Oak Knoll

Reprint of the third edition. The first five volumes (a sixth volume was printed in 1941). Jackets have some moisture staining on the spines, with some tears, else very good with the scarce jackets. A useful reference for the use of professional musicians and amateurs alike, which contains definitions of musical terms, explanations of the forms in which musical works are constructed, and of the methods by which they are elaborated, as well as of the origin, structure, and successive modifications of instruments and histories and descriptions of societies and institution. It also contains notices of composition, production, and contents of important works; lists of the principal published collections; biographies of composers, singers, players, and patrons of music and much more.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted.