The Harvard dictionary of music / edited by Don Michael Randel.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003.Edition: 4th edDescription: xxvii, 978 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0674011635 (alk. paper)
  • 9780674011632 (alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • New Harvard dictionary of music.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Harvard dictionary of music.LOC classification:
  • ML 100 .A64 2003
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Summary: This classic reference work has been brought completely up to date in this new edition. Combining authoritative scholarship and lucid prose, this is the essential guide for musicians, students, and everyone who appreciates music. Includes entries on all the styles and forms in Western music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Near East; descriptions of instruments with historical background; and articles that reflect today's beat, including popular music, jazz, and rock. Encyclopedia-length articles by notable experts alternate with short entries for quick reference, including definitions and identifications of works and instruments.--From publisher's description.
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Reference Storms Research Center Reference Collection - Does Not Circulate REF ML 100 .A64 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 98620940
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Rev. ed. of: New Harvard dictionary of music. 1986.

Includes bibliographical references.

This classic reference work has been brought completely up to date in this new edition. Combining authoritative scholarship and lucid prose, this is the essential guide for musicians, students, and everyone who appreciates music. Includes entries on all the styles and forms in Western music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Near East; descriptions of instruments with historical background; and articles that reflect today's beat, including popular music, jazz, and rock. Encyclopedia-length articles by notable experts alternate with short entries for quick reference, including definitions and identifications of works and instruments.--From publisher's description.

Also issued online.

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