| The Harvard Dictionary of Music: Fourth Edition Contributor(s): Randel, Don Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0674011635 ISBN-13: 9780674011632 Publisher: Belknap Press OUR PRICE: $56.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2003 Annotation: "MAY WELL BE THE INDISPENSABLE ONE-VOLUME REFERENCE WORK ON THE SUBJECT OF MUSIC--CLASSICAL, ETHNIC, POP, OR ROCK...IF YOU MUST KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LYDIAN AND MIXOLYDIAN MODES, YOU CAN FIND THAT LUCIDLY DESCRIBED, BUT NOT TO THE EXCLUSION OF A NOTE ON THE PRACTICE AND ETYMOLOGY OF DOO-WOP." --HERBERT GLASS, LOS ANGELES TIMES |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Reference - Reference | Directories - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Dewey: 780.3 |
| LCCN: 2003058262 |
| Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library |
| Physical Information: 1.74" H x 7.46" W x 9.92" (3.93 lbs) 1008 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A standard, desk-size comprehensive dictionary. The Harvard Dictionary of Music is the single most indispensable reference work for musicians, students of music, and music lovers. Seventy scholars have contributed nearly 6000 specially commissioned entries to produce what is simply the best one-volume music dictionary available today. |
Contributor Bio(s): Randel, Don Michael: - Don Michael Randel, former Professor of Music at Cornell University and Professor of Music and President of the University of Chicago, is President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. |