REFERENCE WORK

Musicians Since 1900: Performers in Concert and Opera, compiled and edited by David Ewan. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1978. This reference work replaces Living Musicians (1940) and Living Musicians: First Supplement (1957), with biographies of "about 432 of the most distinguished" musicians, singers, and conductors.

People in this reference: 181 Those presently living: 39 Those deceased: 142     White: 164 Black: 7 Hispanic: 5 Multiracial: 3 Asian/Indian: 1 Asian: 1     United States: 89 Germany: 12 Italy: 12 France: 11 Austria: 11 England: 9 Spain: 5 Russia: 4 Switzerland: 3 Sweden: 2 Netherlands: 2 Israel: 2 Hungary: 2 Ireland: 2 Poland: 2 Australia: 2 Canada: 2 Scotland: 1 Japan: 1 Romania: 1 (others): 6

Claudio Abbado       Licia Albanese       Frances Alda       Paul Althouse       Lucine Amara       Pasquale Amato       Marian Anderson       Ernest Ansermet       Claudio Arrau       Martina Arroyo       Vladimir Ashkenazy       Janet Baker       Rose Bampton       John Barbirolli       Daniel Barenboim             ·             · (151 names omitted for brevity)             ·             ·       Lionel Tertis       Michael Tilson Thomas       Arturo Toscanini       Helen Traubel       Gabriella Tucci       Richard Tucker       Astrid Varnay       Shirley Verrett       Frederica von Stade       Alfred Wallenstein       Bruno Walter       Leonard Warren       André Watts       Felix Weingartner       Efrem Zimbalist

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