The Concise Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians

The essentials for a fruitful understanding of all that is best in Western music over the last four hundred years are here collected in a single, concise, readable volume by Martin Cooper, music editor of the Daily Telegraph. Now revised, enlarged and brought up to date, it is re-issued in a new and handy format. The entries are equally informative, whether they concern the history and mechanism of one of the great families of musical instruments, or the development of a composer. Their variety and scope within so little space are remarkable. Critics, performers, composers, historians, and impresarios are all included in the biographies, and musical terms of every kind are simply and concisely defined. Nearly a thousand entries describe specific compositions, and there are numerous articles on individual musical forms, such as symphony, concerto and sonata. Notes on the famous opera houses, important concert halls, and leading manufacturers of musical instruments are also included, as well as a bibliography for the interested student. ------------------------------------------ 480 pages, numerous contributors. ---------- Orders of $100.00 or more are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 5½ " Wide - 8½ " Tall.…