musicology, ethnomusicology, and Scandinavian studies scholars and professionals as well as musicians and students interested in Danish music. In addition to the resource information provided, the text includes an overview of Danish music and historical background on influential figures and musical developments.

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?McLoskey's bibliography should have a given place in major music libraries, where it may help music students and musicologists to search out more about Denmark's remarkable achievement.?-Scandinavian Studies ?This annotated bibliography is an omnium gatherium of all things musically Danish. Not only does it contain music, music theories, and developments in Danish music, including discographies, journals, and articles covering in-print and out-of-print materials, but it also offers a users directory to all Danish musical facilities, institutions, and organizations that relate to twentieth-century Danish music. Reference tools also abound herein, as do catalogs....This slender volume packs a punch, and any library interested in music will want to have it. Scandinavian music scholars will find much delight in this tool for courses in musicology and ethnomusicology. Professional musicians will find much to recommend in this tool because many sources are hard to find.?-ARBA ?Unlike other volumes which are merely historical surveys or include Danish music as only a minor part of Scandinavia music, this annotated bibliography lists sources pertaining to music, composers, and musical life since 1900 in both Denmark and the Faroe Islands....A valuable resource for both students and performers.?-Choice McLoskey's bibliography should have a given place in major music libraries, where it may help music students and musicologists to search out more about Denmark's remarkable achievement. -Scandinavian Studies Unlike other volumes which are merely historical surveys or include Danish music as only a minor part of Scandinavia music, this annotated bibliography lists sources pertaining to music, composers, and musical life since 1900 in both Denmark and the Faroe Islands....A valuable resource for both students and performers. -Choice This annotated bibliography is an omnium gatherium of all things musically Danish. Not only does it contain music, music theories, and developments in Danish music, including discographies, journals, and articles covering in-print and out-of-print materials, but it also offers a users directory to all Danish musical facilities, institutions, and organizations that relate to twentieth-century Danish music. Reference tools also abound herein, as do catalogs....This slender volume packs a punch, and any library interested in music will want to have it. Scandinavian music scholars will find much delight in this tool for courses in musicology and ethnomusicology. Professional musicians will find much to recommend in this tool because many sources are hard to find. -ARBA

?This annotated bibliography is an omnium gatherium of all things musically Danish. Not only does it contain music, music theories, and developments in Danish music, including discographies, journals, and articles covering in-print and out-of-print materials, but it also offers a users directory to all Danish musical facilities, institutions, and organizations that relate to twentieth-century Danish music. Reference tools also abound herein, as do catalogs....This slender volume packs a punch, and any library interested in music will want to have it. Scandinavian music scholars will find much delight in this tool for courses in musicology and ethnomusicology. Professional musicians will find much to recommend in this tool because many sources are hard to find.?-ARBA

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LANSING D. MCLOSKEY is a Ph.D. candidate with the Harvard University Department of Music. He holds degrees in music composition from the University of Southern California School of Music and the University of California, Santa Barbara. A lecturer and recognized authority on Danish Music, he is the recipient of several national and international awards.

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