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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (5 ed.)

Michael Kennedy, Joyce Bourne Kennedy

‘The best reference book of its kind’, Literary Review

Derived from the classic Oxford Dictionary of Music, this is the most authoritative dictionary of music available in paperback. Up-to-date and clearly written, it is a rich mine of information for lovers of music of all periods and styles. Written by Michael Kennedy, a renowned authority on classical music and chief music critic for The Sunday Telegraph, from 1989 to 2005, the dictionary includes over 14,000 entries on musical terms from allegro to zingaro, and on musical works from Aida to Tosca, as well as musical instruments and their history, composers, librettists, musicians, singers, and orchestras. It also boasts comprehensive works lists for major composers. Fully revised and updated, the 5th edition of this established reference work contains over 200 new entries, including information on approximately 150 new performers. Essential reference for music students and teachers, and fascinating reading for all other music enthusiasts.

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780199203833
Published to Oxford Reference:
2007
Current Online Version:
2012
eISBN:
9780191727184

Authors

Michael Kennedy, author

Joyce Bourne Kennedy, author

Michael Kennedy has been music critic of the Sunday Telegraph since 1989. Before that he was a staff music critic on the Daily Telegraph from 1950 and its Northern Editor from 1960 to 1986. He is an authority on English music of the twentieth century and has written book on Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Britten, and Walton as well as on Mahler, Strauss, Barbirolli, Boult, and the Halle Orchestra. He was awarded the OBE in 1981 and the CBE in 1997, and is a member of the Board of Governors of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.

Joyce Bourne Kennedy practised for almost 30 years as an anaesthetist and general practitioner until her retirement in 1990. She has a lifelong interest in and love of music. She is married to Michael Kennedy and has assisted him with his works since 1978. Her book Who's Who in Opera was published in 1998.

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