Publishes the " Directory of Music Journalists " and confers " Music Journalist Award ".

She is recipient of the Journalist of the Year Award from the International Association of African-American Music, and has received countless awards and citations for her contributions to the music industry.

* Pretentious Music Journalist: supposedly based on a number of 1980s rock / pop reviewers ( perhaps especially Simon Reynolds, David Stubbs and Paul Oldfield of Melody Maker ), he reads a little too much into a band's songs with over-complex and artistically pretentious monologues where a simple explanation would suffice, e. g., " They generate a sonic cathedral of sound " means " loud ".

*" The Rock Journalist At a High Point In Music History " by David Segal, Washington Post, August 3, 2005

Bass player Neil Rogers has been described as a ' doyen ' of Australian Music by Music Journalist Patrick White of The Age, for his 20 years as a DJ on Melbourne Radio Station 3RRR.

* David Coulter, Multi-Instrumentalist and Producer / Music Supervisor ; ex-member of Test Dept and The Pogues, has played Musical Saw on numerous albums and live with a who's who of Contemporary Popular Music: Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, Tom Waits, Hal Willner, Richard Hawley, Jarvis Cocker, Marianne Faithfull, Tim Robbins, The Tiger Lillies.

* A Little Night Music ( 1973 ) ( book by Hugh Wheeler ; directed by Hal Prince )

The " Music Box " steps can be seen in the background of an earlier Charley Chase silent comedy produced at the Hal Roach Studios, Isn't Life Terrible?

Hal Roach Studios colorized The Music Box in 1986 with a remastered stereo soundtrack featuring the Hal Roach Studios incidental stock music score conducted by Ronnie Hazelhurst.

He also contributed a version of " Mack the Knife " to the Hal Willner-produced tribute album Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill.

* Arranged and conducted three instrumental pieces on the Hal Willner-produced Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill, 1985

* " Sail Away Lady " on Hal Willner's The Harry Smith Project: Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited, tribute album 2006

The film won four Academy Awards: Best Cinematography ; Best Original Score for a Motion Picture ( not a Musical ); Best Music, Song ( Burt Bacharach and Hal David for " Raindrops Keep Fallin ' on My Head "); and Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Material Not Previously Published or Produced.

One notable exception was his work on a Yoko Ono Lennon tribute album, Every Man Has A Woman ( 1984 ) ( Polydor ); another was a cover of " Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah " recorded for Hal Willner's 1988 tribute album Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films.

In 1985, Faithfull performed " Ballad of the Soldier's Wife " on Hal Willner's tribute album Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill.

* The USA by Day and the RAF by Night — by Hal Block & Bob Musel ( 1944 ) Paramount Music Corp.

In 1985, Hal Cannon, director of the Western Folklife Center, founded the first Cowboy Poetry Gathering, which has since spread across the country ; Elko is also home to the Cowboy Music Gathering.

* Kakehashi, Ikutaro ( 2002 ), I Believe in Music, Hal Leonard Corporation

In 1978 she starred in a London art-theatre production of the Brecht and Weill play Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, and in 1985 she sang Brecht and Weill's " Surabaya Johnny " on the Hal Willner-produced Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill.

Although he initially offered the song to other bands – The Human Expression, for one – Born to Be Wild was first recorded in 1967 by Steppenwolf in a sped-up and rearranged version, that the All Music Guide's Hal Horowitz described as " a roaring anthem of turbo-charged riff rock " and " a timeless radio classic as well as a slice of ' 60s revolt that at once defines Steppenwolf's sound and provided them with their shot at AM immortality.

* 2002 Saturn Award: Best Action / Adventure / Thriller Film, Best Costume ( Dominique Borg ), Best Director ( Christophe Gans ), Best Music ( Joseph LoDuca ), Best Special Effects ( Arthur Windus, Val Wardlaw, Hal Bertram, Nick Drew and Seb Caudron ), Best Supporting Actor ( Mark Dacascos ), Best Supporting Actress ( Monica Bellucci ), Best Writing ( Stéphane Cabel and Christophe Gans ).

Vocal selections from The Addams Family, A Little Princess, The Wild Party and john & jen are published by Hal Leonard and the shows are licensed by Music Theatre International.

* David N. Howard, Sonic Alchemy: Visionary Music Producers and Their Maverick Recordings, 2004, Hal Leonard Corporation

He has also authored four books, " Music Theory for Bassists ", " Dictionary Of Bass Grooves ", " Rock Bass ", and " A Portrait of Jaco: The Solos Collection " ( a book of transcriptions of Jaco Pastorius ' bass solos ) for the Hal Leonard Corporation.

Harrell's work as composer and jazz soloist has been published in a number of books by Hal Leonard, Jamey Aebersold, Sher Music, and Gerard and Sarzin.

A graduate of the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art ( LAMDA ), Gesner has appeared in several movies since his cinematic debut as " Dale's Man # 1 " in the 1994 comedy Dumb & Dumber, including Osmosis Jones ( as Emergency Room Doctor # 1 ), Me, Myself & Irene ( Agent Peterson ), Shallow Hal ( Ralph ), and There's Something About Mary ( as a bartender ).

Recordings in 1940 were made by Kay Kyser and his orchestra ( vocals: Sully Mason & His Playmates ), by Mitchell Ayres and His Fashions In Music ( vocals: Mary Ann Mercer & Tommy Taylor ), and by Hal Kemp and The Smoothies.

** Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff ( Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music ; Sonatas )

** Thomas Frost, Richard Killough ( producers ) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff ( Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music ; Sonatas )

** Amy Horowitz, Jeff Place & Pete Reiniger ( producers ), David Glasser & Charlie Pilzer ( engineers ) for Anthology of American Folk Music ( 1997 Edition Expanded ) performed by various artists

** Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff ( Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music ; Sonatas )

** Thomas Frost, Richard Killough ( producers ) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff ( Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music ; Sonatas )

** Amy Horowitz, Jeff Place & Pete Reiniger ( producers ), David Glasser & Charlie Pilzer ( engineers ) for Anthology of American Folk Music ( 1997 Edition Expanded ) performed by various artists

For the 30th Grammy Awards ( 1988 ), Best Performance Music Video nominees included Anthony Eaton for producing The Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert ( a recording of a benefit concert for The Prince's Trust ), Russian American pianist Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz in Moscow, Cyndi Lauper for Cyndi Lauper in Paris, Bobby McFerrin for Spontaneous Inventions, and Barbra Streisand for One Voice.

He then furthered his piano studies with Rudolf Serkin at the Marlboro Music Festival and informally with Vladimir Horowitz.

For a compilation album of the Glenmark duo Gemini, Andersson had Björn Ulvaeus write new Swedish lyrics for the re-recording of two old songs ; Ulvaeus also wrote new English lyrics to older Swedish language songs for opera singer Anne Sofie von Otter tribute album " I Let The Music Speak ".

In 1880, Sullivan wrote the cantata The Martyr of Antioch, presented at the Leeds Triennial Music Festival, with a libretto modified by Gilbert from an 1822 epic poem by Henry Hart Milman concerning the martyrdom of St. Margaret of Antioch in the 3rd century.

Frédéric Chopin wrote modern musical improvisation | improvisation-like piano pieces, many inspired by Music of Poland | Polish folk music

Josef Tal wrote Concerto for harpsichord & electronic music ( 1964 ) and Chamber Music ( 1982 ) for s-recorder, marimba & harpsichord.

Grand Pianola Music ( 1982 ): Adams commented, " Dueling pianos, cooing sirens, Valhalla brass, thwacking bass drums, gospel triads, and a Niagara of cascading flat keys all learned to cohabit as I wrote the piece.

In 1928 the music critic Andre Coeuroy, wrote in the Panorama of Contemporary Music that " perhaps the time is not far off when a composer will be able to represent through recording, music specifically composed for the gramophone " ( Coeuroy 1928, 162 ).

Music critic Dave Marsh also wrote that these compositions " define a world unto themselves more completely than any other body of work in pop music ".

In the autumn of 1984, Twain's talents were noticed by Toronto DJ Stan Campbell who wrote about her in a Country Music News article: " Eilleen possesses a powerful voice with an impressive range.

* Twigs ( 1971 ), play by George Furth, wrote song Hollywood and Vine ( Music by Stephen Sondheim and lyrics by George Furth )

Many musicians donate to the Music for UNICEF Concert fund including ABBA, who wrote the song " Chiquitita " to commemorate the event.

The following year he wrote Balada para un loco with lyrics by Ferrer which was premiered at the First Iberoamerican Music Festival with Amelita Baltar and Piazzolla himself conducting the orchestra.

Rodgers also wrote both the words and music for two new songs used in the film version of " The Sound of Music ".

Music critic J. D. Considine wrote of the band:

* On Hell Razah's song " Rebel Music ", Nat Turner is mentioned in verse: " Black queens havin ' seeds while she's strung on dope / I resurrected Nat Turner with this song that I wrote ".

George and Louis Johnson later joined Billy Preston's band, and wrote Music in My Life and The Kids and Me for him before leaving his group in 1973.

Critic Edward Dannreuther, wrote, in the 1905 edition of The Oxford History of Music, " Mussorgsky, in his vocal efforts, appears wilfully eccentric.

Heitor Villa-Lobos wrote a ballet based on the play, that was commissioned by The Empire Music Festival of New York, and danced by José Limón's company.

Hindemith wrote Gebrauchsmusik ( Music for use )-compositions intended to have a social or political purpose and sometimes written to be played by amateurs.

" Indeed, in 1998, after researching the Pulitzer Prize for Music, music critic Kyle Gann wrote that the awards panel often included " the same seven names over and over as judges ": Gunther Schuller, Joseph Schwantner, Jacob Druckman ( now deceased ), George Perle, John Harbison, Mario Davidovsky, and Bernard Rands.

Hesse also wrote The Music of Dolphins, about a girl who was raised by dolphins.

* Western songwriter Stan Jones, ( June 14, 1914 to December 13, 1963 ) who wrote " Ghost Riders in the Sky ", and is in the Western Music Association Hall of Fame, was born and reared in Douglas.

* Pee Wee King, pioneer in the country and western music industry ; wrote " Tennessee Waltz " and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1974

Distributed by Koch Records and Sony Music, the album marked Norwood's debut on the Epic Records label, and her reunion with long-time contributor and mentor Rodney Jerkins, who wrote and executive produced most of the album.

Music writer Michael Azerrad wrote, " Ginn took his label from a cash-strapped, cop-hassled store-front operation to easily the most influential and popular underground indie of the Eighties ".