Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music

by Don Michael Randel

Core biographies for over 2,000 composers, compact information for all periods in music history, and particularly comprehensive coverage of the twentieth century in music. 578 pages, 8 1/4" x 5 1/2" format.

Genres: Reference, Music, Nonfiction

578 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1978

About the author

Don Michael Randel is a prominent American musicologist, the fifth president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and a member of the editorial board of Encyclopaedia Britannica. He has previously served as the twelfth president of the University of Chicago, as Provost of Cornell University, and as Dean of Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences.