The New Penguin Dictionary of Music
- ISBN-10
- 014100925X
- ISBN-13
- 9780141009254
- Category
- Music / Reference
- Pages
- 896
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Paul Griffiths
Description
"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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