The comprehensive electronic reference source for music research, providing access to Grove Music Online and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Contains searchable articles about all aspects of music. It is the 2nd edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music, the standard and largest comprehensive music encyclopedia. The print volumes are available in the reference area of Watzek Library. It also includes The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
Short articles on composers, musicians, groups, the music of specific regions, the history of musical forms, and more. Bibliographical notes list the works and writings of individuals, as well as secondary sources.
Definitions of instruments, forms, techniques, works, terms, and more, with longer entries on the music of particular regions and topics such as "Musicology" and "Theory."
