December 2009 Grove Music Online update
Grove Music Online
December 2009 Update
This month Grove is pleased to introduce 100 new articles from the forthcoming second edition of the Grove Dictionary of American Music, edited by Charles Hiroshi Garrett. The first edition (1986) is widely considered the definitive reference work on the subject, and while some of the topics in this update appeared in the first edition, all are completely new to Grove Music Online and have been updated for the second edition.
Articles in this update include entries on conductors, composers, educators, librarians, and subjects related to band music (instrument makers, bandmasters, and organizations). There are a few entries on social dance forms, including the boogaloo, walk-around, and eagle rock, as well as an extended article on the history of circus music in America.
The following list highlights some notable organizations and biographies included in this update:
Organizations
- American Bandmasters Association
- American School Band Directors Association
- Association of Concert Bands
- College Band Directors National Association
- Manuscript Society of New York
- National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors
- National Band Association
Biographies
- Monroe A. Althouse
- Herman Bellstedt
- Blind Boone
- Patrick Conway
- Giuseppe Creatore
- Virginia Cunningham
- Robert Browne Hall
- Frank Holton
- Alessandro Liberati
- Joseph Noll
- Albert Pieczonka
- Louis Victor Saar
- Vincent Frank Safranek
- Ernest S. Williams
- Carl Wolfsohn
- Max Zach
Updated Early Music Bibliographies
This update also includes more than 70 updated early music bibliographies, including
- Jacques Arcadelt
- William Byrd
- Robert Carvor
- Champion (family)
- Johannes Cornago
- Thomas Crecquillon
- John Dowland
- Costanzo Festa
- Guido of Arezzo
- Henricus Isaac
- Pierre de La Rue
- Francesco Landini
- Orlande de Lassus
- Guillaume de Machaut
- Luca Marenzio
- Milán Luys
- Thomas Morley
- Jacob Obrecht
- Jean de Ockeghem
- Johannes Regis
- Jean Richafort
- Ludwig Senfl
- Claudin de Sermisy
- Solage
- Thomas Tallis
- John Taverner
Added in October 2009: "search within this article"
You can now choose to limit your search to the article you are viewing. Allowing users to search for terms within a single article, this new functionality is particularly helpful with large articles spread over multiple pages, such as large country articles and articles on families.
This new search tool has been developed in response to user feedback. We are confident that this enhancement will greatly improve users' research experience. The "search within this article" box is located near the top left of each entry. Simply click on the plus sign [+] to open the search box, enter your term (s) and click "search". The search box expands to display a convenient list of search hits along with headings to contextualize them. We invite you to continue to share your thoughts and feedback via the Contact Us form on our website. Your comments help us to prioritize future enhancements to Oxford Music Online.
Previous Updates
- September 2009 update—Deane Root announced Editor in Chief [Read the press release and Dr. Root's first Letter from the Editor]. Online only contemporary composers update, representing a sampling of contemporary music from Ireland, Estonia, Hungary, England, Albania, the Netherlands, and elsewhere. Also included: an Essential 20th-century reading list outlining some of the most influential writings on contemporary music, from composer tracts to periodicals to historical and theoretical studies published during the era.
- The June 2009 update focused on new and revised articles on both operas and opera singers, drawn primarily from the Grove Book of Opera Singers.
We invite you to continue to provide us with your thoughts and comments regarding enhancements via the Contact Us form.
