This Encyclopaedia is the most comprehensive account of Australian Classical Music EVER WRITTEN. It has some 900 composers and details 40,000+ compositions. Included are performers, ensembles, orchestras, opera & ballet companies, philanthropists, instrument makers, critics, venues, institutions, festivals, touring artists etc. The 6 volumes are in 20-year periods and altogether amount to 6,287 pages with 4,522 photographs therein.