A-Dictionary-of-Music.pdf

The

FACTS ON FILE

Dictionary

of Music

The

FACTS ON FILE

Dictionary

of Music

Christine Ammer

The Facts On File Dictionary of Music, Fourth Edition

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Ammer, Christine

The Facts On File dictionary of music / Christine Ammer.—4th ed.

p. cm.

Includes index.

Rev. ed. of: The HarperCollins dictionary of music. 3rd ed. c1995.

ISBN 0-8160-5266-2 (Facts On File : alk paper) ISBN 978-1-4381-3009-5 (e-book)

1. Music—Dictionaries. 2. Music—Bio-bibliography. I. Title: Dictionary of music. II.

Ammer, Christine. HarperCollins dictionary of music. III. Facts On File, Inc. IV. Title.

ML100.A48 2004

780'.3—dc22

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