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What is Grove Music Online?



Grove Music Online is the ultimate authority on all aspects of music worldwide - from Bach to the Blues! Including 50,000 articles, 28,000 biographies, and thousands of links to images, sounds, and related websites, Grove Music Online covers everything you need to know about composers, performers, styles, works, traditions, instruments and much, much more.

There are over 5,000 links to images, sound, and other related web sites, and over 500 audio musical examples

A wide range of search and browse options are available to explore the full text, bibliographies, works-lists, biographies, and links.

What you can do with Grove Music Online

Explore 28,000 biographies – from Mozart to Yo-Yo Ma, Diaghilev to P.T. Barnum, Fats Waller to Thin Man
Discover world cultures through articles on Africa, Asia, S. America, Jewish music, and much more
Learn about styles and movements – from classical to hip-hop and from baroque to blues
Study the development and construction of instruments
Search Grove's acclaimed works-lists to find little-known or favourite compositions
Access cross-references in the text with a click of the mouse
Updates, new articles and links added as an on-going feature