The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music
The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music

Author: Barrie Jones

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-03

Total Pages: 780

ISBN-13: 1135950253

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The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music, in 7,500 entries, retains the breadth of coverage, clarity, and accessibility of the highly acclaimed Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Music, from which it is derived. Tracing its lineage to the Everyman Dictionary of Music, now out of print, it boasts a distinguished heritage of the finest musical scholarship. This book provides comprehensive coverage of theoretical and technical music terminology, embracing the many genres and forms of classical music, clearly illustrated with examples. It also provides core information on composers and comprehensive lists of works from the earliest exponents of polyphony to present-day composers.

The Oxford Handbook of the New Cultural History of Music
The Oxford Handbook of the New Cultural History of Music

Author: Jane F. Fulcher

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013-11-01

Total Pages: 605

ISBN-13: 0199711984

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As the field of Cultural History grows in prominence in the academic world, an understanding of the history of culture has become vital to scholars across disciplines. The Oxford Handbook of the New Cultural History of Music cultivates a return to the fundamental premises of cultural history in the cutting-edge work of musicologists concerned with cultural history and historians who deal with music. In this volume, noted academics from both of these disciplines illustrate the continuing endeavor of cultural history to grasp the realms of human experience, understanding, and communication as they are manifest or expressed symbolically through various layers of culture and in many forms of art. The Oxford Handbook of the New Cultural History of Music fosters and reflects a sustained dialogue about their shared goals and techniques, rejuvenating their work with new insights into the field itself.

The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Physics
The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Physics

Author: Michael Upshall

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781859862285

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Alphabetically arranged and cross-referenced, this dictionary provides essential information on physics, including such areas as the quantum theory and alpha particles.

A Concise Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
A Concise Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes

Author: Richard Kostelanetz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-11-04

Total Pages: 684

ISBN-13: 1351266861

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For a concise edition of his legendary arts dictionary of information and opinion, the distinguished critic and arts historian Richard Kostelanetz selects entries from the 2018 third edition. Typically he provides intelligence unavailable anywhere else, no less in print than online, about a wealth of subjects and individuals. Focused upon what is truly innovative and excellent, Kostelanetz also ranges widely with insight and surprise, including appreciations of artistic athletes such as Muhammad Ali and the Harlem Globetrotters and such collective creations as Las Vegas and his native New York City. Continuing the traditions of cheeky high-style Dictionarysts, honoring Ambrose Bierce and Samuel Johnson (both with individual entries), Kostelanetz offers a "reference book" to be enjoyed, not only in bits and chunks but continuously as one of the ten books someone would take if he or she planned to be stranded on a desert isle.