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Peter Gammond (1925–2019)

Author of Classical Composers: An Illustrated History

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Works by Peter Gammond

Classical Composers: An Illustrated History (1994) 128 copies
Bluff Your Way in Music (1974) 90 copies, 1 review
The Oxford Companion to Popular Music (1991) 65 copies, 1 review
The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Classical Music (1988) 62 copies
Bluff Your Way in Opera (The Bluffer's Guides) (1989) 60 copies
The illustrated encyclopedia of recorded opera (1979) 46 copies
Scott Joplin and the ragtime era (1975) 42 copies
The meaning and magic of music (1970) 18 copies
Musical Instruments in Color (1975) 18 copies
Bluffer's Guide to Bluffing (Bluffer's Guides (Cliff)) (1987) 18 copies
The Bluffer's Guide to British Class: Bluff Your Way in British Class (Bluffer Guides) (1990) 17 copies
Little Book of Betjeman (2006) 17 copies
Offenbach: His Life and Times. (1980) 15 copies
The Bluffer's Guide to Golf (Bluffers Guides) (1985) 14 copies, 1 review
An Illustrated guide to composers of opera (1980) 14 copies
Opera on compact disc : a critical guide to the best recordings (1986) 13 copies
An Illustrated Guide to Composers of Classical Music (1980) 12 copies
Duke Ellington (1977) 8 copies
Fourteen Miles on a Clear Night: An Irreverent, Sceptical, and Affectionate Book about Jazz Records (1966) 7 copies
ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF CLASSICAL MUSIC (1996) 7 copies
Best Music Hall and Variety Songs (1972) 6 copies
"The Magic Flute" (Masterworks of opera) (1979) — Author — 5 copies
La musica 5 copies
Your Own, Your Very Own! (1971) 5 copies
O Especialista Instantâneo em Música (1996) 4 copies
Music Goes Round and Round (1980) 4 copies
Cómo dárselas de esperto en Jazz (1988) 3 copies
Duke Ellington (Jazz Masters) (1987) 3 copies
Music Hall Song Book: A collection of 45 of the best songs from 1890-1920. (1975) 3 copies
De toverwereld van de muziek 2 copies
Day I Met Myself : Collected Poems (2014) 2 copies
Scott Joplin And The Rgtime Era - (1975) 2 copies
The Decca Book of Jazz. (1958) 2 copies
A guide to popular music 2 copies
A Ópera (1997) 2 copies
One man's music (1971) 2 copies
Dictionary of Popular Music (1961) 2 copies
Grande Livro do Blefador, O (2005) 2 copies
Music on Record: Orchestral Music; Vol. 2 (1978) 2 copies
Bluffer's Guide to Bluffing (1989) 2 copies
Magic Flute (Masterwrks of Opera) (1982) 2 copies
The Good Old Days Songbook : sixty songs from the golden age of music Hall (1980) 1 copy
Music on Record, a critical guide volume 4 M-Z : Opera and Vocal Music 1 copy
TYLER HILL BAPTIST CHAPEL 1 copy
Betjeman's Book And DVD Gift Pack (Book & DVD Gift Pack) (2006) 1 copy
The Harmony Illustrated Encyclodedia of Classical Music 1 copy
Music on record : a critical guide: volume 4 A-L: Opera and vocal music (with supplement A-L vols 1-3) 1 copy
Golf, Australian Bluffers Guide 1 copy
Music on Record 1- Brass Bands (1980) 1 copy
Poradnik blefu doskonałego (1991) 1 copy
Musik (1970) 1 copy
BestMusic Hall and Variety Songs 1 copy
The Magic Flute a Guide to the Opera 1 copy
Schubert (The Composer as Contemporary) (1982) 1 copy
101 Things : a survey of their influence on British life and language 1 copy
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Associated Works

The Bluffer's Guide to Jazz (Bluffer's Guides) (2013) — Author, some editions — 11 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Gammond, Peter
Birthdate
1925-09-30
Date of death
2019-05-06
Gender
male
Education
Sir John Deane's Grammar School
Wadham College, Oxford
Occupations
editor
music critic
writer
Nationality
UK
Birthplace
Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire, UK
Associated Place (for map)
Cheshire, UK

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3 reviews
Jarratt513 reviews
The Bluffer's Guide to Golf (Bluffer's Guides) by Peter Gammond
This is a cute book I won as a part of LibraryThing.com's Early Reader program. While it's clearly a product of UK, any golfer will find many amusing sections of this silly book about how to look and talk like a better golfer than you are. It's very short and offers a good bit of humor. Or should I write it "humour"?!
Jan 12, 2014
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The Oxford Companion to Popular Music by Peter Gammond
Popular music here refers to popular formats, as opposed to art music or traditional music. It focuses on formats such as operetta, light music, film score, early jazz, pop dating before rock, and stage musical. The mainstream pop and rock entries of the contemporary era are less common, as they are not the book's focus. In addition to the biographical artist entries, there are informative entries on styles, instruments, shows, dances, industry figures, writers, and even historic clubs. show more Superb indices for artists, shows, films, albums, and songs. An excellent reference. show less
Apr 23, 2025 (Edited)
MarthaJeanne2,127 reviews
Bluff your way in music by Peter Gammond
Too out of date to be useful anymore.
Jan 22, 2013

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Emanuel Schikaneder Librettist
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Benjamin Luxon Foreword
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ISBNs
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