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discography

Syllabification: (dis·cog·ra·phy)
Pronunciation: /disˈkägrəfē/

Definition of discography

noun (plural discographies)

  • a descriptive catalog of musical recordings, particularly those of a particular performer or composer.
  • all of a performer’s or composer’s recordings considered as a body of work:his discography is overwhelmingly classical
  • the study of musical recordings and compilation of descriptive catalogs.

Derivatives

discographer

Pronunciation: /-fər/

noun

Origin:

1930s: from disc + -graphy, on the pattern of biography

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Definition of discography in the British & World English dictionary

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