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Scholarly reference works on music research, covering the diverse history and cultures of music around the globe. Contains the Grove Music Online, as well as The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Encyclopedia devoted to ethnomusicology and music research of all the world's peoples. Scholarly articles and audio recordings of music from every continent.
Music reference works, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies, and songsheets covering genres, cultural groups, time periods, and geographic regions.