The Grove Dictionary of American Music
The Grove Dictionary of American Music

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Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2013-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780195314281

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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.

Instruments and their Music in the Middle Ages
Instruments and their Music in the Middle Ages

Author: TimothyJ. McGee

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 135156272X

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This is a collection of twenty-nine of the most influential articles and papers about medieval musical instruments and their repertory. The authors discuss the construction of the instruments, their playing technique, the occasions for which they performed and their repertory. Taken as a whole, they paint a very broad, as well as detailed, picture of instrumental performance during the medieval period.