בידספיריט | Encyclopedia of Music- 1980 אנציקלופדיה של

Encyclopedia of Music- 1980 אנציקלופדיה של מוזיקה. תולדות המוסיקה - The Encyclopedia of Music is a valuable reference work for the whole family. Packed with detail this informative text traces the history of music and musical instruments over the past five centuries and also includes biographies of all major composers and performers up until 1980. It is illustrated with over 100 color and 80 black and white photographs, and many line drawings. The first part of the book is devoted to the history of music and its development from medieval plainsong to jazz and modern electronic music. This is followed by a chapter on musical instruments, grouped under the headings of strings, brass, woodwind, percussion and keyboard. An important part of the book is the illustrated dictionary of 200 composers and a dictionary of over 200 musical forms and terms, accompanied by explanatory diagrams.