The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Both authoritative and a pleasure to use, this is a compact guide to the history and performance of music, with entries drawn from the "New Harvard Dictionary of Music" and "The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music." 150 illustrations.

About the author

Don Michael Randel

Summary

This compact guide to the history and performance of music offers definitions of musical terms; characterizations of forms of musical composition; entries that identify operas, oratorios, symphonic poems, and other works; illustrated descriptions of instruments; and capsule summaries of the lives and careers of composers, performers, and theorists.

Product details

• Authors: Don Michael Randel
• Assisted by: Don Michael Randel (Editor)
• Publisher: Alfred Music
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1985
• EAN: 9780674009783
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00978-3
• No. of pages: 757
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 225 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 953 g
• Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library; Harvard University Press Refer; Harvard University Press Reference Library; Harvard University Press Refer
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works