The New Penguin Dictionary of Music

The New Penguin Dictionary of Music

by PaulGriffiths (Author)

Synopsis

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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 312
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 03 Aug 2006

ISBN 10: 014100925X
ISBN 13: 9780141009254

Author Bio
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.