The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (Oxford Quick Reference) - Softcover

Kennedy, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0193113201 ISBN 13: 9780193113206

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1981

Synopsis

The new edition of this compact and practical reference book takes into account recent research in music history and also gives full coverage of the development of music in the twentieth century. A valuable resource for over thirty years, the Dictionary features diagrams, illustrative passages of notation, an up-to-date explanation of musical terminology, and lists of composers' works.

About this title

About the Author:

About the Author:
Michael Kennedy is director of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, music critic at the Sunday Telegraph, and the author books, including works on Elgar, Vaughan, Britten, and Mahler.

Review:

`The best reference bookk of its kind' Literary Review

'clearly the best around and at only #1 more than its nearest rival ... is the dictionary that everyone should have'
Literary Review

'this latest reprint of the third edition of 1980 is more worthwhile than ever in these days of high book prices ... For those who can afford only one music reference book, this has to be the one.'
Sibyl Whiteman, S.A. Music Teacher

'one of the more remarkable publishing bargains today ... an admirable introduction for those whose interest in music has been recently stimulated'
Peter Hepple, Stage and Television Today

`a rich mine of information not only for the serious student but for anyone interested in music... covers the entire spectrum'
Jerusalem Post

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0193113201
• ISBN 13: 9780193113206
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 736