Oxford Dictionary of Music
The Oxford Dictionary of Music brings together an unrivalled collection of over 12,500 entries covering musical subjects of all kinds in an authoritative and accessible way. Included in this impressive work are entries on composers, performers, conductors, musical terms and forms, instruments, works, venues, and a host of other topics.
Containing 5,000 entries on composers, most of which include up-to-date worklists, The Oxford Dictionary of Music also provides entries on conductors, performers, directors, critics, producers and designers of international repute, writers and scholars. Entries also cover individual works, including operas and ballets, orchestras and companies from around the world, famous opera houses, concert-halls, and musical festivals. Musical terms and styles, as well as forms ranging from operatic, vocal, and film scores, to song cycles, chamber, hymns, barbershop, and oratorios are covered, as are general themes such as musicology, acoustics, and absolute pitch, and historical periods such as the Byzantine era. Entries also include a wide range of musical instruments, from the familiar
- strings, wind, and brass
- to the less familiar
- aeolian harp, bamboula and sackbut.
Also includes advanced search and language tools that have become the staple of quality language apps from MobiSystems, Inc.
SEARCH TOOLS
- effortlessly find words thanks to a clear, functional, and easy-to-use interface.
Intelligent search integrates several tools to match or suggest what you are looking for:
• Search autocomplete helps find words quickly by displaying predictions as you type
• Keyword lookup allows you to search within compound words and phrases
• An automatic ‘Fuzzy filter’ to correct word spelling, as well as ‘Wild card’ ('*' or '?') to replace a letter or entire parts of a word
• Camera search looks up words in the camera viewfinder and displays results
• Share word definitions via installed apps on your device
LEARNING TOOLS
- engaging features that help you further enhance your vocabulary.
• ‘Favorites’ feature to create custom folders with lists of words from the extensive library
• ‘Recent’ list to easily review looked-up words
• ‘Word of the day’ section to expand your vocabulary daily
• Home screen widget provides random words at a glance
***This is a fully functional 30-day trial version***
Get MORE by purchasing the full version of the Oxford Dictionary of Music:
• Feature-complete license for unlimited time
• Offline mode
- look up words without an internet connection
• Premium Support – our support team will help you
• Ad-free
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Reviews (22)
Don't waste your time. Doesn't even have basic musical terms for dynamics, something fundamental in music.
Satisfactory, awesome and great.
Useless app for musicians
Absolutely useless! Did they steal the name?
Not worth bothering with.
Good , as my expectation
This is terrible! I can not find any meaning of technical words for my exams. And I don't understand why we have to allow the app to see our photos and contacts just so we can go into the app if you don't allow then it comes the app down. It's rubbish and I do not recommend it!
Failed at the first word search. Good bye
I'm a little disappointed after installing this app. Normal everyday musical terms cannot be found. Example tenuto, martellato, presto etc. The Oxford dictionary in the past has been associated with lexicographical excellence. But this is a failure. Unless you can come up with something I will be deleting the app.
Stupid app! No items found for common Italian words of expression. What the he'll is it supposed to be for, anyway?
Love it. And now I'll buy it.
For $10 you get a useless app and no customer service. Look at the dates of the positive ratings and the negative ratings. If you can travel back in time to pre-April go for it.
Used to work but recently it refuses to open as an application. As a music teacher I've paid for the full version and now it is no longer working. Really disappointing as I needed a handy and trusted music dictionary for teaching on the go.
Not enough words, could find the first 2 words I entered pesante and leggiero waste of money
Useful 4 guys who doing western |\/|U$!©
I do not like this app. I am a music teacher and wanted a tool to easily look up terms and musical concepts with students. I thought this app would be such a tool and I paid the $9.99 to get the pro version. The supposed upgrade changed nothing and I am upset because I asked the company twice for a refund and they have never even replied. Don't waste your time with this app.
the search function needs a little improvment
It has none of the abbreviations so often found on sheet music- so I couldn't look up unknown terms. Also this "free app" is only a 30 day free trial loaded with annoying ads. Give it a pass.
Didn't have basic "plus vite." Who know what else it won't have.
Sadly.
Why is it taking so long to download been almost a month
I looked up some terms from the Mozart I am working on: allegro - a piece played in allegro style (very helpful), a tempo - not found, allargando - not found, meno mosso - not found. It does not seem to know many musical terms. Ads are presented in a very distracting way. They can be removed by paying, but try it out before you pay. For me it is useless.