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The Reference Library

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Simon Fanshawe investigates the histories of five great reference books.
4: The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians The great Victorian educator Sir George Grove produced his musical encyclopedia in four volumes, the last of them published in 1889. The second edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is about to appear, but this one has 29 volumes featuring over 6,000 contributors -and, forthe first time, it is going Online. Producer Peter Everett

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Simon Fanshawe
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Sir George Grove
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Peter Everett
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