Item Detail
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Kuhn, Laura Diane
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Baker's student encyclopedia of music
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Book
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3 vols.
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New York, N.Y.
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1999
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Schirmer Books
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3 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
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English
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0028653157 (set); 0028654153 (vol. 1); 0028654161 (vol. 2); 0028654218 (vol. 3)
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Music--Encyclopedias.
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Musical Terms; Musicians; Compositions
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ML 100 .B34 1999
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Kuhn, Laura, comp. Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music, 3 vols. New York: Schirmer Books, 1999.
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An encyclopedia of musical terms, musicians, and musical works. Entries are brief and general in scope. Valuable for those with limited musical exposure.
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Entries consist of performers, composers, musical terms, and famous pieces from a broad spectrum of musical styles. Entries cover western European classical music and twentieth-century music styles from around the world, such as jazz, rock, reggae, hip-hop, and rap.
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There is a brief section at the beginning entitled Introduction to Musical Terminology. This section includes basic information on topics including notation, intervals, keys, meters, tempo markings, and dynamics. The general section of entries follows. Entries are listed alphabetically. Entries that consist of musical terms from foreign languages provide a translation and pronunciation guide. There is an index of all the entries in the set of encyclopedias at the end of each volume.
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Entries are concise and clearly written. The tone of the text is appropriate for the audience (amateur musicians).
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Although the author's goal is to be comprehensive across all styles and time periods of music, the inclusion of entries of very early and very modern music is sparse. There are practically no entries from the past two and a half decades. Additionally, there was only minimal inclusion of styles other than classical music, jazz, Broadway, and early rock-and-roll. The index, which simply listed entries with their page numbers, seemed superfluous in an encyclopedia arranged alphabetically.
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Bollerman, Jennifer. Fontes artis musicae 47 (October-December 2000): 426-28.http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rih&AN=1999-09087-1&site=ehost-live&scope=site
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BYU Mus Ref
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3640