The Complete Idiot's Guide Music Dictionary
The Complete Idiot's Guide Music Dictionary

Author: Stanford Felix

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-07-06

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1101198095

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A musician's vocabulary needs more than Do, Re, Mi... Written in clear, concise, easy-to-understand language, The Complete Idiot's Guide® Music Dictionary covers a multitude of musical aspects indispensable to any musician. Author and music professor Stanford Felix has compiled the most commonly found terms and explains them in a way that even the most novice musician can comprehend. • The only dictionary geared toward the beginner musician • Gives clear, concise definitions of terms, theories, and instruments, as well as important works, musicians, and composers

Opera 101
Opera 101

Author: Fred Plotkin

Publisher: Hyperion

Published: 1994-12

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13:

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Written by an opera insider and featuring an introduction by Placido Domingo, here is a thorough, friendly, and truly complete guide to learning how to love and appreciate the opera. After a brief history of opera, the book includes a guide to operatic terms, a minute-by-minute listener's guide to 11 central works, a list of recommended books and recordings and much more.

The Opera Guide
The Opera Guide

Author: Freddie M. Stockdale

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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This handbook for opera-goers directs the reader to the principal places throughout the world where opera is performed and also describes the most popular operas and their composers. The first part is an international directory of 150 opera houses, companies and festivals, listed alphabetically with location maps, seating plans and details of facilities and booking arrangements. The second part gives biographies of the major opera composers and scenarios of over 100 popular operas, highlighting the major arias.

The New Penguin Opera Guide
The New Penguin Opera Guide

Author: Amanda Holden

Publisher: Penguin USA

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 1142

ISBN-13: 9780140514759

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Provides biographical sketches for nearly 850 composers along with articles on approximately 2,000 works.

The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia
The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia

Author: David Hamilton

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9780671617325

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An elegant gift and comprehensive reference for opera lovers, The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia draws on the talents and resources of the world's greatest opera house. Describes singers, composers, operas and more. 250 black-and-white photographs.