Author : Joyce Bourne Kennedy
Publisher :
Page : 985 pages
File Size : 14,25 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780198691624
Includes entries for more than two thousand composers of all nationalities and eras, and includes definitions of musical terms and forms, and descriptions of musical instruments.
Author : Alison Latham
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 24,59 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780198606987
This comprehensive one-volume dictionary covers all the musical terms in English and other European languages generally used in Western music. With over 2,500 A-Z entries, this ideal reference book provides clear, succinct definitions across a broad range of subjects, including rhythm, metre, scales, harmony and counterpoint, notational systems, and many more. An indispensable reference for students and teachers of music.
Author : Michael C. Thomsett
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,74 MB
Release : 2016-03-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 1476615268
Noted lexicographer Thomsett here dissects more than 1,400 terms, a buttula to zither, with clarity and precision; 383 high quality original illustrations render concepts that make verbal explanation difficult. Fully cross referenced, this dictionary is an authoritative source for researchers, musicologists, professional musicians, teachers and students of music, and educated members of the public. The richly detailed and comprehensive dictionary proper is followed by a five-language glossary of instruments. An illustrated notation guide provides identification of symbols used in musical scores. The final section comprehensively covers scales, keys and chords.
Author : Elizabeth Knowles
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 39,86 MB
Release : 2006-10-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0191578568
This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. What is a ham-and-egger? What are Anglo-Saxon attitudes? Who or what is liable to jump the shark? Who first tried to nail jelly to the wall? The answers to these and many more questions are in this fascinating book. Here in one volume you can track down the stories behind the names and sayings you meet, whether in classic literature or today's news. Drawing on Oxford's unrivalled bank of reference and language online resources, this dictionary covers classical and other mythologies, history, religion, folk customs, superstitions, science and technology, philosophy, and popular culture. Extensive cross referencing makes it easy to trace specific information, while every page points to further paths to explore. A fascinating slice of cultural history, and a browser's delight from start to finish. What is the fog of war? Who first wanted to spend more time with one's family? When was the Dreamtime? How long since the first cry of Women and children first? Where might you find dark matter? Would you want the Midas touch? Should you worry about grey goo?
Author :
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,33 MB
Release : 2013-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780195314281
This book will be the largest, most comprehensive reference publication on American Music. Twenty-five years ago, the four volumes of the first edition of the dictionary initiated a great expansion in American music scholarship. This second edition reflects the growth in scholarship the first edition initiated. a wide variety of ethnic and cultural groups, musical theater, opera, and music technology.
Author : Barry Dean Kernfeld
Publisher :
Page : 1184 pages
File Size : 32,35 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Jazz
ISBN :
Author : Percy Alfred Scholes
Publisher :
Page : 1091 pages
File Size : 49,64 MB
Release : 1938
Category :
ISBN :
Author : S. R. F. Price
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 37,4 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780192802897
The Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion offers a fully rounded and highly authoritative point of access to all aspects of ancient religious life and thought. Dr Simon Price and Dr Emily Kearns, area advisers for the third edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary, have come together to select, revise, edit, and in some cases wholly recast, a large number of key entries from OCD to create this handy, accessible reference work on mythology and religion in the Graeco-Roman world. Bringing to the attention of a wider audience the authority and scholarly rigour of OCD, the Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion provides students, teachers, and general readers with an affordable comprehensive, and wide-ranging A-Z reference source. The Dictionary is unique in that in addition to Greek myths and Roman festivals it covers Greek and Roman religious places, monuments, religious personnel, divination, astrology, and magic, and also contains many entries on Judaism and Christianity in Greek and Roman times.
Author : Oxford University Press
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,53 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780194399524
The Workbook helps students get the most out of the Dictionary.
Author : Michael Kennedy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 971 pages
File Size : 42,18 MB
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 0199578540
Now available in paperback and with over 10,000 entries, the Oxford Dictionary of Music (previously the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music) offers broad coverage of a wide range of musical categories spanning many eras, including composers, librettists, singers, orchestras, important ballets and operas, and musical instruments and their history. The Oxford Dictionary of Music is the most up-to-date and accessible dictionaryof musical terms available and an essential point of reference for music students, teachers, lecturers, professional musicians, as well as music enthusiasts.
