The New Penguin Dictionary of Music

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Description

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.

Additional information

Weight 0.617 kg
Dimensions 3.8 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

912

Publisher

Year Published

2006-8-3

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

014100925X

About The Author

Paul Griffiths has been writing about music professionally for more than 30 years. He was chief music critic of The Times and The New Yorker, has contributed to many other publications, and is a recipient of the Commonwealth Prize.

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