By Don A. Hennessee

The 1st variation (1975) used to be known as "...a precious reduction in finding biographical info on a particular female... musician..." through the tune Educator's magazine. greater than 4,000 entries have been integrated. This new two-volume variation is over 5 instances the scale of the unique ladies in track together with many new titles which have been released because the first editon that deal in particular with girls musicians, this variation elaborates at the increasing position of ladies music.Like the 1975 version, it serves as an index to the biographies of girls musicians of all sessions and nations, as present in a consultant choice of major tune, dictionaries, and encyclopedias. This replace additionally contains non-musical resources, akin to normal biographical units, in addition to references to obituaries from major newspapers and alternate guides, particularly the ny occasions , instances (London), and diversity. The designation 'musician' is taken into account commonly, encompassing such ancillary disciplines as tune therapists, folklorists, librettists, and so forth.

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293. Persian singer, composer, court musician. COHEN 1981, COHEN 1987. Afejan, Nadja. Varna, Bulgaria, May 3 1917- Bulgarian mezzo-soprano. KUTSCH 1987, SEEGER OPERN 2, SEEGER OPERN 3. Affabili, Barbara see Westenholz, Barbara Affeldt, Marjorie Jean see Ziprick, Marjorie Jean Afferni, Mary (May; marr. , England, May 2 1872English violinist. PRATT, SARTORI. Agabalian, Lidia Semyenovna. , Oct 7 1933- Soviet composer. COHEN 1987. Agabeg, Sarah Edith see Wynne, Sarah Edith Agasjewna, Sara see Doluchanowa, Sara Ágay [Agai], Karola (marr.

American singer, voice teacher, pianist. , Jun 15 1992, p. 71. Allen, Susan Elizabeth. Monrovia, CA, May 10 1951- American harpist, music educator. WWAMM 1983, WWAMM 1985. Allen, Suzanne P. -Jul 6 1964, San Francisco. American pianist. , Jul 15 1964, p. 53. Alligri, Marchesa d' see Roosevelt, Blanche Allik, Kristi. Toronto, 1952- Canadian composer, opera composer, electronic music composer. COHEN 1987. Allin, Hanna. Gentofte, Denmark, Sep 5 1916-Dec 11 1962, Copenhagen. Danish soprano. KUTSCH 1987.

COHEN 1981, COHEN 1987, LAURENCE=p. 64. Amara, Lucine (née Lucy Tockqui Armaganian) Hartford, CT, Mar 1 1927- Armenian-American soprano, voice teacher. BAKER 6, BAKER 7, BAKER 8, EWEN MUSIC*, EWEN NEW, GROVE 6, GROVE AMER, HAMILTON* =ill. p. 265 & 362, INT'L WHO'S 1990, INT'L WHO'S 1992, KESTING =p. 1554, KUTSCH 1969, KUTSCH 1982, KUTSCH 1987, ORREY, PAVLAKIS =p. 285, RICH, ROSENTHAL GREAT* =ill. p. 10, SANDVED* =ill. also p. 417, SEEGER OPERN 2, SEEGER OPERN 3, THOMPSON 9, THOMPSON 10, THOMPSON 11, WWAMM 1983, WWAMM 1985, WW ENTER.

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