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A; Addinsell, Richard; Addison, John; Alwyn, William; Ambrose; Anderson, Leroy; Applewaite, Stanley; Arlen, Harold; Arlt, Hans-Georg; Arnold, Malcolm; B; Bacharach, Burt; Barber, Frank; Barclay, Eddie; Barker, Warren; Barry, John; Bass, Sid; Baxter, Les; Benjamin, Arthur; Bennett, Robert Russell; Berlin, Irving (born Israel Baline); Bernstein, Elmer; Bernstein, Leonard; Binge, Ronald; Black, Stanley; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Bloch, Ray; Bonfa, Luis; Bonneau, Paul; Boston Pops Orchestra; Brodsky, Nicholas; Brown, Nacio Herb; Burt, John E.; C; Camarata, (Tutti) Salvatore; Caravelli; Carmichael, Hoagy; Carste, Hans; Cesana, Otto; Chacksfield, Frank; Chaille, Pierre; Chaplin, Charlie; Chappell Mood Music Library; Clebanoff, Herman; Cleber, Jos; Coates, Eric; Collins, Anthony; Collins, Michael; Conniff, Ray; Conti, Bill; Copland, Aaron; Cordell, Frank; Courage, Alexander; Coward, Noël; D; Dale, Syd; D'Artega; Davis, Carl; De Los Rios, Waldo; De Vol, Frank; Dexter, Harry; Docker, Robert; Douglas, Johnny; Dragon, Carmen; Duncan, Trevor; Duning, George; E; Easdale, Brian; Ellington, Duke; Elliott, Jack; Ellis, Ray; Ellis, Vivian; F; Fagan, Gideon; Fahey, Brian; Faith, Percy; Farnon, Robert; Farran, Merrick; Fennell, Frederick; Fenton, George; Fiedler, Arthur; Fox, John; Frankel, Benjamin; Friedhofer, Hugo; Friml, Rudolf; G; Geraldo (born Gerald Bright); Gershenson, Joseph; Gershwin, George; Gibbs, Armstrong; Gleason, Jackie; Gold, Ernest; Gold, Marty; Goldsmith, Jerry; Goodman, Al; Goodwin, Ron; Gould, Morton; Grainer, Ron; Gray, Allan; Greeley, George; Green, John; Green, Philip; Greenwood, John; Gregory, Johnny; Grusin, Dave; H; Halletz, Erwin; Hayman, Richard; Hefti, Neal; Henderson, Skitch; Hendricks, Belford; Herbert, Victor; Herman, Harry; Herrmann, Bernard; Hill-Bowen, William; Hollywood Bowl Orchestra; Holmes, Leroy; I; Inglez, Roberto; Irving, Ernest; J; Jarre, Maurice; Jenkins, Gordon; Jobim, Antonio Carlos; Johnson, Laurie; K; Kaempfert, Bert; Kaper, Bronislau; Kelly, Monty; Kern, Jerome; Kiessling, Heinz; Kilby, Reginald; King, C. Dudley (Pete); Knightsbridge Strings; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Kostelanetz, Andre; Kunzel, Erich; L; Lefevre, Raymond; Legrand, Michel; Levy, Louis; Leyden, Norman; Liter, Monia; Loesser, Frank; Loewe, Frederick; Longines Symphonette; Love, Geoff/Manuel and His Music of the Mountains; Lubbock, Mark; Luypaerts, Guy; M; Mancini, Henry; Mandel, Johnny; Mantovani, Annunzio Paolo; Martin, Ray; Mathieson, Muir; Mauceri, John; Mauriat, Paul; Maxin, Ernest; Mchugh, Jimmy; Melachrino, George; Montenegro, Hugo; Moods Orchestral; Mooney, Hal; Morgan, Russ; Moross, Jerome; Morricone, Ennio; Muller, Werner; N; Nash, Ted; Nevins, Al; Newman, Alfred; North, Alex; Novello, Ivor; O; Ogerman, Claus; Olivieri, Dino; 101 Strings; Ormandy, Eugene; Ornadel, Cyril; Osborne, Tony; Osser, Glenn; Owen, Reg; P; Paramor, Norrie; Parker, Clifton; Perkins, Frank; Phillips, Donald; Pleis, Jack; Poliakin, Raoul; Porter, Cole; Posford, George; Pourcel, Franck; Previn, André; R; Raksin, David; Ram, Buck; Reader's Digest; Reed, Les; Rehbein, Herbert; René, Henri; Richardson, Clive; Riddle, Nelson; Rodgers, Richard; Roger, Roger; Romberg, Sigmund; Rose, David; Rota, Nino; Rozsa, Miklos; S; Savina, Carlo; Savino, Domenico; Schwartz, Arthur; Scott, Raymond; Scott, Rollo; Shaindlin, Jack; Sharples, Bob; Silvester, Victor Marlborough; Slatkin, Felix; Slatkin, Leonard (Edward); Spoliansky, Mischa; Stapleton, Cyril; Steiner, Max; Stoloff, Morris; Stordahl, Axel; Stott, Wally/Angela Morley; T; Tautz, Werner; Terry, David; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Tiomkin, Dimitri; Tomlinson, Ernest; Torch, Sidney; Toye, Geoffrey; Trotter, John Scott; V; Van Der Linden, Dolf; Van Heusen, James (Jimmy); Vardi, Emanuel; Vaughn, Billy; Vintner, Gilbert; W; Warren, Harry; Waxman, Franz; Weill, Kurt; Weston, Paul; White, Edward (Teddy); Wilder, Alec; Williams, Charles; Williams, John; Wilson, Stanley; Winterhalter, Hugo; Wood, Haydn; Y; Yorke, Peter; Youmans, Vincent; Young, Victor; Z; Zacharias, Helmut
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Naomi Musiker, Reuben Musiker
Summary
World-wide in scope and focusing on the second half of the 20th century, this work provides biographies and discographies of some 500 composers and conductors of light and popular orchestral music, including film, show, theatre and mood music.
