Who founded The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians?
George Grove edited the original work, published in four volumes by Macmillan and Co. in London between 1879 and 1889. Grove limited the dictionary's scope to music from 1450 onward.
Questions about The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
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How many volumes does The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians have?
The 2001 second edition under the New Grove name contains 29 print volumes with 29,499 articles in total. The online version, Grove Music Online, expands this to more than 50,000 articles by incorporating several additional Grove dictionaries.
What is Grove Music Online and how does it relate to The New Grove Dictionary?
Grove Music Online is the subscription internet service launched alongside the 2001 edition of The New Grove. It is part of Oxford Music Online, owned by Oxford University Press, which acquired the dictionary from Macmillan in 2004. The online service identifies itself as the eighth edition of the overall work.
What hoaxes appeared in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians?
Two fictitious composers appeared in the 1980 edition. Dag Henrik Esrum-Hellerup was created by Robert Layton, and Guglielmo Baldini was a fabrication originally devised by German musicologist Hugo Riemann roughly a century earlier. Both entries were removed after the first printing.
Who edited the 1980 New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians?
Stanley Sadie served as senior editor of the 1980 edition, with Nigel Fortune also serving as one of the main editors. Sadie also edited the 2001 second edition, with John Tyrrell as executive editor.
What parody entries were published in connection with The New Grove Dictionary?
Seven parody entries written by contributors to the 1980 edition appeared in the February 1981 issue of The Musical Times, which was also edited by Stanley Sadie. The entries included fictional figures such as Khan't, Genghis and an anagram of Sadie's own name. None of the parodies were ever printed in the dictionary itself.