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      This page lists Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians or similarly entitled Music Reference Books published 1990 to date which are in my collection "{A}" and other editions I know about. These books were initially authored by Theodore Baker (1851-1934) (Wikipedia) and Nicolas Slonimsky (1894-1995) (Wikipedia).

      New pages split off from my original Bibliography page

1. #vb - Baker, Theodore   {A} - cover scans
         "A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 1st ed. (reprint)"
         New York, NY: G. Schirmer, with [300] portraits from drawing in pen and ink by Alex Griubayedoff
         1900, 653 p., 2008 Reprint ISBN: 1-4437-2847-0, ISBN-13: 978-1-4437-2847-8, no LC, UPC: 9-781443-728478
         A complete scan of this Public Domain book is available at: archive.org
       Other reprints:
       2009 Reprint ISBN: 1-112-44072-0, ISBN-13: 978-1-112-44072-4, no LC, UPC: ?
       2015 Reprint ISBN: 1-298-52104-1, ISBN-13: 978-1-298-52104-0, no LC, UPC: ?

2. Baker, Theodore   {B}
         "A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 2nd ed."
         New York, NY: G. Schirmer, with [300] portraits from drawing in pen and ink by Alex Griubayedoff
         1905, 703 p., ASIN: B003TMHGV2, no LC, no UPC
         Per the International Music Score Library Project, IMSLP: "The main body of the second edition is identical to the first edition of 1900. An updated supplement of 54 pages appears at the end."
         A complete scan of this book is available at: archive.org

3. #vc - Remy, Alfred   {A} - cover scans
         "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Popular Edition" [3rd ed., "Revised and Enlarged"]
         New York, NY: G. Schirmer (Inc.), [Binding: olive cardstock wraps with black lettering]*
         1919, 1094 p., ASIN: hardcover* B000NXF216, no LC, no UPC:
         * I ordered a hardcover but the Amazon 3rd part seller sent me a paperback
   
4. #gr - Slonimsky, Nicolas (revised by).   {A}{E} - cover scans
         "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 6th ed."
         New York, NY: Schirmer Books
         1978, 1955 p., ISBN: 0-02-870240-9, ISBN-13: 978-0-02-870240-7, LC: 78-3205, no UPC
       R - 780.92 - B178 (.E)

5. #vh - Slonimsky, Nicolas   {A} - cover scans
         "The Concise Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Composers and Musicians"
         London / Sydbey / New York / Tokyo / Toronto: Simon Schuster
         1988, 1407 p., ISBN: 0-671-69896-6, ISBN-13: 978-0-671-69896-6, LC:?, UPC: ?

6. #cs - Slonimsky, Nicolas (revised by).   {A}{C}{F}{I} - cover scans
         "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 8th ed."
         New York, NY: Schirmer Books
         1992, 2115 p., ISBN: 0-02-872415-1, ISBN-13: 978-0-02-872415-7, LC: 91-24591, no UPC
       R - 780.92 - B168b (.C), R - 780.922 - Bak (.F), R - ML 105 - .B16 - 1992 (.I)

7. #kv - Slonimsky, Nicolas (1894-1995), Laura Kuhn (ed), & Dennis McIntire (Associate ed.)   {A}{C}{F}{U} - cover scans
         "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Classical Musicians"
         aka "Baker's Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians", which appears on the front cover and spine ("Twentieth" only appears on the title page)
         New York, NY: Schirmer Books, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Macmillan / London, Mexico City, New Delhi, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto: Prentice Hall International
         1997, 1595 p., ISBN: 0-02-871271-4, ISBN-13: 978-0-02-871271-0, LC: 96-6515, UPC: ?
       780.92 S634b (.C), 780.922 Slo (.F), ML 105.S612 (.U)
       (see also the Opera Bibliography)

8. Slonimsky, Nicolas (1894-1995), Richard Kassell   {B}
         "Baker's Dictionary of Music"
         city?: Schirmer
         1997, 1171 p., ISBN: 0-02-864791-2, ISBN-13: 978-0-02-864791-3, LC: 97-021923, UPC: ?

REFORMATING WORK IN PROGRESS FROM THE TEXT BELOW TO THE ABOVE SECTION
#vb, 1900, A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 1st ed. {A}

#vb - 1900, 1st ed. (reprint) {A}

1905, 2nd ed. {B}

#vc - 1919, 3rd ed. {A}
                                                                              

#??, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
     "Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged"
   1940, 1240 p.
   Although this book is not pre-1923 and it is not in the Public Domain,
   archive.org has installed a scan of the entire book at:
   http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicaldict00bake#page/n0/mode/2up
   The Preface notes a number of people paticipating in creating this edition,
   but no specific author's name appears of the title or copyright pages.  The
   Preface is just signed, "The Publishers" (G. Schirmer, Inc.).


#vd, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians {A}
   Completely Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky
   B000PAR6PC  58004953  5th
   1958 1855 p.
   A complete scan of this book, like the 4th ed. above, is available at:
   http://www.archive.org/stream/bakersbiographic1958bake#page/n0/mode/2up
      


#ve, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians: 1965 Supplement {A}
   New York, NY: G. Schirmer, Inc.,
   1965, 143 p.
   ISBN, LC & UPC: none, ASIN: B000JLD0GQ 
      


#vf, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Fifth Edition with 1971
Supplement
   Completely Revised by Ncholas Lonimsky {A}
   1958/1971, 1855 p., 1971, 262 p. (bound together in one volume, 2117 p.
total)
   New York, NY / London, U.K.: G. Schirmer
   ASIN: B0016CJCDM, the 2 different copyright pages have the following:
   0911320628  0-911320-62-8, 978-0-911320-62-6, 78-183534
   0-911320-63-6, 978-0-911320-63-3, 66-008001
      
      

#gr - 1978


#??, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 7th ed. {A}
   0028702700  84005595 
   1984, 2577 p.
   Hugues Panassié p. 1715

#vh - 1988


#vg, The Concise Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 7th ed. {A}
   0028724119  87032328
   1988, 1407 p.
      

#cs - 1992


#va, Slonimsky, Nicolas "Revised by" {A}
   The Concise Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 8th ed.
   New York, NY: Schirmer Books, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Macmillan
    / Prentice Hall International
   1993, 1155 p.
   002872416X  0-02-872416-X, 978-0-02-872416-4, 93-030229, 9-780028-724164
      


#vj, The Concise Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 8th ed. {A}
     1994
   

#vk, Slonimsky, Nicolas with Richard Kostelanetz, ed., Michael Stutzman, asst.
ed. {A}
   The Portable Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
   New York, NY: Schirmer Books, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Macmillan
    / Prentice Hall International
   1995, 291 p.
   0825693942  0-8256-9394-2, 978-0-8256-9394-6, 95-376567, 9-780825-693946
   0028712250  0-02-871225-0  95-037657
      (invalid ISBN # on the copyright page)
      

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