Curiosities of Music
Researched Bibliographic Dossier
Verified edition data and a musicological research note prepared specifically for this work.
- Title
- Curiosities of Music
- Author
- Louis C. Elson
- Publisher
- Oliver Ditson Company
- Place
- Boston
- Year
- 1880
- Language
- English
- Type
- Music history / anecdotes / reference
SCOPE & CONTENT
Curiosities of Music is a reference work designed to condense musical terminology, concepts and historical information for students and practitioners. Its arrangement makes it useful for tracing the vocabulary and assumptions of music education in its period.
RESEARCH VALUE
Its strongest research use is historiographical: definitions reveal how theory, genre and musical value were framed at the time of publication. Individual entries should be checked against modern reference works where terminology or attribution has changed.
EDITION AND CONTENT
The curated record identifies the 1880 Boston edition used as the principal bibliographic anchor, together with publisher, language and document type. Search aliases include shortened and variant forms of both title and author so the item remains discoverable even when the physical filename is abbreviated.
RESEARCH VALUE
Its strongest research use is historiographical: definitions reveal how theory, genre and musical value were framed at the time of publication. Individual entries should be checked against modern reference works where terminology or attribution has changed.
- Catalogue completeness
- 6 / 10 core bibliographic fields