Title: The Oxford dictionary of music /
Authors: Kennedy, Michael, 1926-; Kennedy, Joyce Bourne.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Music Bio-bibliography; Music Dictionaries
Abstract: More than one thousand new entries have been added to the dictionary since its first edition in 1985, and 80% of the others have been revised. The scope is classical music and jazz. American nomenclature is used. People, terms groups, instruments and works are included in alphabetical order. Definitions and descriptions for terms and biographies for individuals are treated briefly. Entries for individuals include Dorsey, Foster, Gershwin, Gottschalk and (Scott) Joplin. Some general topics receive longer entries. This is a useful, general-purpose music dictionary. Recommended for secondary collections. When The Oxford Dictionary of Music first appeared, it was hailed as "without question the most comprehensive, detailed, reliable one-volume reference work on music now available in the English language" (Music and Musicians). Extensively revised and expanded, the second edition features over 900 entirely new entries, and many more descriptions of U.S.^
Contents: Preface -- Abbreviations -- Designation of notes -- A-Z entries.