Grove DictionaryMusicMusicians
The Grove DictionaryMusicMusicians isdictionarymusicmusicians, generally consideredbe one ofbest general reference sources onsubject.It was first published1878 as A DictionaryMusicMusiciansfour volumes edited by Sir George Grovean appendixindex. The second edition,five volumes, was edited by J. A. Fuller Maitlandpublished between 19041910. The third edition, alsofive volumes, was edited by H. C. Collespublished1927. The fourth edition, also edited by Colles, was publishedfive volumes plussupplement1940. The fifth edition,nine volumes, was edited by Eric Blompublished1954. A supplementary volume followed1961.
Whennext edition appeared1980,was undernew name The New Grove DictionaryMusicMusicians,was greatly expandedtwenty volumes, edited by Stanley Sadie. The second edition under this title (the seventh overall), edited by Stanley SadieJohn Tyrrell, was published2001. It contains:
- 5,623 entirely new articles
- 29,499 articlestotal
- 20,374 biographiescomposers, performerswriters on music
- 1,465 articles on styles, termsgenres
- 580 articles on ancient musicchurch music
- 805 articles on regions, countriescities
- 2,261 articles on instrumentstheir makers,performance practice
- 693 articles on printingpublishing
- 1,327 articles on world musics
- 1,221 articles on popular music, light music,jazz
- 283 articles on concepts
- 89 articles on acoustics
- 174 articles on notation
- 96 articles on theatre directors
- 131 articles on sources
