# The New Penguin Dictionary of Music

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- Authors: [Paul Griffiths](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-griffiths)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2006-08-03

## Description

The New Penguin Dictionary of Music is the essential A-Z of some 1,000 years of Western music. It explores in detail the lives and achievements of a huge range of composers, and examines such key topics as music history (from medieval plainchant to contemporary minimalism), performers, theory and jargon. Written by an award-winning music critic, and blending scholarship with personal insight and opinion, this dictionary is both a pleasurable read and an invaluable and authoritative reference book for all lovers of music, whether amateur or professional.

## Editions

### The New Penguin Dictionary of Music

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4100-925-4
- Pages: 912
- Published: 2006-08-03
- Language: en_GB