Oxford Dictionary of Musical Terms
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Oxford Dictionary of Musical Terms by Alison Latham
A comprehensive one-volume dictionary covering all the musical terms in English and other European languages generally used in Western music. Over 2,500 A-Z entries provide clear, succinct definitions across a broad range of subjects including rhythm, metre, scales, harmony and counterpoint, notational systems, performance practice, computer applications, acoustics, forms, genres, and many more.
Those brought up on the 1959 Collins Encyclopedia or the 1980 New Groove will find plenty this is fresh in Latham's Musical Terms* Christopher Wintle, Music & Letters *
Alison Latham is a writer and editor of music reference books. She is the editor of The Oxford Companion to Music (2002), and was a member of the editorial team of the multi-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980 edn). She was also assistant editor of The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music, co-editor (with Stanley Sadie) of The Cambridge Guide to Music and (with Roger Parker) of Verdi in Performance. She was publications editor at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1989 to 2000, and has co-edited The Musical Times.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198606987 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198606982 |
| Title | Oxford Dictionary of Musical Terms |
| Author | Alison Latham |
| Series | Oxford Quick Reference |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2004-11-25 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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