Don Michael Randel (Ordre des livres)

Don Michael Randel Ordre des livres

Don Michael Randel est un musicologue américain éminent, connu pour ses explorations approfondies de la musique et de sa signification au sein de la culture humaine. Son travail se caractérise par sa rigueur académique et sa quête de compréhension de la musique comme un langage universel. L'expertise de Randel s'étend sur des époques historiques et des genres musicaux, offrant aux lecteurs de nouvelles perspectives sur la richesse du monde musical. Son approche de la musique est à la fois analytique et évocatrice, attirant aussi bien les spécialistes que le grand public.

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THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER 2003 EDITION This classic reference work is simply the best one-volume music dictionary available today.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.