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Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Music

Product Description: From the Preface: THE book herewith offered the musical public has one aim, which is utilityâpractical use. While there is already a considerable number of small dictionaries, the publishers of the present work believe that there is still room for another, which, as far as possible, should combine the advantages of all the best ones and avoid their prominent defects, such as obsolete and often incorrect phraseology, reduplication of terms, redundancy of obsolete terms, and the like...read more

By Emil Liebling

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Hardcover:

9780404072100 | Reprint edition (Ams Pr Inc, June 1, 1978), cover price $46.20 | About this edition: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

Paperback:

9781500514464 | Createspace Independent Pub, July 13, 2014, cover price $10.99 | About this edition: From the Preface: THE book herewith offered the musical public has one aim, which is utilityâpractical use.

Rhyming Dictionary: All the essential words in an easy-to-follow format!

Product Description: Over 36,000 words in a simple, easy-to-find format! Alfred's Mini Music Guides provide essential information in a convenient size. Take these books anywhere you want to go. With over 36,000 words organized in a practical, easy-to-find format, Rhyming Dictionary is the most useful compact rhyming dictionary available...read more

By Alfred Publishing (corporate author)

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Paperback:

9780739095898 | Alfred Pub Co, April 1, 2013, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Over 36,000 words in a simple, easy-to-find format!

The Oxford Dictionary of Music

By Joyce Bourne Kennedy, Michael Kennedy and Tim Rutherford-johnson (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780199578108 | 6 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, October 1, 2012), cover price $49.95

Paperback:

9780199578542 | 6 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, September 15, 2013), cover price $18.99

Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music

By Nicole V. Gagne

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Hardcover:

9780810867659 | Scarecrow Pr, September 16, 2011, cover price $88.00

The New Penguin Dictionary of Music

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.

By Paul Griffiths

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Paperback:

9780141009254 | Trafalgar Square, May 11, 2011, cover price $32.95 | About this edition: 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.

The Complete Idiot's Guide Music Dictionary

By Stanford Felix

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Paperback:

9781592579976 | Alpha Books, July 6, 2010, cover price $16.95

Miscellaneous:

9781101197257 | Alpha Books, July 6, 2010, cover price $9.99

Conquer Your Fear of Flying

This quick reference book of musical terminology includes brief biographical sketches of musicians, composers, vocalists, and conductors

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Paperback:

9780193113206, titled "Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music" | Oxford Univ Pr, February 26, 1981, cover price $15.95 | also contains Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | About this edition: This quick reference book of musical terminology includes brief biographical sketches of musicians, composers, vocalists, and conductors

An Early Music Dictionary: Musical Terms from British Sources, 1500-1740

Product Description: In this dictionary of early music, Graham Strahle has compiled definitions of musical terms in English as used and understood during the Renaissance and Baroque periods. He includes terms relating to instruments, performance, theory and composition and draws entirely from original printed and manuscript sources in Britain in the period 1500-1740...read more

By Graham Strahle (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780521416887 | Cambridge Univ Pr, August 1, 1995, cover price $99.99

Paperback:

9780521106900, titled "An Early Music Dictionary: Musical Terms from British Sources 1500-1740" | 1 edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, April 2, 2009), cover price $74.99 | About this edition: In this dictionary of early music, Graham Strahle has compiled definitions of musical terms in English as used and understood during the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia

Product Description: Long recognized as the supreme reference on world literature, BenÃ©t's Reader's Encyclopedia is the single-most complete one-volume encyclopedia available for those with a serious interest in the subject.More than 10,000 entries explore all aspects of literature from around the world: biographies of poets and playwrights, novelists and belletrists; plot synopses and character sketches from important works; historical data on literary schools, movements, terms, and awards; myths and legends; and more...read more

By Bruce F. Murphy (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780060890162 | 5th edition (Harperreference, December 1, 2008), cover price $60.00 | About this edition: Long recognized as the supreme reference on world literature, BenÃ©t's Reader's Encyclopedia is the single-most complete one-volume encyclopedia available for those with a serious interest in the subject.

Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia

Revised to include more non-Western and female authors, the fourth edition of an encyclopedic guide to world literature contains more than nine thousand entries, including plot summaries, writers' biographies, and sketches of fictional characters. 35,000 first printing.

By William Rose Benet (editor) and Bruce Murphy (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780062701107 | 4 sub edition (Harpercollins, September 1, 1996), cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Features over 10,000 entries comprising biographies, plot summaries, original and familiar titles, character sketches, historical literary personages, movements, and literary terms

The Npr Classical Music Companion: An Essential Guide for Enlightened Listening

Explains terms used in classical music, from aria, Baroque, and cantata to vibrato, wind instruments, and zarzuela.

By Miles Hoffman

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Paperback:

9780618619450 | Mariner Books, November 22, 2005, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Explains terms used in classical music, from aria, Baroque, and cantata to vibrato, wind instruments, and zarzuela.

Prebinding:

9781435294042 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 29, 2008), cover price $24.00

A New Dictionary of Music

Product Description: 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...read more

By Arthur Jacobs

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Paperback:

9780202361932 | Aldine De Gruyter, April 30, 2008, cover price $46.95 | About this edition: What is a fugue?

