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The Oxford companion to music

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Other Authors: Latham, Alison
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Music > Encyclopedias.
Music > Bio-bibliography.
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Item Description:"New edition of two quite different earlier companions ... Oxford companion to music ... The new Oxford companion to music"-Pref.
Physical Description:xiii, 1434 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0198662122
Author Notes:Alison Latham is a highly experienced editor of music reference works. She was a member of the editorial team for the multi-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980), assistant editor of The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music (1988, reprinted 1994), co-editor (with Stanley Sadie) of The Cambridge Guide to Music and Brief Guide to Music (1994) and (with Roger Parker) of Verdi in Performance (2001). She was co-editor of The Musical Times from 1977 to 1988. From 1989 to 2000 she was Publications Editor at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and editor of the libretto series Royal Opera Texts. She now works as a freelance writer and editor on music.

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