Excerpt from Music Lovers' Cyclopedia: Containing a Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Terms, Instruments, &C., Including a Key to the Pronunciation of Sixteen Languages American music. The editor the great instrumentalists. Louis C. Elson the great singers. Louis C. Elson acoustics. J. S. Shedlock altered chords. Charles W. Pearce counterpoint. Homer A. Norris folk-song. H. E. Krehbiel form. John F. Runciman fugue. Homer A. Norris grace. The edi'i'or modern harmony IN practice. A. J. Goodrich. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Since its publication in 1938, this encyclopedia has been recognized as the outstanding single-volume book in scope, depth, and detail. It is widely considered to be the major encyclopedia of musical knowledge. In each subsequent edition over the years, existing topics were brought up-to-date and new topics were introduced. The changes in this 11th edition, both revision and extension, are contained in an addenda at the rear of the volume. This section is the chronicle of approximately 10 years, 1975-1985, the period separating the 11th edition from the previous one. Much of the material in this new Addenda section deals with topics entirely new to the Cyclopedia, such as persons, places, organizations, and compositional styles, among others. International in scope, this is the most modern reference available for all music lovers. ISBN 0-396-08412-5: $69.95 (For use only in the library).