Schirmer Pronouncing Pocket Manual of Musical Terms

by Roger Ed. Schirmer and Schirmer

Book Overview

Compiling a pocket dictionary of musical terms at the turn into the 21st century is a bit like engaging in time travel - the compiler, like the reader in turn, moves through literally centuries of terms, each with its own relevance and use: slam dancing and classical ballet, heterophony and time-brackets, coloratura and circular breathing, crumhorns and synthesizers. The reader is struck by the virtual panoply of musical worlds, and by the specialized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849381763
• ISBN13: 9781849381765
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Omnibus Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.0" x 5.9"