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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. More than 220 drawings & 250 musical examples (illustrator). 1st Edition. COMPREHENSIVE: AUTHORITATIVE: CONCISE: SUPERBLY WRITTEN: A "GODSEND" : AS-NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1986) w/ full no. line showing First Printing, FINE virtually AS-NEW handsomely-designed mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners, SUPERB AS-NEW striking emerald-teal linen-over-boards cover w/ titles ELEGANTLY gilt-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, NEW perfect binding w/ tight signatures & ivory cloth banding at spine-caps, PRISTINE interior presenting texts & musical examples w/ exceptional clarity in two-column format * 7.26" x 10.0" x 1.96", 1.92 kg, xxiv+942 (966) pp. * ABOUT THE BOOK: This classic reference work is simply the best 1-vol. music dictionary available today. Its nearly 6,000 specially-commissioned entries, written by more than 70 top musicologists, are consistently lucid & 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 & mixed media as well as 12-tone, serial & aleatory music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America & the Near East; entries on all the styles & forms in Western art music & descriptions of instruments enriched by historical background. Short entries for quick reference (definitions & identifications) alternate w/ encyclopedia-length articles written by experts in each field. More than 220 drawings & 250 musical examples enhance the text. Combining authoritative scholarship w/ concise, lively prose, "The New Harvard Dictionary of Music" is the essential guide for musicians, students & everyone who listens to music. * HIGHEST PRAISE: "'The New Harvard Dictionary of Music' is easily the most useful of all musical dictionaries because of its accuracy, concision & ease of reference." - Charles Rosen, author, "The Classical Style" & "The Romantic Generation". / "Drawing on the latest musical research & buttressed by a large group of advisors & readers, Professor Randel has provided concise, accurate, & literate entries pertaining to the entire field of music . . . This is a book one can recommend to professionals, students, & laymen alike. I know that it will immediately assume an honored place on my own reference shelf." -Philip Gossett, Professor of Music, University of Chicago / "Superb . . . It manages to combine the most up-to-date scholarly views & information w/ a clear, readable presentation. The writing style is especially refreshing . . . It is a godsend to have this volume within reach of the reference desk at the New York Public Library." -Susan T. Sommer, Assistant Chief, Music Division, The New York Public Library * A NOTE ON SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE wraps, seals & labels this fine book w/ our greatest elegance & care to assure secure FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the United States & its territories w/ USPS PRIORTY MAIL available within the United States for a nominal additional fee of $12.00. Due to the weight of this title, USPS REGULATIONS Mandate that we ship it to all international destinations via USPS INTERNATIONAL PRIORTY AIRMAIL. We require payment of a below-cost fee of $72.00 for this lowest-cost service, which reliably assures delivery to most addresses throughout the world within eight business days.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Davis Instruments, 1990. One Card. Condition: AS NEW Seller Inventory # 11L009.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Octavo. Illustrated wrappers. 315 pp. In The New Grove Musical Instruments series. Slightly worn.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 176 pages. Illustrated. Jeremy Montagu "Musical instruments in the Macclesfield Psalter" / Boaz Berney "The Renaissance flute in mixed ensembles: surviving instruments, pitches and performance practice" / David M Guion "The missing link: the trombone in Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries" / Eitan Ornoy "Between theory and practice: a comparative study of early music performances" / Jesse Rodin "A Josquin substitution" / Lucy Robinson "Forqueray Pieces de Viole (Paris, 1747): an enigma of authorship between father and son" / Andrew V Jones "Staging a Handel opera".

Condition: Brand New. New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service.

8vo 56 pages. Wrappers, VG. Internally VG. Title page inscribed "With best wishes, David A. Stewart".

4to 96 pages. Paperback, with minor shelf wear. Internally VG. Many illustrations.

4to 20 pages. Wrappers, very slightly worn. Diagram, music examples and one fold out facsimile. Includes 45 rpm vinyl record.

Condition: New. New copy. Large 8vo xviii, 432 pages. Lamenated hardback.

2 vols Folio 31, 31 pages. Paper covers with removable plastic backstrip, very lightly worn. Internally VG. Highly illustrated throughout with facsimiles of hand-drawn pipe marking scripts of organs from across the UK.

Folio 72 pages. Pictorial hardback, very slightly rubbed and a small patch of sticker residue to front cover, else VG. Illustrated throughout.

Large 8vo xiv, 209 pages. Cloth in slightly sunned and rubbed d/w. Internally VG. Plates, tables and diagrams. Signed by the author.

Folio 128 pages. Embossed cloth, very faintly rubbed, else VG., as new. Illustrations throughout. Signed by the author on title page.