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Dictionary of Music and Musicians
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  • Sir George Grove
    Sir George Grove

    …music famous for his multivolume Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

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    …music famous for his multivolume Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

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    …George Grove first issued his Dictionary of Music and Musicians in 1879–89; it went through five editions until a new work, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, appeared in 1980. A 29-volume second edition of the New Grove appeared in 2001 and also became available online. The German…

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    …George Grove first issued his Dictionary of Music and Musicians in 1879–89; it went through five editions until a new work, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, appeared in 1980. A 29-volume second edition of the New Grove appeared in 2001 and also became available online. The German…

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