Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Name: Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians
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ISBN: 9780674009783

ISBN-10: 0674009789

ISBN-13: 9780674009783

Edition: 1985

Authors: Don Michael Randel

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This new compact guide to the history and performance of music is both authoritative and a pleasure to use. With entries drawn and condensed from the widely acclaimed The New Harvard Dictionary of Music and its companion The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, it is a dependable reference for home and classroom and for professional and amateur musicians. This concise dictionary offers definitions of musical terms; succinct characterizations of the various forms of musical composition; entries that identify individual operas, oratorios, symphonic poems, and other works; illustrated descriptions of instruments; and capsule summaries of the lives and careers of composers, performers,…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 768
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.89" long x 0.16" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

Don Michael Randel, former Professor of Music at Cornell University and Professor of Music and President of the University of Chicago, is President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.