This exciting new reference offers over 12,000 entries covering all areas of the music world. Featuring the wit, opinion, and literary style of renowned editor and music critic Nicolas Slonimsky, this concise reference is a useful, educational, and entertaining resource for amateur and professional musicians, educators, students, and dedicated concert-goers around the world.
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Highly readable and authoritative, Webster's New World(TM) Dictionary of Music covers the world of music from A to Z, past and present, classical to reggae. This handy desktop reference is packed with over 12,000 entries covering everything you want to know about composers, conductors, theory, terms, instruments, musicians, singers, and more. Expanded entries give you detailed information about the most significant people, concepts and developments in music, such as: acoustics Beethoven Debussy, dodecaphonic music film music Gershwin Gottschalk harmony jazz Karajan leitmotiv Mendelssohn micronality Mozart Rimsky-Korsakov Rolling Stones Sibelius Slonimsky Velvet Underground Wagner whole-tone scale Webster's New World(TM) Dictionary of Music is the most up-to-date and complete music dictionary available in a compact paperback format. It is the perfect music reference for student, professional, casual listener, and aficionado alike.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Great info,
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This review is from: Webster's New World Dictionary of Music (Paperback)
I found that this dictionary, just from a quick glance at it in a store, was perfect for what I needed(which was both studying, and composing). It gave great information on composers, theory, and the ranges of most instruments(including ethnic instruments such as the er-hu and sitar).
18 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lack of pronunciation guide renders many entries worthless.,
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This review is from: Webster's New World Dictionary of Music (Paperback)
With all the polysyllabic terms in French, Italian and German, and the dozens of East European composers and conductors, I would like a "dictionary" of music to show me how to pronounce them. If the standard Webster's dictionary assumes I cannot pronounce c-a-t, why does their dictionary of music assume I can pronounce Dvorak, Kuijken or ripieno?
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Music Dictionary,
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I have purchased more than a dozen dictionaries over the last few years and none have been as thorough and complete as this one. Great book!
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