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Grove Music Online is a multi award winning database that contains the 29 volumes including:

  • New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
  • New Grove Dictionary of Opera
  • New Grove Dictionary of Jazz

It is the ultimate authority an all aspects of music worldwide, from classical to hip-hop, or baroque to blues. It has a wealth of information on all musical styles across the ages, composers and instruments.

The database features:

  • A full range of search and browse options, plus e-mail and print facilities
  • More than 50,000 articles on people and places, instruments and techniques, genres and styles
  • Over 20,000 biographies from Mozart to Yo-Yo Mah
  • 3D interactive images of musical instruments
  • Comprehensive list of composers that can be searched alphabetically or by country, plus a detailed list of all their works
  • An Operabase that allows you to search for recordings and look at lists of past and future performances of an opera
  • Over 500 audible musical examples
  • Useful links to other websites including sound archives and illustrations

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