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Online Reference
Grove Music Online

Grove Music Online is available from any public library in Devon and to registered library members at home.
Library computer users go to www.grovemusic.com
Home computer users go to www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber
If you are using a library computer you will be automatically connected to the search page. If you are using a computer at home, you will first be asked to enter your library membership card number; this is the number above the barcode on your library ticket. Type in the whole number, including the letter at the start and all the zeros, but do not include any spaces.
Content
Grove Music Online is an authoritative resource on all aspects of music worldwide – from classical to hip-hop and from baroque to blues:
- The full text of the acclaimed 29-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd edition), the 4-volume New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and the 3-volume New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd edition).
- Regular updates containing new and revised articles, and special features.
- Over 45,000 specially-commissioned articles by 6,000 contributors on people and places, instruments and techniques, genres and styles.
- Over 20,000 biographies – from Mozart to Yo-Yo Ma, Diaghilev to P.T. Barnum, Fats Waller to Thin Man.
- Over 500 audio files with musical examples from harmony to Handel. (You will need to download the free Sibelius plug in to listen to the audio files).
- Over 5,000 links to related web sites, including sound archives and illustrations.
- In-depth bibliographies and detailed works lists.
- 3-D interactive images of musical instruments.
Further information
Take an online tour of Grove Music Online
Printing and downloading
Single copies of articles may be printed or downloaded for personal use and private study. You can also email a copy of an article.