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The MacMillan EncyclopEdia Of Music And Musicians In One Volume-I, 1938
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1PREFACE
3In the preparation of this volume, the aim has been to fill the modern need for a comprehensive, up-to-date, ready-reference work on music and musicians. Every effort has been made to include essential information on all matters, directly or indirectly connected with the art of music, that have interest for the professional musician, teacher, writer, student, concert-goer, radio listener and record enthusiast.
5To keep the work within the scope of one volume, each article is confined to the pertinent facts concerning its subject; non-essential details have been omitted. More than 50,000 references are contained in the volume, all given in strictly alphabetical order; these include specific definitions of more than 4,000 musical terms and expressions, hundreds of special articles on musical subjects, concise summaries of all famous opera plots, pertinent data on radio broadcasting and on phonograph recording, information on musical centers and institutions, articles on popular orchestral and instrumental works and descriptions of all musical instruments.
7Many thousands of biographical references are included, covering composers, virtuosos, teachers and writers on music; ample space is given to those who have attained fame. Every phase in the whole history of music is covered from its earliest known beginnings to the present day, and every entry has been checked with the latest facts obtainable. While the work is world-wide in scope, American music and musicians are here given greater consideration than they have ever been accorded in previous encyclopedias.
9More than twelve hundred volumes in many languages have been consulted in preparing this volume, and to these the editor makes grateful acknowledgment. For any possible errors, he asks his readers' indulgence, and their cooperation in eliminating these from future editions.
11ALBERT E. WIER.
13September 15, 1938.
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