| Description |
1 online resource (x, 896 pages) |
| Series |
Penguin reference |
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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 |
| Notes |
Originally published: as The Penguin companion to classical music. 2004 |
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Includes graphical cross-reference mapper |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Music -- Dictionaries.
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Music
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| Genre/Form |
dictionaries.
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Dictionaries
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionnaires.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Griffiths, Paul, 1947 November 24-
Penguin companion to classical music
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| ISBN |
9781849722339 |
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1849722331 |
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9780141009254 |
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014100925X |
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