The Oxford Dictionary of Music (Oxford Paperback Reference)
Review from previous edition: "indispensable"  --Yorkshire Post"clearly the best around . . . the dictionary that everyone should have"  --Literary Review"a pleasure to dip into"  --Times Educational Supplement"This fifth edition of classical music's Concise Oxford Dictionary beats all comers. Its range and detail go far beyond what one would normally expect of a single volume."  --Jeremy Nicholas, Classic FM Magazine"[A] cornerstone of music lovers' libraries...eminently browsable, with excellent articles on major composers from Beethoven to Stockhausen as well as intriguing facts and details."  --Daniel Jaffe, BBC Music Magazine"The flame still burns brightly in the shape of the ever-richer mix of composers, performers, venues, orchestras, individual works, instruments, musical terms, the odd dose of world music and so on."  --Classical Music"This really is the dictionary to end all dictionaries. Whatever your bag, you'll find it here ... Now this is what I call a music book."  --Tinash Sithole, Northern Echo