THE GOLDEN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC

This is The Golden Encyclopedia of Music, written by the American academic Norman Lloyd and published in 1968. It includes a 24-page color section produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Emanuel Winternitz. It begins with the musical note 'A' and ends with 'Zither'. In between, entries include biographies of the major composers and performers in classical, blues, jazz and film/stage music. There are longer articles on certain subjects, plus reference sections on signs and symbols, foreign terms and phrases, abbreviations etc. It's a thick heavy book. 8 1/2" x 11 1/2" x 1 3/4". 720 pages. There is a bookplate on the front endpaper, which you can cover or remove. There is some waving to the first 6 pages (see photo), a couple of spots on the cover and a couple of dogears, at the front only. Other than that, it's in perfect condition.