Music Lovers Encyclopedia
by Rupert Hughes
Publisher: McClure, Phillips & Co 1903
ISBN/ASIN: 0517218909
Number of pages: 933
Description:
A facsimile edition of a classic, long the standard reference on music with almost 1,000 pages that include an A to Z biographical dictionary of musicians with over 8,500 entries, a dictionary of 7,000 musical terms, synopses of 90 operas, and much more.
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