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Discover the ultimate resource for music lovers with The Oxford Dictionary of Music, now available in paperback. This invaluable reference book features over 10,000 comprehensive entries, covering a wide array of musical topics, from prominent composers and celebrated singers to orchestras, important ballets, operas, and an extensive history of musical instruments. This edition has seen the addition of 250 new entries, enhancing coverage in diverse areas such as popular music, ethnomusicology, and modern composition, making it an indispensable guide for both novices and experts alike.
Designed to cater to music students, educators, professional musicians, and curious enthusiasts, The Oxford Dictionary of Music provides detailed explanations that facilitate understanding of complex musical concepts. It also includes significant updates on recent works, new categories such as multimedia, and contemporary issues surrounding music analysis and recording technology.
You will appreciate the convenience of entry-level web links that are regularly updated via a dedicated companion website, broadening your research capabilities.
Additionally, the dictionary boasts two useful appendices: one detailing French, German, and Italian musical terms along with their English translations, and another that lists commonly used abbreviations in musical notation. With its authoritative content and user-friendly design, The Oxford Dictionary of Music is the most up-to-date and accessible source for musical terminology available today.
NOTE: Shipping for this item is FREE, please allow 15 days for shipping. As it's shipped from our Auckland warehouse, there are no unexpected import charges, custom duties, or taxes. Condition: BRAND NEW, ISBN: 9780199578542, Year: 2013, Publisher: Oxford University Press UK, Pages: 976.
NOTE: Shipping for this item is FREE, please allow 15 days for shipping. As its shipped from our Auckland warehouse there is no unexpected import charges, custom duties or taxes.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780199578542
Year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press UK
Pages: 976
Description:
Now available in paperback and with over 10,000 entries, the Oxford Dictionary of Music (previously the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music) offers broad coverage of a wide range of musical categories spanning many eras, including composers, librettists, singers, orchestras, important ballets and operas, and musical instruments and their history. Over 250 new entries have been added to this edition to expand coverage of popular music,
ethnomusicology, modern and contemporary composers, music analysis, and recording technology. Existing entries have been expanded where necessary to include more coverage of the reception of major works, and to include key new works
and categories, such as multimedia. Entry-level web links are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website, expanding the scope of the dictionary. The dictionary now also includes two useful appendices, one listing French, German, and Italian musical terms with their English translations, and an abbreviations list for letters commonly used in musical scores and musical writing. The Oxford Dictionary of Music is the most
up-to-date and accessible dictionary of musical terms available and an essential point of reference for music students, teachers, lecturers, professional musicians, as well as music enthusiasts.
Designed to cater to music students, educators, professional musicians, and curious enthusiasts, The Oxford Dictionary of Music provides detailed explanations that facilitate understanding of complex musical concepts. It also includes significant updates on recent works, new categories such as multimedia, and contemporary issues surrounding music analysis and recording technology.
You will appreciate the convenience of entry-level web links that are regularly updated via a dedicated companion website, broadening your research capabilities.
Additionally, the dictionary boasts two useful appendices: one detailing French, German, and Italian musical terms along with their English translations, and another that lists commonly used abbreviations in musical notation. With its authoritative content and user-friendly design, The Oxford Dictionary of Music is the most up-to-date and accessible source for musical terminology available today.
NOTE: Shipping for this item is FREE, please allow 15 days for shipping. As it's shipped from our Auckland warehouse, there are no unexpected import charges, custom duties, or taxes. Condition: BRAND NEW, ISBN: 9780199578542, Year: 2013, Publisher: Oxford University Press UK, Pages: 976.
NOTE: Shipping for this item is FREE, please allow 15 days for shipping. As its shipped from our Auckland warehouse there is no unexpected import charges, custom duties or taxes.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780199578542
Year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press UK
Pages: 976
Description:
Now available in paperback and with over 10,000 entries, the Oxford Dictionary of Music (previously the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music) offers broad coverage of a wide range of musical categories spanning many eras, including composers, librettists, singers, orchestras, important ballets and operas, and musical instruments and their history. Over 250 new entries have been added to this edition to expand coverage of popular music,
ethnomusicology, modern and contemporary composers, music analysis, and recording technology. Existing entries have been expanded where necessary to include more coverage of the reception of major works, and to include key new works
and categories, such as multimedia. Entry-level web links are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website, expanding the scope of the dictionary. The dictionary now also includes two useful appendices, one listing French, German, and Italian musical terms with their English translations, and an abbreviations list for letters commonly used in musical scores and musical writing. The Oxford Dictionary of Music is the most
up-to-date and accessible dictionary of musical terms available and an essential point of reference for music students, teachers, lecturers, professional musicians, as well as music enthusiasts.