This is a reissue of the first edition of George Grove's Dictionary
of Music and Musicians, which has since evolved to become the
largest and most authoritative work of its kind in English. The
project grew in the making: the title page of Volume 1 (1879)
refers to 'two volumes', but by the time Volume 4 appeared in 1889
there was also a 300-page appendix and a separate index volume. The
dictionary was an international undertaking, with contributors from
Paris, Leipzig, Berlin, Vienna and Boston alongside those based in
Britain. It was 'intended to supply a great and long acknowledged
want' arising from the increased interest in all aspects of music,
which was 'rapidly becoming an essential branch of education', and
to cater for the professional while being accessible to the
amateur. It is a fascinating document of musical tastes and values
in the late Victorian period.
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