Author: Paul GriffithsPublisher: Penguin Global
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Looks at the lives and achievements of thousands of composers and examines key topics such as music history, theory, and jargon.
The New Penguin Dictionary of Music
Author: Paul GriffithsPublisher: Penguin Global
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 896
Book Description
Looks at the lives and achievements of thousands of composers and examines key topics such as music history, theory, and jargon.
The New Penguin Dictionary of Music
Author: Arthur JacobsThe New Penguin Dictionary of Music
Author: New Penguin Dictionary of Music
Author: Paul GriffithsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The New Penguin Dictionary of Music is the essential A-Z of some 1,000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a huge range of composers, and examines such key topics as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. Written by an award-winning music critic, and blending scholarship with personal insight and opinion, this dictionary is both a pleasurable read and an invaluable and authoritative reference book for all lovers of music, whether amateur or professional.
The Penguin Dictionary of Music
Author: A New Dictionary of Music
Author: Arthur JacobsThe New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations
Author: Robert AndrewsPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141965312
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1291
Book Description
The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations contains over 8,000 quotations from 1914 to the present. As much a companion to the modern age as it is an entertaining and useful reference tool, it takes the reader on a tour of the wit and wisdom of the great and the good, from Margot Asquith to Monica Lewinsky, from George V to Boutros Boutros-Galli and Jonathan Aitken to Frank Zappa.
The Penguin Dictionary of Physical Geography
Author: J. B. WhittowPublisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780140510942
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 591
Book Description
Defines terms and concepts in archaeology, botany, geology, meteorology, earth science and geography
The Penguin Dictionary of Indian Classical Music
Author: Raghava R. MenonPublisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
A unique reference book on music incorporating terms and references from both the traditions in Indian classical musicýthe Carnatic and the Hindustani. The Penguin Book of Indian Classical Music, the first of its kind, provides definitions of musical terms and descriptions of the traditions and styles that constitute the rich musical heritage of India. From the primary enunciation of a raga as ýaaý, the unstructured, emotionally inspired musical rendering, to the Urdu term ýzamzamaý that refers to the back and forth movement of a note, the dictionary defines the A to Z in Indian classical music. Comparison between the two systems in terms of ragas and the use of notes is facilitated by cross-references. And Raghava Menonýs introduction provides a perceptive insight into what constitutes Indian classical music, both in emotive and technical terms. Complete with photographs of the major instruments used in the two traditions as well as those of some of the all-time great musicians in Indian classical music, the volume is intended to be a valuable reference book for the virtuoso and the lay person aspiring for a greater understanding of Indian music.
Author: Arthur Jacobs