Historical dictionary of sacred music / / Joseph P. Swain

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819881203321
• Autore: Swain Joseph Peter
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-4422-6463-2
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (403 p.)
• Collana: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
• Disciplina: 781.7003
• Soggetti: Church music; Synagogue music
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Chronology; Introduction; THE DICTIONARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Sacred Music contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and a bibliography. The dictionary section has over 800 cross-referenced entries on major types of music, composers, key religious figures, and specialized positions, genres of composition, technical terms, and instruments.