Wally writes:
<< 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.>>
Hi Wally:
Are you sure you're using the search function properly? I found scads of info on
classical music and musicians. If you look under the "explore" tool at the top of the
main page, then click on "composers" and then scroll down a bit, you will find a list
containing biographies on 12,191 composers, arranged by date from 1100 to 1900-. Your
classical music interests are there, I assure you.
<<why do you consider the grove dictionary a juggernaut? i didn't find it so scary!>>
>From Webster's Collegiate Dictionary - "juggernaut: a massive inexorable force that
>crushes whatever is in its path." I don't see that fear is an element of the
>definition, necessarily. I invoke the term to aver that there is no other
>comprehensive music reference collection in existence that can compare to the New
>Grove Dictionary. That is to say, the Grove dictionary crushes any current
>competition in terms of depth and breadth of musical scholarship. That is a fact.
-Julius
