عنوان

A Dictionary of Musical Terms /

(Number (ISBN

9780511693007 (ebook)

Number

b504382

Title Proper

A Dictionary of Musical Terms /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Edited by John Stainer, William Barrett.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge :

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Place of publication not identified :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

publisher not identified,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1876.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (468 pages) :

Other Physical Details

digital, PDF file(s)

Series Title

Cambridge library collection. Music.

Text of Note

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)

Text of Note

This illustrated dictionary, written by the prolific Victorian composer Sir John Stainer (1840-1901) - best remembered today for his oratorio The Crucifixion - and W. A. Barrett, was first published by Novello in 1876. It provides definitions for 'the chief musical terms met with in scientific, theoretical, and practical treatises, and in the more common annotated programmes and newspaper criticisms', ranging from short explanations of the Italian words for tempi, through descriptions of ancient instruments to expansive articles on such topics as acoustics, copyright, hymn tunes, the larynx and temperament. That it subsequently ran to several further editions suggests that it provided welcome guidance for the concert-going public in the nineteenth century.

Music, Dictionaries.

Barrett, William Alexander,1836-1891

Stainer, John,1840-1901

Date of Transaction

20151005020623.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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