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Author : Don Michael Randel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 1048 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0674372999
Biographaical dictionary emphisizes classicaland art music; also gives ample attention to the classics as well as Jazz, Blues, rock and pop, and hymns and showtunes across the ages.
Author : Willi Apel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Music
ISBN : 0674375017
Contains nearly 1000 pages of precise and accessible information on all musical subjects.
Author : Don Michael Randel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002-10-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780674255722
This new compact guide to the history and performance of music is both authoritative and a pleasure to use. With entries drawn and condensed from the widely acclaimed The New Harvard Dictionary of Music and its companion The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, it is a dependable reference for home and classroom and for professional and amateur musicians. This concise dictionary offers definitions of musical terms; succinct characterizations of the various forms of musical composition; entries that identify individual operas, oratorios, symphonic poems, and other works; illustrated descriptions of instruments; and capsule summaries of the lives and careers of composers, performers, and theorists. Like its distinguished parent volumes, The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians provides information on all periods in music history, with particularly comprehensive coverage of the twentieth century. Clearly written and based on vast expertise, The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an invaluable handbook for everyone who cares about music.
Author : Theodore Baker
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 034440224X
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Don Michael Randel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : MINN:31951001412090Y
Gives biographical information for over 2,000 composers, as well as entries on compositions, instruments, and terms.
Author : Rupert Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Music
ISBN : 040301364X
Author : James Duff Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:957137985
Author : Don Michael Randel
Publisher : Belknap Press
Page : 978 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015013611382
Revised edition of Harvard dictionary of music.
Author : William Hayman Cummings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Music
ISBN : UCSD:31822025917907
Author : Cengage Gale
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0028654110
Author : Jeffrey Pulver
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0306711036
Author : Herbert Allen Giles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1044 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Biography
ISBN : HARVARD:32044036361368
Author : John H Baron
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1059 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135848279
Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide is a reference tool for anyone interested in chamber music. It is not a history or an encyclopedia but a guide to where to find answers to questions about chamber music. The third edition adds nearly 600 new entries to cover new research since publication of the previous edition in 2002. Most of the literature is books, articles in journals and magazines, dissertations and theses, and essays or chapters in Festschriften, treatises, and biographies. In addition to the core literature obscure citations are also included when they are the only studies in a particular field. In addition to being printed, this volume is also for the first time available online. The online environment allows for information to be updated as new research is introduced. This database of information is a "live" resource, fully searchable, and with active links. Users will have unlimited access, annual revisions will be made and a limited number of pages can be downloaded for printing.
Author : Neil A. Hamilton
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781438108162
Profiles of American presidents are listed in order of election to office. Includes personal and professional information, timelines of life, and unusual facts.
Author : Emily Freeman Brown
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810884014
Titles in Dictionaries for the Modern Musician: A Scarecrow Press Music Series offer both the novice and the advanced artist key information designed to convey the field of study and performance for a major instrument or instrument class, as well as the workings of musicians in areas from conducting to composing. Unlike other encyclopedic works, contributions to this series focus primarily on the knowledge required by the contemporary musical student or performer. Each dictionary covers topics from instrument parts to playing technique, major works to key figures. A must-have for any musician’s personal library! Filling a vital need in the rapidly changing and complex field of conducting, A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor is a concise one-volume reference tool that brings together for the first time information covering a broad array of topics essential for today’s conductor to know. Author and conductor Emily Freeman Brown offers easy-to-read definitions of key musical terms, translated foreign terms, examples of usage from orchestral music and practical vocabulary in multiple languages. A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor includes biographies of major conductors and other individual important to the world of modern conducting, emphasizing throughout their contributions to the progress of the conducting professional; critical information on major orchestras, significant ensembles, key institutions and organizations, with a focus on the ways in which they preserve and advance today’s musical life; and practical entries covering baton and rehearsal techniques, bowing terms, information about instruments, voice types and much more. In a series of appendixes, A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor also covers such topics as orchestral works that changed the art and practice of conducting, a short historiography of conducting, a comprehensive bibliography, a look at conducting recitative, and a list of pitches, interval names, rhythmic terms, orchestral and percussion instrument names, and finally translations of all of these categories of information into French, German, Italian, and Spanish. A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor will appeal to aspiring conductors and seasoned professionals. It is an invaluable resource.
