Larousse encyclopedia of music /
Contributor(s): Hindley, Geoffrey.
Publisher: London ; New York : Hamlyn, 1971Description: 576 pages : illustrations (some color), plates, music ; 30 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 0600023966; 9780600023968 :; 9780600023968; 0600354911; 9780600354918.Subject(s): Music -- History and criticism -- Encyclopedias and dictionaries | Music -- DictionariesDDC classification: 780.3| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Reference Collection | 780.3 HIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | M028568 |
Based on "La Musique : les hommes, les instruments, les oeuvres". Originally published in 1965.
Music of the oral traditions -- Monody and rhythm -- The age of polyphony -- The age of harmony -- The Romantics -- Music in the modern world.
A pictorial spectrum illuminates the vast domain of the musical world, focusing on its history, lore, traditions, personalities, and major composers.