Don Michael Randel (Orden de los libros)

Don Michael Randel Orden de los libros

Don Michael Randel es un destacado musicólogo estadounidense, reconocido por sus profundas exploraciones en la música y su significado dentro de la cultura humana. Su trabajo se caracteriza por su rigor académico y la búsqueda de comprender la música como un lenguaje universal. La experiencia de Randel abarca épocas históricas y géneros musicales, ofreciendo a los lectores nuevas perspectivas sobre la riqueza del mundo musical. Su enfoque de la música es tanto analítico como evocador, atrayendo tanto a académicos como a oyentes en general.

The New Harvard Dictionary of Music

Edited by Don Randel

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THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER 2003 EDITION This classic reference work is simply the best one-volume music dictionary available today. Its nearly 6,000 entries, written by more than 70 top musicologists, are consistently lucid and based on recent scholarship. The New Harvard Dictionary of Music contains among its riches superb articles on music of the 20th century, including jazz, rock, and mixed media as well as twelve-tone, serial, and aleatory music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Near East; entries on all the styles and forms in Western art music; and descriptions of instruments enriched by historical background. Short entries for quick reference--definitions and identifications--alternate with encyclopedia-length articles written by experts in each field. More than 220 drawings and 250 musical examples enhance the text. Combining authoritative scholarship with concise, lively prose, The New Harvard Dictionary of Music is the essential guide for musicians, students, and everyone who listens to music.