Grove’s Dictionary

The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicans.
Macmillian, London, second printing of the third edition (1929) in five volumes.

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The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Macmillian, London, second printing of the third edition (1929) in five volumes.

Early editions of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians are helpful reference sources with the advantage of being only five volumes so that it sits well on the shelf. There are obvious improvements in scholarship but for most things it is sound and reliable if dated. In the 1960s the fifth edition comprised nine volumes and later editions ballooned after that. Hence these early editions remain an attractive and manageable general resource because they fit well on the bookshelf.