Essential Dictionary of Music: Definitions, Composers, Theory, Instrument & Vocal RangesA useful collection of definitions, composers and theory. This pocket-sized reference book includes a broad range of important information, from basic principles of theory and concise biographies of composers to pronunciations of foreign terms and ranges of instruments and voices. This easy-to-use volume covers every major aspect of music. Includes over 330 pages. |
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Abbreviation alto April August Awarded the Pulitzer ballet band baritone horn Baroque Baroque COMPOSITIONAL MEDIA bass BORN brass instrument cadence century chamber music choral chord clarinet Classical COMPOSITIONAL MEDIA composer and teacher Compositions incorporate concerto dance December drum electronic England HISTORICAL PERIOD ensemble February film finger flute France DIED France HISTORICAL PERIOD Germany DIED Germany HISTORICAL PERIOD guitar half step harmonic horn IMPORTANT ITEMS include the opera instrument similar interval Italy DIED January jazz Johann July June keyboard Late Romantic COMPOSITIONAL March melody minor Modern COMPOSITIONAL MEDIA Modern Popular Notable songs include Notable works include notation November numbers octave lower October opera Orchestra percussion instrument piano pitch played Popular songs Prolific composer Pulitzer Prize range Renaissance COMPOSITIONAL MEDIA rhythm Romantic COMPOSITIONAL MEDIA Russia DIED scale September sounds as written sounds one octave stringed instrument style Symphony tone twelve-tone techniques violin vocal wind instrument woodwind instrument York HISTORICAL PERIOD