The New Grove Dictionary of Opera |
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Editor:
| Sadie, Stanley |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-522186-2 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2004 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $495.00 |
Book Description:
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Incorporating a decade of musicological research, the Dictionary is unsurpassed in its scope and quality, with contributions from over 1,300 of the world's leading critics and scholars. A remarkable 11,000 articles, all fully cross-referenced, create a work that has become established as the essential opera reference. Indeed every aspect of this varied art form is covered: composers, conductors, directors, performers, librettists, literary sources, cities and countries, operatic...
More DescriptionIncorporating a decade of musicological research, the Dictionary is unsurpassed in its scope and quality, with contributions from over 1,300 of the world's leading critics and scholars. A remarkable 11,000 articles, all fully cross-referenced, create a work that has become established as the essential opera reference. Indeed every aspect of this varied art form is covered: composers, conductors, directors, performers, librettists, literary sources, cities and countries, operatic historians, and opera genres and terminology.