Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians

H. C. Colles [editor]

Edité par Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1940

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A smart fourth edition set of this illustrated dictionary of music with the supplementary volume. Complete in six volumes, with volumes I to V and the new supplementary volume. Fourth edition. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians, and one of the largest reference works on the history and theory of music. It has gone through several editions since the nineteenth century and is widely used today. Volume I is illustrated with a frontispiece, twenty plates, four of which are in colour, and many in-text figures. Volume II is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, nineteen plates, four of which are in colour, and many in-text figures. Volume III is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, sixteen plates, four of which are in colour, and many in-text figures. Volume IV is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, twenty plates, four of which are in colour, and many in-text figures. Volume V is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seventeen plates, four of which are in colour, and many in-text figures. The supplementary volume is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, sixteen plates, and many in-text figures. Collated complete. Edited by Henry Cope Colles, an English music critic, music lexicographer, writer on music and organist. He is best known for his thirty-two years as chief music critic of The Times and for editing the third and fourth editions of this work. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor wear and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
• Éditeur: Macmillan and Co., Limited, London
• Date de parution: 1940
• Reliure: Cloth
• Illustrateur: Not Stated
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Type de livre: book
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