Database of the month: Grove Music Online

What is it:

Grove Music Online is the world’s premier online music encyclopedia, offering comprehensive coverage of music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship.

Written and edited by nearly 9,000 subject experts, Grove’s 51,000 articles offer clear overviews of topics from a scholarly perspective and include extensive bibliographies, which are curated to guide users through existing scholarship.

Who it’s for:

It is the perfect starting point for scholarly research, and teaching, but with a clear and engaging writing style, Grove is easily accessible to amateur music-lovers as well.

How to access it:

Access: Avondale Libraries Homepage

Choose: Databases

Click on G

Select: Grove Music Online

Special features:

Grove’s 33,000 biographical articles provide life information and detailed works lists for composers, performers, and other important musical figures. Grove Music Online also features more than 5,000 images, musical examples, and links to audio and video examples

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