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| Description | Oxford Music Online contains the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition, 29 volumes), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (4 volumes), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition; 3 volumes). It provides a variety of search and browse options as well as special features. The database includes more than 47,000 articles on people and places; instruments and techniques; and genres and styles, including non-western and folk music. Periods covered range from ancient times to the present. Articles cover such topics as:
Oxford Music Online also provides contextual to links to images, sound, and other related web sites including:
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| Dates covered | Ancient times to the present. | |
| Updating frequency | Annually. | |
| Sources | Articles are written by scholars with expertise in the area of the subject matter, and include bibliographies pointing to important works of scholarship on the topic. Articles are selectively cross-indexed to lead to further significant discussion of the topic. | |
| Type of coverage | Oxford Music Online is broad in scope, and attempts to cover the world of music internationally throughout the ages, incorporating information about all genres of music. The major emphasis is on art music in the western tradition. | |