Essential Dictionary of Music: Definitions, Composers, Theory, Instruments (Essential Dictionary Series): The Most Practical and Useful Music Dictionary for Students and Professionals

Compact and extremely useful. Don't expect anything in depth, but as a very convenient ready reference that will fit in all but the smallest instrument cases, so you can always have it with you when needed. Highly Recommended!

A mus-have for any person interested in the fundamentals of music. Delighted to have found the book available at such a reasonable price.

just what I needed.

excellent reference book

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A good reference book for musicians if not too ambitious

This dictionary is so small that the entries are hopelessly short. You are often left completely unilluminated. If you want to know about, say, the formal structure of the sonata or the symphony, this will be virtually no use at all. About all it's good for is translations of 'lente', 'adagio' and the like. Be warned.

This is a perfect gift for music students!! I purchased them for my students and they loved them. I even had to keep one for myself!It is compact and yet has a comprehensive collection of musical terms and definitions as well as composers and other musical notations!Beautiful little book!Good quality for a good price!

Liten bok om historiska musiker men även en liten genomgång av principer.

英語話者のための楽語辞書です。各楽語を英語で簡潔に説明しており、初級者向けだと思います。私は各楽語を英語で説明するときに参考にしています。逆引きはできないので、日本語の楽語を英語に訳すには別の参考書が必要です。

I normally carry a music dictionary in the case for my instrument.My old dictionary fell apart and I got this one which is very good.

This is a nice little POCKET SIZED reference book. It is divided into sectionsFirst Page - Table of ContentsPage 4 - Abreviations - abreviations of languages used in the book. ex. Eng for EnglishPage 4 Pronunciations - pronunciations of vowels and consonanats used in the bookSECTION 1-Page 7 through 148 Definitions of common musical terms listed alphabetically - such as "a capella"SECTION 2-Pages 151 through 274 Composers listed alphabetically with their birth and death dates, historical period (ex.Romantic period),Compositional media (ex. Opera), Important items (such as notable works)SECTION 3-Theory-Pages 277 through 314 - notes, time signatures, scales, etcSECTION 4-Instrument & Vocal ranges (ex. flute from middle c to c above the staff)I think it is very comprehensive as a small reference. The complaints on the reviews seem to be based on three things1) The Kindle edition has problems (most of the complaints)- get the hard copy2) One person complained about a couple of typographical errors. All books have typographical errors!3) It doesn't list ALL the composers or ALL music theory, etc. But I guess it isn't thousands of pages long. A Pocket dictionary is not going to have everything possible! Some people just expect the impossible!For what it is it is an excellent reference. A music student who carries this in his case will find everything he needs to know. This book does what it is supposed to do.I say wake up folks. These reviews are supposed to be reviewing the PRODUCT!