Welcome to Grove Music Online
- The authoritative resource for music research with over 52,000 articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history, theory and cultures of music around the globe
- Based on a work first published in 1879 and updated frequently, Grove has been in continuous publication for over a century and now publishes hundreds of new articles and article revisions each year
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Franchinus Gaffurius
Read the Grove article on the Renaissance music theorist Gaffurius, who combined speculative and practical musics in his writings, revised by Bonnie J. Blackburn.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Read the Grove classic entry on J.S. Bach.
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We are pleased to have added 14 revised entries and refreshed data for 99 entries for this site update. Read more about the changes.
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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