This reference work is certainly a valuable addition to the study of Russia and its music... The dictionary is, of course, a must for academic and large public libraries or any library where research is done. Reference Quarterly
Preface The Dictionary Appendix I: A Supplemental List of Composers Appendix II: Discography Index
Allan B. Ho is currently an associate professor at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. He received a PhD from the University of Kentucky and is a specialist in the concerto repertory and nineteenth-century music. He has contributed articles to the New Grove Dictionary of American Music (1986) and to several music journals. Dmitry Feofanov, who received his musical education at the Moscow Conservatory, is a concert pianist and teacher. Feofanov has edited two collections of music Rare Masterpieces of Russian Piano Music, 1984, Russian Piano Music, 1988 and has contributed articles to several music journals.
Editors Ho and Feofanov are both extensively published
musicologists, and Feofanov is also a noted pianist, with 31
additional contributors, all listed with credentials, they have
produced a scholarly and extensive Russian/Soviet composers
biographical dictionary. The work consists of introductory
materials including lists of abbreviations (general and
bibliographical) and introduction; the alphabetically arranged
dictionary; a supplementary list of composers including names and
dates with brief discographies and bibliographies; a discography
with label names and numbers; an index listing all composers with
page numbers; and editor and contributor information. This
dictionary features entries for more than 2,000 composers, with
worklists, bibliographies, discographies, and comments on style in
addition to the biographical information. Russian/Soviet composers
in this work include anyone born in Russia and its provinces or in
the USSR and its republics. This then includes emigres such as
Irving Berlin and others not normally associated with Russia or the
Soviet Union. Entry length varies according to importance of
composer. More than half of the composers are not listed in any
English-language reference sources. The introductory material is
extremely helpful in understanding the content and scope of the
work plus transliteration and date problems; reading it is
necessary for maximum dictionary utilization. A vast network of
cross-references and abbreviations complicates use, but not unduly.
An extremely rich and excellent reference tool for historians and
scholars.
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[T]his is a necessary source for any library with a music reference
collection. Responsibly edited, it includes information of use to
scholars (particularly the longer entries) and to general readers
seeking ready reference or introductory information.
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[T]his reference work is certainly a valuable addition to the study
of Russia and its music. . . . The dictionary is, of course, a must
for academic and large public libraries or any library where
research is done.
*Reference Quarterly*
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