Musical AKAs: Assumed Names and Sobriquets of Composers, Songwriters, Librettists, Lyricists, Hymnists and Writers on Music Available to Purchase

This thorough index to names taken by writers of music is formidable. It excludes performers, being limited to those who have either written music or words set to music (ranging from songs to opera and hymns).

There are four chapters, the first of which is a list of the catalogues, encyclopaedias and other sources used in the compilation. The final chapter gives additional notes for some entries that would have bulked out the main listings too much. The bulk of the book comprises the two main listings by original names (chapter 2) and by assumed names (chapter 3). Each entry...