Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
by Eric Salzman
Period: Early 20th
Century
Born: Saturday, November 22, 1913 in Lowestoft,
England
Died: Saturday, December 4, 1976 in Aldeburgh,
England
Nation of Origin: United Kingdom
Major Works:
Operas: Peter Grimes
The Rape of Lucretia
Death in Venice
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell (known as The
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra)
Other Information:
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900,
Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
Links to essays at other sites:
Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction by Eric Salzman |
Please note: These links will open in a new window.
Biographical essay from the Grove Concise Dictionary of
Music
Biographical essay at the Karadar site
If the Karadar link does not work, try searching karadar.com
directly.
Biographical essay at the Naxos site
If this link does not work, try searching naxos.com directly.
 CDs |
 Books |
 Sheet Music |
| Support this free site with your purchases. | ||