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  1. Newsgroups: rec.music.classical
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!yale!gumby!wupost!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!bryan
  3. From: bryan@netcom.com (Bryan Higgins)
  4. Subject: Re: Single-volume reference books: Concise Grove? (almost a faq)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec31.024348.14979@netcom.com>
  6. Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
  7. References: <1992Dec25.061709.29107@news.columbia.edu> <RSHAPIRO.92Dec29115334@kariba.bbn.com> <will.725732515@ogre>
  8. Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 02:43:48 GMT
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  11. will@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (William Sadler) writes:
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  13. >In <RSHAPIRO.92Dec29115334@kariba.bbn.com> rshapiro@bbn.com (Richard Shapiro) writes:
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  15. >>In the faq list, in answer to the question:
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  17. >>   Q7. What are the essential reference books to classical music?
  18.  
  19. >For a single volume reference I would suggest Willi Apel's Harvard Dictionary
  20. >of Music
  21.  
  22. I was surprised the faq didn't mention Slonimksky's "Baker's Biographical
  23. Dictionary" which is thorough and delightful.
  24. -- 
  25. Bryan Higgins, Berkeley, California  (bryan@netcom.com)
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