Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 186. Chapters: Wendy Carlos, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, John Cage, Leonard Bernstein, Ani DiFranco, Benjamin Britten, Aaron Copland, Cole Porter, Samuel Barber, Francis Poulenc, Ivor Novello, Henry Cowell, Harry Partch, Michael Tippett, Virgil Thomson, Jean Barraque, Lionel Bart, Elton John, Noel Coward, Paul Bowles, Ned Rorem, Peter Maxwell Davies, Owen Pallett, Michael John LaChiusa, Ingolf Dahl, Lou Harrison, Hans Werner Henze, Danielle Egnew, Kaki King, Desmond Child, Reynaldo Hahn, Thomas Ades, Arthur Benjamin, Charles Wuorinen, SIRPAUL, Jonny McGovern, Marc Shaiman, Nico Muhly, Billy Strayhorn, Michael Tilson Thomas, Meredith Monk, Gian Carlo Menotti, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Pauline Oliveros, Roger Bourland, Adela Maddison, Lee Hoiby, Ethel Smyth, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Norman Iceberg, Charles Griffes, Henri Sauguet, Jennifer Higdon, Karol Szymanowski, Annea Lockwood, John Corigliano, Julius Eastman, David Diamond, Thomas Pasatieri, Claude Vivier, Zeki Muren, Roger Edens, Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, Mark Adamo, Lisa Coleman, Daniel Pinkham, Tobias Picker, Colin McPhee, Andrew Lippa, Chester Biscardi, Lesley Barber, Patrick Nunn, Gareth Farr, Warren Casey, Dominique Phinot, Richard Addinsell, Marla Glen, Sylvano Bussotti, Wendy Melvoin, Andy Martin, David Del Tredici, Ruth Anderson, Roger Quilter, Robert Helps, Lowell Liebermann, Eve Beglarian, Conrad Susa, Jerry Hunt, Peer Raben, Conrad Cummings, Trevor Grahl, Merton Brown, Ben Weber. Excerpt: Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, composer and pianist. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriter partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date. John received a knighthood from HM Queen Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services" and became Sir...