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Schirmer pronouncing pocket manual of musical terms
- Title
- Schirmer pronouncing pocket manual of musical terms / edited by Theodore Baker ; revised by Nicolas Slonimsky.
- Author
- Baker, Theodore, 1851-1934
- Publication
- New York : Schirmer Books, 1978, ©1977.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | ML109.B16 1978s | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995.
- Description
- xxi, 297 pages : music; 14 cm
- Summary
- Over 5,000 definitions of key musical terms, styles, forms and musical instruments. Over 5,000 definitions of key musical terms, styles, forms and musical instruments. Provides brief descriptors of over 1,000 composers and performers in all musical styles. Covers classical, jazz, pop and world music. Easily fits into the pocket, bag or musical instrument case.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Dictionary
- dictionaries.
- Dictionaries
- Terminology
- Dictionaries.
- Dictionnaires.
- Note
- 1905 and 1947 editions published under title: A pronouncing pocket-manual of musical terms.
- Contents
- Preface -- Introductory -- Elements of notation -- Notes and rests -- The staff -- The clef -- The scales -- Chromatic signs -- The intervals -- Diatonic intervals of the major scale -- All standard intervals and their inversions -- The keys -- Table of keys -- Chords -- Time signatures -- Rules for pronouncing German, French, and Italian -- Comparative table of tempo marks -- Schirmer pronouncing pocket manual of musical terms -- Noteworthy musicians.
- ISBN
- 0028702506
- 9780028702506
- LCCN
- 77005236
- OCLC
- ocm03559110
- 3559110
- SCSB-130197
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library