julius,
thanks for the tip! i subscribed for a free trial. unfortunately, i found it
extremely incomplete in the area of classical music. and i'm not talking
about obscure 11th century stuff but material that appears in almost any
one-volume biography dictionary. it's a good thing you can do this trial
thing before paying almost $5,000 for the 29 volumes [i wonder how they
manage to fill so many volumes after all the omissions!!!!]
incidentally, why do you consider the grove dictionary a juggernaut? i
didn't find it so scary!
wallyK, with a serious compulsion to buy dictionaries
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Asunto: Monumental Music Reference! (long)
As an avid researcher and an eclectic lover of music, I've found my
Shangri-la! It's in the form of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and
Musicians, Second Edition, which was released last month. It's a huge, 29
volume reference for any musical question, large or small, containing over
30,000 articles together with appendices and an index. It took seven years
to complete and is the work of 6000 expert contributors and an editorial
staff of 60.
The results are astounding. This comprehensive and authoritative
juggernaut, encyclopedic in scale and scope, is queen undisputed of music
knowledge.
P.S. In the links section on Joni's bio page, there's a link to
JoniMitchell.com!
