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The new Penguin dictionary of music /
A succinct and comprehensive guide to the history, forms, and personalities of classical music. Readers will find biographies of thousands of composers from Albinoni to Zappa, with in-depth treatment of major figures, coverage of individual works, including plot summaries of operas and ballets, arti...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Penguin,
2006.
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| Series: | Penguin reference books.
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| Summary: | A succinct and comprehensive guide to the history, forms, and personalities of classical music. Readers will find biographies of thousands of composers from Albinoni to Zappa, with in-depth treatment of major figures, coverage of individual works, including plot summaries of operas and ballets, articles on the history of music and instruments, entries on musical forms, from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism, and clear definitions of technical terms and jargon. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: as The Penguin companion to classical music. 2004. Includes graphical cross-reference mapper. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 896 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781849722339 1849722331 9780141009254 014100925X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |