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The Oxford Dictionary of Music Stephen Twilley in thrall to the romanceWhen The Oxford Dictionary of Music first appeared, it was hailed as "without question the most comprehensive, detailed, reliable one volume reference work on music now available in the English language" (Music and Musicians). Extensively revised and expanded, the second edition features over 900 entirely new entries, and many more descriptions of U. S. composers and performers than in the original work. Now with over 12,000 total entries, the