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The New Oxford companion to music / General Editor Denis Arnold.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1983.Description: 2 v. illustration ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0193113163 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 780.321
Contents:
Volume 1 : A - J
Volume 2 : K - Z
Summary: Contains "6,600 entries." Illustrated with "more than 1,500 music examples, halftone illustrations, and explanatory diagrams." Covers music from ancient times to the present day. All aspects of music are covered in 6,600 entries including: composers, individual works, music at various periods (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th century) and in many different countries and civilizations (including Africa, China, America, India, Japan, Central and South-East Asia and the Middle East), opera (including over a hundred plot synopses), jazz, popular music, electronic music, acoustics, and musical instruments from all parts of the world. There are also over two thousand entries defining musical terms, together with articles on musical theory and forms.
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Reference Reference Matheson Library Reference Reference Collection R 780.321 N532 v.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 023845
Reference Reference Matheson Library Reference Reference Collection R 780.321 N532 v.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 023844

Volume 1 : A - J

Volume 2 : K - Z

Contains "6,600 entries." Illustrated with "more than 1,500 music examples, halftone illustrations, and explanatory diagrams." Covers music from ancient times to the present day. All aspects of music are covered in 6,600 entries including: composers, individual works, music at various periods (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th century) and in many different countries and civilizations (including Africa, China, America, India, Japan, Central and South-East Asia and the Middle East), opera (including over a hundred plot synopses), jazz, popular music, electronic music, acoustics, and musical instruments from all parts of the world. There are also over two thousand entries defining musical terms, together with articles on musical theory and forms.

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