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Cobbett, Walter Willson
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Cobbett's cyclopedic survey of chamber music
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Book
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2nd ed.
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3 vols.
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London; New York, N.Y.
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1963
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Oxford University Press
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3 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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English
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Chamber music--Dictionaries.
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Chamber Music
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ML 1100 .C7x 1963
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Cobbett, Walter Wilson. Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. 2nd ed. With supplementary material edited by Colin Mason. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1963.
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An encyclopedia of chamber music, including composers, genres, styles, instruments, and performance issues.
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Covers ensemble music suited for playing in a room, . . . extending from duos to nonets. Des not include solo works, piano sonatas, piano ensemble works, or pedagogical material. Does not include manuscript works.
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Volumes I and II consist of the original 1929 encyclopedia. Entries are organized alphabetically. Each entry includes an encylopedic entry, often with musical examples. Volume II includes a bibliography to the encyclopedia. Volume III is a 1964 update. It is a collection of essays describing chamber music since 1929. It is organized by topic, with sections on specific regions and composers. Volume III also includes a bibliography, an index of composers, and a list of additions and corrections to dates given in the original edition (Volumes I and II).
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Ulrich, Homer. Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 21 (Spring 1963): 124-26
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BYU Mus Ref
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2938