Edited by Michael Kennedy
Associate Editor: Joyce Bourne
14,000 entries
Based on The Oxford Dictionary of Music, which was hailed by Music and Musicians as 'without question the most comprehensive, detailed, reliable one-volume reference work on music now available in the English language', this Concise edition is another mine of information for lovers of music of all periods and styles. Providing thousands of entries on musical terms, works, composers, librettists, musicians, singers, and orchestras, the dictionary's coverage is exceptional, giving comprehensive work-lists for major composers, detailed entries on living composers and performers, important ballets and operas, as well as descriptions of musical instruments and their histories.
Written to appeal to general readers, musicians and musicologists alike, this reference work is essential for anyone involved in music, whether amateur or professional.
Michael Kennedy is director of the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, music critic of the Sunday Telegraph, and the author books, including works on Elgar, Vaughan, Britten, and Mahler.
