The Cambridge Music Guide by Stanley Sadie, Alison Latham 
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Paperback - 546 pages ( 5 April, 1990)

Cambridge University Press.

This comprehensive and illustrated volume edited by Stanley Sadie, is an introductory guide for students and all those wishing to expand their knowledge of music. There is a strongly historical element in the book, whose central seven chapters present a study of Western musical development from the earliest known examples of plainchant in the Middle Ages to the electronic complexities of such contemporary composers as Stockhausen and Boulez. Specialist contributions are made by Judith Nagley, Paul Griffiths and Wilfrid Mellers.

Making Music on Your PC (Creative Computing Series) by Victoria Camp  UK List Price: £29.95
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Paperback - 348 pages (May 1997)

Making Music on Your PC is written for beginners who want learn how to make and play music on their PCs, with or without a boost from the Internet. It's for those who want to play, as well as for those who need to know about business applications for sound, such as embedding music in presentation documents.