The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
This 20-volume set is one of the largest reference works on Western music. Originally published under the title A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and later as Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, it has gone through several editions since the 19th century and is widely used. The 1980 edition includes 22,500 articles and 16,500 biographies
Encyclopedia
20 volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780333231111, 9781561591749, 0333231112, 1561591742
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v. 1. A to Bacilly
v. 2. Back-Bolivia
v. 3. Bollioud-Mermet
Castro
v. 4. Castrucci-Courante
v. 5. Couraud-Edlund
v. 6. Edmund-Fryklund
v. 7. Fuchs-Gyuzelev
v. 8. H to Hyporchema
v. 9. Iacobus-Kerman
v. 10. Kern-Lindelheim
v. 11. Lindeman-Mean-tone
v. 12. Meares-Mutis
v. 13. Muwashshah-Ory
v. 14. Osaka-Player piano
v. 15. Playford-Riedt
v. 16. Riegel-Schusterfleck
v. 17. Schütz-Spinto
v. 18. Spiridion-Tin whistle
v. 19. Tiomkin-Virdung
v. 20. Virelai-Zywny. Appendixes