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advanced musicological research
Author_Arthur Jacobs
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chamber
Chamber Music
Chopin
Choral Works
church
Church Music
composer
composer biographies
Con
concerto
English Composer
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french
French Composer
German Composer
Harp
Hat
HENRY JOHN
instrumental classification
LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
MANON LESCAUT
music terminology
music theory reference
Orchestral Works
orchestration techniques
performance practice
piano
Piano Concerto
Piano Sonata
Piano Works
poems
quartets
Russian Composer
Sharp
string
String Quartets
symphonic
Symphonic Poems
Tie
Viola Da Braccio
Violin Concerto
Product details
- ISBN 9781138518421
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 20 Sep 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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What is a fugue? What is the difference between a saxophone and a saxhorn? Who besides Puccini wrote an opera called "La Boheme"? In what year, was the National Broadcasting Company Orchestra formed under Arturo Toscanini's direction? These and thousands of similar questions are answered in this comprehensive dictionary that remains unrivaled as a single-volume summary. "A New Dictionary of Music" is a basic reference work for anyone interested in music, whether performer or layman.It covers orchestral, solo, choral and chamber music, opera, and (in its musical aspects) the ballet. There are entries for composers (with biographies and details of compositions); works well known by their titles, such as operas and symphonic poems; orchestras, performers and conductors of importance today; musical instruments (including those of the dance and brass bands); and, technical terms. English names and terms are used whenever possible, but foreign terms in general use are cross-referenced. Particular importance has been attached to bringing the reader abreast of new musical developments.The composers and musical works chosen were those most likely to be encountered. Where an opera is given an entry, a brief explanation of the title follows. Similarly explication is provided for other works bearing literary or otherwise allusive titles. Among performers and conductors, only the following are included: those who, although dead, continue to be prominent through recorded performances (e.g. Gigli); the highest-ranking international artists of today, plus a very few apparently on the verge of attaining that rank; and, a few who, though not necessarily at the very head of their profession, are closely associated with composers in bringing out new works, or are conductors in charge of important orchestras.
