Webster's New World Dictionary of Music - Softcover

Slonimsky, Nicolas; Kassel, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0028627474 ISBN 13: 9780028627472

Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 1998

Synopsis

This exciting new reference offers over 12,000 entries covering all areas of the music world. Featuring the wit, opinion, and literary style of renowned editor and music critic Nicolas Slonimsky, this concise reference is a useful, educational, and entertaining resource for amateur and professional musicians, educators, students, and dedicated concert-goers around the world.

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From the Back Cover:

Highly readable and authoritative, Webster's New World(TM) Dictionary of Music covers the world of music from A to Z, past and present, classical to reggae. This handy desktop reference is packed with over 12,000 entries covering everything you want to know about composers, conductors, theory, terms, instruments, musicians, singers, and more. Expanded entries give you detailed information about the most significant people, concepts and developments in music, such as: acoustics Beethoven Debussy, dodecaphonic music film music Gershwin Gottschalk harmony jazz Karajan leitmotiv Mendelssohn micronality Mozart Rimsky-Korsakov Rolling Stones Sibelius Slonimsky Velvet Underground Wagner whole-tone scale Webster's New World(TM) Dictionary of Music is the most up-to-date and complete music dictionary available in a compact paperback format. It is the perfect music reference for student, professional, casual listener, and aficionado alike.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc.
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0028627474
• ISBN 13: 9780028627472
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 623
• Editor: Websters New World