Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 968 pages
- Published by: Belknap Press; Subsequent edition October 1986
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0674615255
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0674615250
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Book Dimensions:
9.8 x 7.2 x 1.8 inches
- Weighs: 3.7 pounds
From Library Journal
Surely this indispensable tool requirements no introduction; the first two editions, edited by William Apel, have served the music world only too well. The present volume, prepared by seventy noted scholars under Randel's capable editorship, contains mostly new entries; the scope has been greatly expanded to include better coverage of recent music. A work for musicians, students, musicologists, and music lovers that belongs in most collections. J. Richard Belanger, United States International Univ., San Diego, Cal.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Review
The New Harvard Dictionary of Music is easily the most useful of all musical dictionaries because of its accuracy, concision, and ease of reference.
--Charles Rosen, author of
The Romantic Generation
Reader Reviews
942 pages jam-packed with information about music. If you are skittish about this rewrite of Willi Apel's classic dictionary, don't be. Yes, it does have a host of non-European entries, politically correct in this age of diversity. No, it does not overwhelm (nor does it inconvenience you in reaching) the European material you need to get your hands on quickly. Recently amazon.com raised its price for this book by a couple of dollars. Believe me, it's still an incredible bargain. Even if it weren't on sale at all, it would still be a book that any serious music student would want to own and consult frequently. I've owned the new Groves Dictionary ever since it came out, and guess what: some entries that do not appear in Groves do appear in the New Harvard Dictionary!
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