The Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music


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Includes entries on composers, eras, and performers from all fields, definitions of musical terms and forms, and descriptions of musical instruments



















The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Africa ; South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean ; The United States and Canada ; Europe ; Oceania


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The critical importance of past for the present--of music histories in local and global forms--asserts itself. The history of world music, as each chapter makes clear, is one of critical moments and paradigm shifts.




The Concise Encyclopedia


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