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The Pagkosmio lexiko tīs mousikīs (Worldwide dictionary of music) by Olympia Tolika is the first music dictionary written in the Greek language. It focuses on Greek musical heritage, covering a broad array of topics from antiquity to the present. The author is a musicologist as well as a translator and linguist, who previously published the Epitomo Egkyklopaidiko lexiko tīs Vyzantīs mousikīs (Concise encyclopedic dictionary of Byzantine music). The second edition of Pagkosmio lexiko (the first appeared in 1995) contains 7500 entries with musical terminology, prominent musical works (in the original language with Greek translations), instruments, dances, composers, performers, concert venues, theorists, festivals, trends and schools, publishers, librettists, and many others topics. All aspects of Greek musical life, both national and local, are represented. The volume is a product of the author’s personal research and experience, enhanced by the illustrations by Amalia Paraskevopoulos, especially designed for this work.