Welcome to Oxford Music Online
Oxford Music Online is the home of Grove® Music Online (GMO) and the access point for other Oxford online music reference subscriptions.
With over 60,000 articles written by over 6,000 music scholars, Grove Music Online is the authoritative resource for music research with an ongoing mission to chart the diverse history and cultures of music and musicians from around the globe.
In early 2017, you’ll notice some improvements to Oxford Music Online and Grove Music Online, including a fresh look and feel, improved search capabilities, and even more frequent updates to the content. Contact us with any questions or comments.
Grove Music Online is the eighth edition of Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and contains articles commissioned specifically for the site as well as articles from New Grove 2001, Grove Opera, and Grove Jazz. The recently published second editions of The Grove Dictionary of American Music and The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments are still being put online, and new articles are added to GMO with each site update.
Watch what editors, authors, and users have to say about Grove Music Online.
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We are pleased to announce that The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd Edition has received an extensive, multi-part review in the Journal of the Society for American Music.
Praise for AmeriGrove II:
“The enormous achievement of AmeriGrove II deserves our admiration, and it prompts a feeling of gratitude in the user.”
“Some of the newer articles in cultural theory are genuinely cutting edge.”
“As the entries on race and ethnicity show, AmeriGrove II is alive with dialogue, especially in its entries on broad musical and historical topics…”
We are also pleased to announce that The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, 2nd Edition has received a warm review in the Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society.
Praise for GDMI II:
“…the dictionary manages to convey a sense of excitement about its subject matter – no small feat for a reference dictionary.”
“…a captivating and often stimulating five-volume dictionary.”
“An area of particular strength in Grove 14 is its attention to electronic instruments, specifically keyboards/synthesizers and computers.”
“…will dominate many discussions in the coming years.”
Introducing Grove Music Essentials Ebooks
Written by leading international scholars in the field and drawn from Grove Music Online, these ebooks provide the definitive authority on any given topic within the field of music.
A subscription to Grove Music Online also includes:
- Full text of The Oxford Companion to Music (Alison Latham, 2002)
- Full text of The Oxford Dictionary of Music (Michael Kennedy, 2006)
