Hughes, Rupert. Music lovers' cyclopedia

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.,1912. — 1016 p.the Book contains a pronouncing and defining dictionary of terms, instruments, &c., including a key to the pronunciation of sixteen languages; many charts; an explanation of the construction of music for the uninitiated; a pronouncing biographical dictionary; the stories of the operas; and numerous biographical and critical essays by distinguished authorities.
"When "The Music lovers' cyclopedia" was first compiled, it was the editor's effort to make it the most nearly complete reference work of its kond in existence. That this effort didn't fail is proved by a comparison of the orginal edition with other works since issued. A careful checking, item by item, proves that where other musical dictionaries and 'cyclopedias, however voluminous, contain at most few hundreds of biographies and definitions contained in the "Music lovers' cyclopedia"."Phonetic meaning of the letters and symbols
An introduction to music for the Uninitiated
A list of abbreviations, titles, dignities, institutions, etc
A pronouncing and defining dictionary of terms
Essays by special cintributers: the national schools of music, E.Irenaeus
Prime-Stevenson:
Italina Music
German Music
French Music
English Music
Russian Music
American Music. The Editor
The Great Instrumentalists. Louis C. Elson
The Great Singers. Louis C. Elson
Acoustics. J.S. Shedlock
Altered Chords. Charles W. Pearce
Counterpoint. Homer A. Norris
Folk-Song. H.E. Krehbiel
Form. John F. Runciman
Fugue. Homer A. Norris
Grace. The Editor
Modern Harmony in Practice. A.J. Goodrich