Oxford Music Online

The most comprehensive, authoritative online research resource on music. The subscription includes The Encylopædia of Popular Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online and The Oxford Companion to Music.

• Search over 47,000 articles from The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, plus extra articles, links and special features.

• Explore more than 20,000 biographies, covering the musical spectrum, from sopranos to saxophonists. You can find people by name, nationality, occupation, and date of birth or death.

• Follow over 5000 links to related musical websites, including sound archives and illustrations.

• Find who wrote a particular piece of music, and when it was written.

• View 3D interactive images of musical instruments, and hear how they sound.

• Explore the music of the world from Aboriginal music to Zydeco.

• Listen to audio examples of musical styles and forms.

• Who wrote “The Lost Chord”?

• In which country did mariachi music originate?

• What does a crumhorn look like?

• Which composer was born in Pinner in 1939?

Oxford Music Online is an invaluable resource for the music lover, music student, and music researcher.

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