Oxford Music Online
About this eResource
May 2008: Revamp and relaunch of Grove Music Online under the new name: Oxford Music Online. It includes new broader content and attractive format.
Read about the changes here: Oxford Music Online changes (19KB)
The multi-award-winning Oxford Music Online is the ultimate authority on all aspects of music worldwide – from Bach to the Blues.
Oxford Music Online is a dynamic music resource, covering all types of music styles, terms, genres and concepts.
It will be updated annually to ensure it remains the most up-to-date music reference work on the Internet.
Key features include:
- full-text searching with advanced capabilities
- and over 3000 links to related sites, including sound archives and illustrations
- and it includes sound samples
The eResource contains articles on music history, music theory and practice, musical terminology, instruments and their history, and the music of various locations ranging from continents to units as small as a city.
Also contains biographies of composers, performers and writers on music, as well as historic and current figures associated with the art and business of music. Extensive work lists and bibliographies conclude most articles
More information about this resource
Titles included in this eResource
- The full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition; 29 volumes)
- The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (4 volumes)
- The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition; 3 volumes)
