This four-language dictionary of music contains more than 4000 terms and is intended for musicians, teachers, students and amateurs who wish to understand and use specialist foreign terms. The book is not academic in scope- it is based on practical experience, derived from the examination of directions given on a large number of orchestral scores, piano pieces and transcriptions, and instrumental parts. In order to complement and clarify this vocabulary, specialist dictionaries and reference books have been consulted. Contemporary musical terms taken, for example, from the fields of jazz, pop and electronic music, have also been included. / Divers
SKU: HL.49044456
ISBN 9783795780760. UPC: 888680067908. 4.87x7.5x1.097 inches. Italian - German - English - French.
Musicians and music lovers almost certainly find themselves faced with completely unknown foreign-language terms from time to time. Dictionary of Musical Terms in Four Languages is the most comprehensive answer that problem, with more than 4000 musical terms presented in English, Italian, French and German. This reference book includes instrument names and commonly encountered as well as obscure musical terms, covering classical music, jazz, popular music and folk genres.
SKU: HL.49019680
ISBN 9783254082893. Italian - German - English - French.
This four-language dictionary of music contains more than 4000 terms and is intended for musicians, teachers, students and amateurs who wish to understand and use specialist foreign terms. The book is not academic in scope; it is based on practical experience, derived from the examination of directions given on a large number of orchestral scores, piano pieces and transcriptions, and instrumental parts. In order to complement and clarify this vocabulary, specialist dictionaries and reference books have been consulted. It also includes contemporary musical terms taken from the fields of jazz, pop, electronic music and more.
SKU: HL.49032935
ISBN 9783795700256. German. Andreas Schuermann.
250 entries on instruments, composers and musical terms from the fields of classical, jazz and popular music - numerous music examples - index with ca. 1,000 headwords - explanations of the origin of the words - phonetic transcriptions of foreign-language terms - with a preface by Peter Schreier From 'Absolutes Gehor' [Absolute Pitch] via 'Blues' to 'Zither' - this dictionary contains clear and suitable answers for children to questions on musical terms, genres and epochs, instruments, composers, performers, etc. The answers are given either in short, easily comprehensible articles or in the form of a dialogue between Clara and Frederik, two music-loving children who accompany the reader through the dictionary. The explanations of the origin of the words make the present book a work of reference that children like to consult and look at. The informative texts are complemented and illustrated by numerous music examples, phonetic transcriptions of foreign-language terms, as well as more than 200 illustrations and lovely four-colour drawings. The explanations contain cross references, and a detailed index of more than 1,000 headwords enables the reader to find entries which are not explained in an extra article.For children aged 7+.Awarded the Deutscher Musikeditionspreis 2000.
