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• Editor's Foreword Jon Woronoff Preface Acronyms and Abbreviations Chronology Introduction THE DICTIONARY Bibliography About the Author.
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The contemporary music scene thus embodies a uniquely broad spectrum of activity, which has grown and changed down to the present hour. With new talents emerging and different technologies developing as we move further into the 21st century, no one can predict what paths music will take next. All we can be certain of is that the inspiration and originality that make music live will continue to bring awe, delight, fascination, and beauty to the people who listen to it. This book cover modernist and postmodern concert music worldwide from the years 1888 to 2018. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on the most important composers, musicians, methods, styles, and media in modernist and postmodern classical music worldwide, from 1888 to 2018. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about modern and contemporary classical music.
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• Albéniz, Isaac (1860-1909)
• Albert, Eugen d' (1864-1932)
• Arpège, arpeggiando
• Arrau, Claudio (1903-1991)
• Authenticité
• Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
• Barcarolle
• Bada, Béla (1881-1945)
• Bayreuth
• Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
• Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835)
• Berg, Alban (1885-1935)
• Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)
• Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990)
• Bizet, Georges (1838-1875)
• Boito, Arrigo (1842-1918)
• Borodine, Alexandre (1833-1887)
• Boulanger, Lili (1893-1918)
• Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
• Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)
• Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
• Bülow, Hans von (1830-1894)
• Busch, Fritz et Adolf (1890-1951 et 1891-1952)
• Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924)
• Callas, Maria (1923-1977)
• Cantate
• Chabrier, Emmanuel (1841-1894)
• Charpentier, Gustave (1860-1956)
• Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)
• Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)
• Chostakovitch, Dimitri (1906-1975)
• Cimarosa, Domenico (1749-1801)
• Clarinette
• Claudel, Paul (1868-1955)
• Clavier
• Cor
• Couperin, François, dit "le Grand" (1668-1733)
• Danse
• Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
• Delalande, Michel-Richard (1657-1726)
• Deller, Alfred (1912-1979)
• Disque
• Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)
• Dowland, John (1563-1626)
• Dukas, Paul (1865-1935)
• Duparc, Henri (1848-1933)
• Dutilleux, Henri (né en 1916)
• Dvorik, Antonin (1841-1904)
• Einem, Gottfried von (1918-1996)
• Enesco, Georges (1881-1955)
• Expression
• Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
• Ferrier, Kathleen (1912-1953)
• Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich (1925-2012)
• Franck, César (1822-1890)
• Fugue
• Furtwângler, Wilhelm (1886-1954)
• Gluck, Christoph Willibald von (1714-1787)
• Glyndebourne
• Gounod, Charles (1818-1893)
• Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)
• Hahn, Reynaldo (1874-1947)
• Hândel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)
• Harmonie
• Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)
• Hindemith, Paul (1895-1963)
• Humperdinck, Engelbert (1854-1921)
• Impromptu
• Ineffable
• Interprétation
• Janàëek, Leog (1854-1928)
• Karajan, Herbert von (1908-1989)
• Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897-1957)
• Ktenek, Ernst (1900-1991)
• Lalo, Edouard (1823-1892)
• Legato
• Legge, Walter (1906-1979)
• Lekeu, Guillaume (1870-1894)
• Lied
• Lipatti, Dinu (1917-1950)
• Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
• Loewe, Carl (1796-1869)
• Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687)
• Magnard, Albéric (1865-1914)
• Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
• Manuscrit
• Marais, Marin (1656-1728)
• Martin, Frank (1890-1974)
• Mascagni, Pietro (1863-1945)
• Massenet, Jules (1842-1912)
• Maurel, Victor (1848-1923)
• Melchior, Lauritz (1890-1973)
• Mélodie
• Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Félix (1809-1847)
• Menuhin, Yehudi (1916-1999)
• Messe
• Mesure
• Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1791-1864)
• Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974)
• Moderne, modernité
• Modulation
• Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)
• Moussorgski, Modeste (1839-1881)
• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
• Nocturne
• Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880)

• Opéra
• Oratorio
• Orchestre
• Paganini, Niccolô (1782-1840)
• Parodie
• Partition
• Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710-1736)
• Pfitzner, Hans (1869-1949)
• Piano
• Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)
• Prokofiev, Sergueï (1891-1953)
• Prosodie
• Proust, Marcel (1871-1922)
• Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
• Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
• Quatuor
• Quintette
• Rachmaninov, Sergueï (1873-1943)
• Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
• Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
• Récital
• Reger, Max (1873-1916)
• Rimski-Korsakov, Nikolaï (1844-1908)
• Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
• Rott, Johann Carl Maria (dit Hans) (1858-1884)
• Roussel, Albert (1869-1937)
• Rythme
• Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)
• Salzbourg
• Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)
• Schoeck, Othmar (1886-1957)
• Schônberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
• Schreker, Franz (1878-1934)
• Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
• Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)
• Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (1915-2006)
• Série
• Serkin, Rudolf (1903-1991)
• Sforzando
• Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
• Silence
• Smetana, Bedfich (1824-1884)
• Sonate
• Soprano
• Sostenuto
• Souffleur
• Soupir
• Strauss I, Johann et Strauss II, Johann (1804-1849 et 1825-1899)
• Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)
• Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)
• Symphonie
• Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937)
• Tchaïkovski, Piotr Ilitch (1840-1893)
• Tessiture
• Timbre
• Tonalité, ton
• Toscanini, Arturo (1867-1957)
• Trémolo (tremolando, tremolato)
• Trille
• Trio
• Valse, ou la mélancolie de tourner
• Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
• Vibrato
• Violon
• Violoncelle
• Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
• Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
• Walter, Bruno (1876-1962)
• Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)
• Weill, Kurt (1900-1950)
• Wolf Ferrari, Ermanno (1876-1948)
• Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)
• Zandonai, Riccardo (1883-1944)
• Zemlinsky, Alexander von (1871-1942).

"Cet ouvrage est le livre d'une vie. Une vie d'écoute et donc de passion. D'aussi loin que je me souvienne, la musique fut pour moi comme une évidence. Du côté de ma mère, tout le monde avait chanté, joué du piano, été à l'opéra. Du côté de mon père, il y avait eu deux très bons professionnels. Enfin, les Soeurs m'ont fait un don, entre tous inestimable: elles m'ont appris à poser ma voix sur mon oreille. L'enfant solitaire que j'ai été n'a pas eu de mal à apprendre du Chérubin de Mozart et, quand on n'a personne pour qui chanter (ou même à qui parler), eh bien, on chante aux brises. Enseignant je fus, ce qui oblige à mieux savoir ce qu'on sait et mieux aimer ce qu'on aime. Rassure-toi donc, lecteur: de Glyndebourne à Salzbourg, de Bach à Dutilleux, tu trouveras ici tout ce qu'il faut pour te plaire tant le vagabondage de l'auteur est insatiable."--P. [4] of cover.

• Editor's Foreword - Jon Woronoff Preface Acronyms and Abbreviations Chronology Introduction The Dictionary Bibliography About the Author.
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In the last decade of the 19th century, modernist sensibilities reached a critical mass and emerged more frequently in music as composers began employing dissonance, polyrhythm, atonality, and densities. Conversely, many 20th-century composers eschewed modernist devices and wrote accessible works in a tonal idiom, which drew chiefly on classical, romantic, and folk models. Then the postmodern sensibility followed, with its enthusiasm for the unprecedented availability of virtually every type of music, and it engendered numerous sub-groups, including multiculturalism, minimalism, multimedia, and free improvisation. Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music focuses on modernist and postmodern classical music worldwide from 1890 to the present. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries, with more than 60 entries explaining the methods, styles, and acoustic and electronic media peculiar to new music, and over 350 entries giving essential information on the lives and work of the people who have composed and performed that music. Those entries also include pop, jazz, and rock composer/musicians whose work either overlaps the realm of classical music or else is so radical within its own field that it merits discussion in this context. This book is a must for anyone, musician or non-musician, student or professional, who seeks to research and learn more about any significant aspect of modern and contemporary classical music worldwide.
