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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians: 29 volumes - Softcover

Grove, Sir George

 
9781561591749: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians: 29 volumes

Synopsis

The articles, bibliographies and work-lists in this set of 20 volumes aim to embody the best and most recent research from all over the world, including studies in areas previously little explored, such as early music, non-western music and folk-music.

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Review

..".the most ambitious and comprehensive musical dictionary and encyclopedia ever attempted...a brilliant success."--The New York Times ..".20 volumes excellently produced, crammed with scholarship, magnificently illustrated..."--Quest ."..the most ambitious and comprehensive musical dictionary and encyclopedia ever attempted...a brilliant success."--The New York Times ."..20 volumes excellently produced, crammed with scholarship, magnificently illustrated..."--Quest .,."the most ambitious and comprehensive musical dictionary and encyclopedia ever attempted...a brilliant success."--The New York Times .,."20 volumes excellently produced, crammed with scholarship, magnificently illustrated..."--Quest ., ."the most ambitious and comprehensive musical dictionary and encyclopedia ever attempted...a brilliant success."--The New York Times ., ."20 volumes excellently produced, crammed with scholarship, magnificently illustrated..."--Quest , .."the most ambitious and comprehensive musical dictionary and encyclopedia ever attempted...a brilliant success."--The New York Times , .."20 volumes excellently produced, crammed with scholarship, magnificently illustrated..."--Quest .,."the most ambitious and comprehensive musical dictionary and encyclopedia ever attempted...a brilliant success."--The New York Times .,."20 volumes excellently produced, crammed with scholarship, magnificently illustrated..."--Quest ..."the most ambitious and comprehensive musical dictionary and encyclopedia ever attempted...a brilliant success."--The New York Times ..."20 volumes excellently produced, crammed with scholarship, magnificently illustrated..."--Quest

About the Author

Stanley Sadie was music critic for The Times, editor of The Musical Times and music consultant to the TV series Man and Music. He edited The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, as well as its many associated dictionaries. He wrote extensively on Mozart and Handel and was president of the royal Musical Association (1989 94) and the International Musicological Society (1992 97). He was appointed CBE in 1982. He died in 2005.

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