The New Harvard Dictionary of Music (Harvard University Press Reference Library) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674615255 ISBN 13: 9780674615250

Publisher: Belknap Press, 1986

Synopsis

THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER 2003 EDITION

This classic reference work is simply the best one-volume music dictionary available today. Its nearly 6,000 entries, written by more than 70 top musicologists, are consistently lucid and based on recent scholarship. The New Harvard Dictionary of Music contains among its riches superb articles on music of the 20th century, including jazz, rock, and mixed media as well as twelve-tone, serial, and aleatory music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Near East; entries on all the styles and forms in Western art music; and descriptions of instruments enriched by historical background. Short entries for quick reference--definitions and identifications--alternate with encyclopedia-length articles written by experts in each field. More than 220 drawings and 250 musical examples enhance the text.

Combining authoritative scholarship with concise, lively prose, The New Harvard Dictionary of Music is the essential guide for musicians, students, and everyone who listens to music.

About this title

About the Author:

Don Michael Randel was for many years Professor of Music at Cornell University. He is now Professor of Music and President of the University of Chicago.

From Library Journal:

Surely this indispensable tool needs no introduction; the first two editions, edited by William Apel, have served the music world only too well. The present volume, prepared by 70 noted scholars under Randel's capable editorship, contains mostly new entries; the scope has been greatly expanded to include better coverage of recent music. A work for musicians, students, musicologists, and music lovers that belongs in most collections. J. Richard Belanger, United States International Univ., San Diego, Cal.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0674615255
• ISBN 13: 9780674615250
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 968
• Editor: Randel Don Michael