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Where can one find a biography for Giovanni Battista Pergolesi?

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  • by EdMuse on January 10th, 2006

    EdMuse

    You can check...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Pergolesi

    ...of course, and...

    http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/history/composers/11747.php

    ...but my predeliction for print sources makes me point you toward

    Sadie, Stanley, and John Tyrell eds. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2001.

    ...or...

    Slonimsky, Nicolas and Laura Kuhn, eds.. Bakers Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Centennial Edition. New York: Schirmer Books, 2001.

    These are the standard, authoritative English language sources for musicological info. I wouldn't necessarily recommend buying them; the Grove goes for $2,200 USD (found one used for less that $1,800!), and is in 29 volumes. Baker's is in six volumes, but pretty much whomever you want to know about in music is in there. They're available in most good libraries, especially that of any college with a music program worth its salt.

    -EdM.

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