Bill Clinton

By Stephanie Sammartino McPherson

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Paperback:

9781580138291 | Lerner Pub Group, September 1, 2007, cover price $8.95

9780140511598, titled "The Penguin Dictionary of Music" | 5th rep edition (Penguin USA, November 1, 1991), cover price $12.95 | also contains The Penguin Dictionary of Music

Library:

9780822579861 | Lerner Pub Group, September 1, 2008, cover price $27.99

Chambers Dictionary of Music

Contains around 7500 entries in a paperback format. This work provides definitions, and serves as a useful resource for music students and general readers. It also serves as a handy reference for those with a more detailed knowledge of music.

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Paperback:

9780550103222 | Chambers Harrap Pub Ltd, May 15, 2007, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: A compact musical reference contains more than 7,500 entries along with definitions; serves as a useful resource for music students, general readers, and those with a more detailed knowledge of music; and includes illustrative examples and excerpts from musical works, biographical profiles, a history and usage of musical instruments, and more.

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music

This quick reference book of musical terminology includes brief biographical sketches of musicians, composers, vocalists, and conductors.

By Michael Kennedy

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Paperback:

9780199203833, titled "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music" | 5th edition (Oxford Univ Pr, May 14, 2007), cover price $18.99

9780198608844, titled "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music" | 4th edition (Oxford Univ Pr, June 24, 2004), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: This quick reference book of musical terminology includes brief biographical sketches of musicians, composers, vocalists, and conductors.

9780192800374, titled "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music" | Oxford Univ Pr, August 22, 1996, cover price $17.95

9780193113206 | Oxford Univ Pr, February 26, 1981, cover price $15.95 | also contains Conquer Your Fear of Flying | About this edition: This quick reference book of musical terminology includes brief biographical sketches of musicians, composers, vocalists, and conductors

Musical Terms World Wide: A Companion for the Musical Explorer

By Jan Laurens Hartong

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Paperback:

9788877780904 | Semar, January 1, 2007, cover price $34.00

All Music Guide to Classical: The Definitive Guide to Classical Music

Offering comprehensive coverage of classical music, this guide surveys more than eleven thousand albums and presents biographies of five hundred composers and eight hundred performers, as well as twenty-three essays on forms, eras, and genres of classical music. Original.

By Gerald Brennan (editor), Allen Schrott (editor) and Chris Woodstra (editor)

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Paperback:

9780879308650 | Backbeat Books, October 10, 2005, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Offering comprehensive coverage of classical music, this guide surveys more than eleven thousand albums and presents biographies of five hundred composers and eight hundred performers, as well as twenty-three essays on forms, eras, and genres of classical music.

Help! My Kid Is Taking Music Lessons: A Sympathetic Handbook For The Confused Parents Of Young Musicians

Product Description: When a student begins lessons the parents are also entering a new world of learning and support that they've often never experienced. "Help! My Kid is Taking Music Lessons" guides the parent in supporting the learning process and helps familiarize them with the critical role of parenting a young musician...read more

By Anthony LeRoy Glise

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Paperback:

9780786656998 | Mel Bay Pubns, September 15, 2005, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: When a student begins lessons the parents are also entering a new world of learning and support that they've often never experienced.

The Penguin Companion to Classical Music

A respected music critic offers a comprehensive overview of the world of classical music in an A-to-Z reference that encompasses more than a millennium of Western music and includes biographies of thousands of composers, as well as coverage of individual works, musical history and instruments, musical forms, technical terms and jargon, operatic plots, and other key areas. Original.

By Paul Griffiths

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Paperback:

9780140515596 | Penguin USA, September 1, 2005, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A respected music critic offers a comprehensive overview of the world of classical music in an A-to-Z reference that encompasses more than a millennium of Western music and includes biographies of thousands of composers, as well as coverage of individual works, musical history and instruments, musical forms, technical terms and jargon, operatic plots, and other key areas.

Oxford Dictionary Of Musical Terms

By Alison Latham (editor)

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Paperback:

9780198606987 | Oxford Univ Pr, February 3, 2005, cover price $16.95

Oxford Dictionary Of Musical Works

By Alison Latham (editor)

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Paperback:

9780198610205 | Oxford Univ Pr, February 28, 2005, cover price $16.95

The Facts on File Dictionary of Music

Features over three thousand musical terms covering major subjects including techniques, styles, instruments, and notation.

By Christine Ammer

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Hardcover:

9780816052660 | 4th edition (Facts on File, April 1, 2004), cover price $60.00 | About this edition: Defines musical terms, including techniques, styles, and instruments, discussing composers, ballets, operas, and music history.

Paperback:

9780816052677 | 4th edition (Checkmark Books, April 1, 2004), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Features over three thousand musical terms covering major subjects including techniques, styles, instruments, and notation.

Dictionary Of Music

Features over three thousand musical terms covering major subjects including techniques, styles, instruments, and notation.

By Christine Ammer

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Prebinding:

9781417724192 | Turtleback Books, April 1, 2004, cover price $33.05 | About this edition: Features over three thousand musical terms covering major subjects including techniques, styles, instruments, and notation.

Syntagma Musicum III

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By Jeffery T. Kite-Powell and Michael Praetorius

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Hardcover:

9780195145632 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, March 18, 2004, cover price $145.00

Dictionary of Music

Product Description: Book by Aiyer, Padma

By Padma Aiyer

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Hardcover:

9788189000332 | Vishvabharti Pubns, January 9, 2004, cover price $69.50 | About this edition: Book by Aiyer, Padma

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