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  • The authoritative resource for music research with over 52,000 articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history and cultures of music around the globe

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Changgo

Changgo

Read the new Grove article on Changgo, the chief percussion instrument of Korea, written by Robert C. Provine.

Image credit: Aurelia W. Hartenberger, EdD

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach

Read the classic Grove entry on J.S. Bach.

Image credit: William H. Scheide Library, Princeton, New Jersey / photo Willard Starks

April 2019 Update

We are pleased to have added 10 new entries and revised content and refreshed data for 165 entries for this site update. Read more about the changes.

Concert in the Egg painting by Hieronymus Bosch

Subject Guides

Learn more about particular time periods or genres with our subject guides. Each guide contains lists of editorially-selected articles associated with a particular time period or genre.

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Find out more about Grove’s author updating program, UpdateGMO. Are you a Grove contributor who wants update your article(s)? Let us know.

 

News

MAY 1, 2019

New OUPblog posts

Three blog posts by Grove Music Online contributors are now available on the OUPblog.

APRIL 25, 2019

What's new in April 2019

Ten new articles have been added and content and data for 165 entries have been revised and refreshed on Grove Music Online.

MARCH 28, 2019

What's new in March 2019

Sixteen new articles have been added and content and data for 112 entries have been revised and refreshed on Grove Music Online.

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