PublishedOxford University Press, March 2002 |
ISBN9780198662129 |
FormatHardcover, 1448 pages |
Dimensions24.3cm × 20.2cm × 6cm |
The Oxford Companion to Music is one of the most famous reference books of all time. Now in a completely new edition, this superb book contains over a million words and is the biggest, most authoritative, and most up to date single-volume music reference available. Drawing on the original Percy Scholes edition (1938) and the two volume edition by Denis Arnold (1983), this edition is fully revised and reworked for the 21st century.
8000 entries, from brief definitions to in-depth essays
over 1000 new entries
ideal for the amateur, the professional and the student
150 expert contributors
places music in its social and cultural context
includes analysis, theory, ethnomusicology and performance practice
includes jazz, popular music and dance
