The New Penguin Dictionary of Music

by Paul Griffiths

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014100925X
• ISBN13: 9780141009254
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Penguin Global
• Length: 896 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"