Product details
ISBN
9780141009254
Published
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Weight
617 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Thickness
38 mm
Age
01, G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
912
Author
Biographical note
Paul Griffiths has been writing about music professionally for more than 30 years. He was chief music critic of The Times and The New Yorker, has contributed to many other publications, and is a recipient of the Commonwealth Prize.
The New Penguin Dictionary of Music is the essential A-Z of some 1,000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a huge range of composers, and examines such key topics as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. Written by an award-winning music critic, and blending scholarship with personal insight and opinion, this dictionary is both a pleasurable read and an invaluable and authoritative reference book for all lovers of music, whether amateur or professional.
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Explores in detail the lives and achievements of a huge range of composers, and examines key topics such as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. This dictionary is a useful reference book for lovers of music, whether amateur or professional.
Read more
Product details
ISBN
9780141009254
Published
2006
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Weight
617 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Thickness
38 mm
Age
01, G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
912
Author