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Search by author

When searching for music, an author is a creator of the work, whether for a performance, book, music score or other format.

Use the author search to find composers, conductors, names of music groups, songwriters, book authors or editors. Performers may be searched as authors if they are soloists. For performers in chamber music ensembles, other than soloists, search by the name of the ensemble.

Example: Find music by Johnny Cash.
Select an author search and enter the author's name: Cash, Johnny
select author and type the author's name cash, johnny
Link to the search result for Cash, Johnny.

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