by Stanley Sadie, Alison Latham · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780521399425
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«The Cambridge Music Guide» is the music reference guide by Stanley Sadie and Alison Latham (Cambridge University Press, paperback, 546 pp., in English).
The book covers the history, development and theory of music: it explains notation, pitch, harmony, genres and instruments, and traces the evolution from medieval chant to jazz and rock. It includes studies of the great composers and listening guides to key works.
The original work was published in 1985, and this 1990 edition includes bibliographic references and an index.
A work aimed at enthusiasts, students and musicians who want a broad introduction to the theory, genres and history of music.
Stanley John Sadie was a British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980), which was published as the first edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Along with Thurston Dart, Nigel Fortune and Oliver Neighbour he was one of Britain's leading musicologists of the post-World War II generation.
