The American History and Encyclopedia of Music Dictionary (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781432625405)

The American History and Encyclopedia of Music Dictionary by W. L. Hubbard is a comprehensive reference book that covers the history of music in America. The book contains an extensive collection of entries that cover a wide range of topics, including biographical information on composers, musicians, and performers, as well as detailed explanations of musical terms, instruments, and genres. The dictionary also includes a timeline of important events in American music history, a list of notable recordings, and a glossary of musical terms. With over 1,500 pages of information, this book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the rich history of American music.1910. A dictionary of any language is properly supposed to contain all words in use in that language and also words which have been used in time past, but which have become obsolete. These obsolete words are included in order that the development and history of the language may be studied, and, for this reason, they are a very important part of such a work. This should also be true of a musical dictionary, as many terms which are not in use at the present time are of great value in the study of the history of music and also for a thorough understanding of old musical manuscripts. With this idea in mind, the list of terms given in this dictionary have been compiled, including not only obsolete terms but also as far as possible equivalents in the various languages. For this reason, the number of terms given in this dictionary is greater than that found in any other musical dictionary extant, numbering as it does, about fourteen thousand definitions...The work contains a number of special features not covered in any other musical dictionary. Among them being, Dances, National Songs, Poetic Meters, Modes and the Parts of the Mass. Each of these has been defined under the general term and also each specific dance, song, meter, etc., has been included in its alphabetical place.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: W. L. Hubbard
ISBN-10: 1432625403
ISBN-13: 9781432625405
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2005
Pages: 604
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.32lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.50d