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• PREFACE
• ABBREVIATIONS
• DESIGNATION OF NOTES BY LETTERS
• DICTIONARY
• APPENDICES
• Appendix 1: Directions and expression markings in French, German, and Italian
• Appendix 2: List of abbreviations found in musical scores.
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For the sixth edition of this classic dictionary, the text has been thoroughly revised and updated. With over 10,000 entries, the Oxford Dictionary of Music (previously the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music) offers broad coverage of a wide range of musical categories spanning many eras, including composers, librettists, singers, orchestras, important ballets and operas, and musical instruments and their history. Over 250 new entries have been added to this edition to expand coverage of popular music, ethnomusicology, modern and contemporary composers, music analysis, and recording technology. Existing entries have been expanded where necessary to include more coverage of the reception of major works, and to include key new works and categories, such as multimedia. Entry-level web links are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website, expanding the scope of the dictionary. The dictionary now also includes two useful appendices, one listing French, German, and Italian musical terms with their English translations, and an abbreviations list for letters commonly used in musical scores and musical writing. The Oxford Dictionary of Music is the most up-to-date and accessible dictionary of musical terms available and an essential point of reference for music students, teachers, lecturers, professional musicians, as well as music enthusiasts.
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This broad-ranging dictionary offers comprehensive coverage of the world of classical music and includes entries on terminology, genres, composers and works from early music to the present day. Compiled with the assistance of eminent professors of music, it is an authoritative but accessible guide to the subject.
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This work contains over 1500 entries covering and exploring Eastern and Western musical cultures, spanning from Europe to India and Japan; from Indonesia and Oceania to South and North America, a wide range of definitions, descriptions and identifications of musical terms from ancient to contemporary music, from popular to classic, from world music to jazz. It includes essays on the music of India, North America, Latin America, Africa, East Asia, South Asia, the Islamic world, European folk and traditional music, Pop/Rock, Jazz, and the European classical music.
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• Preface-- Oxford Dictionary of Musical Works A-Z--
• Appendix 1: Nicknamed Compositions by Author--
• Appendix 2: Index of Composers--
• Appendix 3: Glossary of Terms.
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Anyone who listens to or plays classical music often wants to put the pieces they encounter in context - to check information ranging from who wrote the piece, or the date of its first performance, to how it acquired its title, or whether it was commissioned for a specific person or occasion. General dictionaries of music only cover a limited number of musical works, and include very little detail. The new Oxford Dictionary of Musical Works provides short articles on over 1750 musical works from earliest times to the present day, providing a comprehensive but handy reference. Entries encompass a broad spectrum of genres - from opera, ballet, choral and vocal music, orchestral, chamber and instrumental pieces, to nicknamed works, collections, national anthems, hymn tunes, and traditional melodies.Each entry outlines the genre to which the piece belongs; the librettist or author of the text, including any literary source; the number of acts or movements; the scoring - including details of the instrumentalists and vocalists needed to perform the piece; how it came to be commissioned; the place and date of its first performance; any subsequent arrangements or revisions; and any additional important or entertaining information.
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This classic reference work, a one-volume music dictionary, has been brought completely up to date in this new edition. Combining authoritative scholarship and lucid prose, this is an essential guide for musicians, students and everyone who appreciates music. Long admired for its wide range as well as its reliability, "The Harvard Dictionary of Music" includes entries on all the styles and forms in Western music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Near East; descriptions of instruments enriched by historical background; and articles that reflect today's beat, including popular music, jazz and rock. Throughout this new edition, existing articles have been fine-tuned and new entries added so that the dictionary fully reflects current music schoalrship and recent developments in musical culture. Encyclopedia-length articles by notable experts alternate with short entries for quick reference, including definitions and identifications of works and instruments. More than 220 drawings and 250 musical examples enhance the text making this an aid for all music lovers.
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• Bd.
• 1. Systematischer Teil. Musikkgeschichte von den Anfängen bis zur Renaissance
• Bd.
• 2. Musikgeschichte vom Barock bis zur Gegenwart.