Bärenreiter Verlag (Kassel) •
Verlag J.B. Metzler
(Stuttgart) MGG—Die Musik
in
Geschichte und Gegenwart
The Subject
Encyclopedia in 10 volumes (complete)
The Biographical
Encyclopedia in 17 volumes (complete)
Index to
Biographical section (Nov. 2007), now available
Supplement (new
entries to Subject & Biographical sections), to appear May 2008
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Subject Encyclopedia is unique in its
conception. It comprises 9 volumes (plus one index
volume) containing more than 1,500 entries with detailed information on
music aesthetics and theory, epochs and genres, church music and pop
music, instruments and manuscripts as well as cities and countries. Due
to the extensive nature of the entries with their frequent
subdivisions, the MGG conforms truly to the meaning of the word
encyclopedia.
Apart from the more
standard entries the Subject Encyclopedia also
includes comprehensive articles on institutions (music libraries, the
music library lending industry), on music iconographical subjects, on
correlated relationships to the other arts (for example color-tone
relationships, the reception towards jazz, the encyclopedia entry
music, etc).
Numerous specialists on a
worldwide basis have made this overall
picture possible. Many illustrations (mostly in color), music
examples, comprehensive literature lists and cross references
supplement the detailed texts.
The
Biographical Encyclopedia comprising 17 volumes
(plus 1 index & 1 supplement volume)
contains more than 18,000 entries, including over
9,000 composers, more than 2,000 singers and instrumentalists, and more
than 1,000 on theorists. Many of these entries are on non-western
composers, performers and writers, and more than 500 are on figures
from jazz and popular music. There are also over 500 entries on
philosophers and literary figures, not to mention more than 5,000 on
instrument makers, publishers, musicologists, writers, librettists and
visual artists. Many appear for the first time in a work of reference.
The Biographical
Encyclopedia is the work of more than 2,000 scholars
from 55 countries across the globe. All are internationally recognized
authorities in their field. Equally unique are the
discussions of subjects touching on music,
including history, art, literature, philosophy, law and the natural
sciences.
Please
inquire for special OMI price. Sets at the original 1994 subscription
price can still be purchased—limited offer.
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