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Title: The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music (Harvard University Press Reference Library) by Don Michael Randel ISBN: 0-674-37299-9 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: November, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Comprehensive and Inexpensive
Comment: One word. Wow! This book, combined with The New Harvard Dictionary of Music, makes a great resource for serious musicians, amateurs, and students alike. The near 6000 entries make this reference the best for its price. I've used the Baker on several occasions. While the Baker is certainly more comprehensive, a glance at its price (~$90) is enough to make one think twice. The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, with its bargain price, is a must buy. Couple it with The New Harvard Dictionary of Music (which is the same price as the Biographical Dictionary), and you will have an unbeatable musical resource at your disposal. If you are REALLY tight on budget, then perhaps you may want to check out the Oxford Dictionary of Music. It accomplishes in 1 volume (and ~$34 compared to the Harvards' $54 combined) what the Harvard Dictionaries do in 2, though (understandably) to a much lesser extent. Nevertheless, the Harvard music references are still great buys, especially if you have a little extra cash to expend.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent refereence.
Comment: Written by over 70 top musicologists, this splendid reference focuses on composers but also includes a generous selection of performers, theorists, and instrument makers, of all eras and genres, in nearly 6,000 entries.
Biographical details are of course provided, with a brief professional resume, (with longer entries for composers of greater significance), an accounting of major works, and a discerning bibliography where appropriate. The authors mention lifestyle issues when they bear heavily on the career of the subject (e.g., Chet Baker's heroin addiction), but the emphasis is on music, as it should be.
Coverage runs from Edouard Lalo to Little Richard, Johann Friedrich Fasch to Johnny Rotten, so whatever the musical taste, this dictionary will be useful. Highly recommended for music lovers of all persuasions.
(The "score" rating is an ineradicable feature of the page. This reviewer does not "score" books.)
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Title: The New Harvard Dictionary of Music by Don Michael Randel, Carmela M. Ciampa, Laszlo Meszoly ISBN: 0674615255 Publisher: Belknap Pr Pub. Date: October, 1986 List Price(USD): $42.00 |
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Title: The Harvard Dictionary of Music : Fourth Edition by Don Michael Randel ISBN: 0674011635 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Schirmer Pronouncing Pocket Manual of Musical Terms by Nicolas Slonimsky, Theodore Baker, Laura Kuhn ISBN: 0825672236 Publisher: Schirmer Books Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: A History of Western Music, Sixth Edition by Donald J. Grout, Claude V. Palisca ISBN: 0393975274 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $69.60 |
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Title: The Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music by Stanley Sadie, Alison Latham ISBN: 0393037533 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: December, 1994 List Price(USD): $42.50 |
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