The Oxford Companion To Music by Percy A. Scholes and John Owen Ward

A FULL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC IN ONE VOLUME By PERCY SCHOLES Tenth edition edited by JOHN OWEN WARD This most famous of all one-volume musical dictionaries first appeared in 193g. Now, just over thirty years and two hundred thousand copies later, comes the tenth edition.. The basic character of the book is unchanged. The combination of comprehensiveness and clarity, the friendly and unpompous helpfulness, which made it a true companion to music-lovers - these remain. But the world of music has changed since the last major revision. New names have emerged, new techniques are practised, old composers have been rediscovered, established figures have been re-assessed. John Owen Ward, who was Scholes's assistant in his lifetime, has seen to it that all these changes are noted and recorded in the Companion. Existing entries have all been checked and reconsidered, and there are new entries wherever these are called for. Thus brought up to date, the Oxford Companion to Music will continue in the nineteen-seventies to be the one indispensable possession for every musician and lover of music. This 1970 Oxford University Press Hardback is in good condition. DJ; some foxing to inside cover; very heavy so extra postage probably needed.

ISBN: 9780193113060 SKU: 1562943 This image is of the actual book.

SKU: 1562943
Location: Music