The New Penguin Dictionary of Music
"The New Penguin Dictionary of Music" is the essential A-Z of some 1,000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a huge range of composers, and examines such key topics as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory...
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"The New Penguin Dictionary of Music" is the essential A-Z of some 1,000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a huge range of composers, and examines such key topics as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. Written by an award-winning music critic, and blending scholarship with personal insight and opinion, this dictionary is both a pleasurable read and an invaluable and authoritative reference book for all lovers of music, whether amateur or professional.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141009254 (014100925X)
Publish date: May 18th 2011
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 312
Edition language: English