A classic and invaluable reference work for over thirty years. Soon
after its initial publication, the "Harvard Dictionary of Music" by
Willi Apel was firmly established as a standard and essential
resource for everyone concerned with music. The product of
exceptional scholarship, it was praised as being comprehensive,
concise, authoritative, scholarly, and enjoyable. Leopold Stokowski
wrote, "I so often consult your dictionary of music, and with such
never failing enlightenment, that I must offer you my thanks for
your unique book, so profound and so broad in scope ... The vast
scholarship... is of immeasurable value to the whole world of
music." The "Christian Science Monitor" called it "a highly
satisfying book of musical knowledge, in which basic definitions
are given with fine intellectual integrity, and musical facts are
carefully separated from plausible deductions or theories."
For this second edition the dictionary has been thoroughly
revised, updated, and substantially enlarged. Mr. Apel and
eightyeight other eminent music scholars have contributed new
articles and revised old ones completely. The already comprehensive
list of accurate definitions has grown measurably and it now even
includes "nothus, pyiba," and "meringue,"
In the greatly expanded coverage of ethnomusicology, "cumbia"-an
Afro-Panamanian dance form - and "Vietnam" are only two of the new
entries. Additionally, all the general information about individual
countries has been revised and the discussion of both theory and
history has been amply increased. Developments of the last two
decades are given special attention with particular emphasis on
compositional techniques, including electronic music andserial
music. Individual compositions, representative of every type from
every era, are described.
The bibliography following each article, a unique feature of the
first edition, has been updated and expanded. There are fifty
percent more illustrations than in the first edition, including
explicit drawings of instruments, clear music examples, diagrams,
charts and a full-page outline of the history of music.
An extensive list of the most important music libraries and
collections throughout the world with summaries of their
significant musical holdings is a valuable part of the dictionary.
The section on historical editions now lists fifty-three
collections of music and briefly describes each volume within each
collection.
The "Harvard Dictionary of Music, Second Edition, Revised and
Enlarged," is the result of imaginative, specialized, modern, and
reliable music scholarship. Containing nearly 1000 pages of precise
and accessible information on all musical subjects, it offers over
fifty percent more material than the first edition. It is essential
not only to the scholar of music, the professional performer, and
the practicing amateur, but to everyone who has ever anticipated
the pleasure of a weekly musical broadcast, purchased a favorite
recording, or truly enjoyed a concert.
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