New Penguin Dictionary of Music
Griffiths, PaulAuthor
Griffiths, Paul,1947 Nov. 24-Penguin companion to classical music.
Credo Reference (Firm)
London [Eng.] : Penguin,
2006
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references.
A-Z.
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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Description based on title page of print version.
Music
Music, Dance, Drama & Film
Music Literature

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