Covers such topics as composers, performers, songwriters, conductors, critics, music scholars, musical instruments, and styles. (view table of contents)

Product Description: A comprehensive encyclopedia of musical instruments, covering all sections of the orchestra; and an authoritative guide to over 100 famous classical composers.

A definitive resource on classical music provides 1,500 entries furnishing detailed coverage of composers, works, musical terminology, and performers, along with more than one thousand recommended recordings and access to an interactive Web site that allows readers to listen to sample works, techniques, and performers discussed in the reference. Simultaneous.

A resource on classical music provides coverage of composers, works, musical terminology, and performers, along with recommended recordings and access to an interactive Web site that allows readers to listen to sample works, techniques, and performers discussed in the reference.

A definitive resource on classical music provides 1,500 entries furnishing detailed coverage of composers, works, musical terminology, and performers, along with more than one thousand recommended recordings and access to an interactive Web site that allows readers to listen to sample works, techniques, and performers discussed in the reference. Simultaneous.

Features an introduction to each period, as well as its key composers, personalities, styles, forms, and instruments. (view table of contents)

Containing more than twelve thousand artists from every genre, this comprehensive musical reference furnishes valuable information on each musical form, as well as profiles of musicians, an instrument glossary, a detailed bibliography, and a tutorial on the fundamentals of reading music.

'Excellent coverage of the art music (Bâehague) of Colombia, as well as traditional music (Waxer/List), broken down by region, and popular music (Waxer). Illustrated with maps, photographs, and musical examples'--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/'This reference classic has approximately doubled in size since its last publication 20 years ago, and the expansion involves more than the thorough revision and addition of articles about music of the past. More articles about 20th-century composers andcomposer-performers have been added, as well as topical articles about the gender-related, multicultural, and interdisciplinary ways that music is now being studied. Add to these changes that New Grove is also available online, making it a source that would have made its many-faceted creator Sir George Grove proud.'--'Outstanding Reference Sources,' American Libraries, May 2002.Provides brief descriptions of music genres, instruments, concert halls, and signficant moments in music history, as well as profiles of key musicians' life and works.

Organized chronologically by era, an authoritative guide features in each chapter an introduction to each period, as well as its key composers, personalities, styles, forms, and instruments; and is extensively cross-referenced. and providing a Listening Guide for each era, historical background, discography, bibliography, and nine hundred full-color illustrations. (view table of contents)

Covers such topics as composers, performers, songwriters, conductors, critics, music scholars, musical instruments, and styles.

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Covers such topics as composers, performers, songwriters, conductors, critics, music scholars, musical instruments, and styles. (view table of contents)

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An authoritative reference documenting the world of classical music explores the history and evolution of music from ancient times to the present day, major movements and composers, the various musical forms and styles, instruments, ensembles, and more.

Covers such topics as composers, performers, songwriters, conductors, critics, music scholars, musical instruments, and styles.

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Provides a critical overview and survey of the works of the world's classical composers, including Beethoven, Mahler, Brahms, Mozart, and Schumann

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Covers such topics as composers, performers, songwriters, conductors, critics, music scholars, musical instruments, and styles.

Defines musical terms, and identifies important works, forms, and movements

Entries and articles on figures and movements of the past decade and on national and regional musics and reconsiderations of established and traditional figures and critical perspectives