Harvard Dictionary of Music
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The Harvard Dictionary of Music is a standard
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
.
The first edition, titled Harvard Dictionary of Music, was published in 1944, and was edited by
non-Western music, and including information on jazz and popular music
for the first time. For the fourth edition (2003, also edited by Randel), the book reverted to the earlier title (with the article added), The Harvard Dictionary of Music.
Unlike some other standard music reference books, The Harvard Dictionary of Music includes no biographical entries. Biographical information may be found in a companion volume, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, published in 1996, which contains approximately 5500 entries.
References
- Randel, Don Michael, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music (1996), Belknap Press. ISBN 0-674-37299-9.
- Randel, Don Michael, The Harvard Dictionary of Music (2003), Belknap Press. ISBN 0-674-01163-5.