The music book of the year.
   --Library Journal

Excellent before, the Harvard Dictionary is better now, and remains the ideal piano-top reference for every musician, whether dilettante, serious amateur or working professional... informative and reliable holds its place at the top of its one-volume class.
   --The New York Times

Easily the best one-volume reference source of its kind.
   --Los Angeles Times

Authoritative in its scholarship, comprehensive in its coverage, and commendably concise in its style...a treasurehouse of musical knowledge which should be an integral part of every music library.
   --Saturday Review Syndicate