New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Published in January 2001, the eagerly awaited New Grove II is the first new edition of this landmark music reference work in over 20 years. Publication also marks the first time in Grove history that The New Grove has been available in both print and electronic formats, making it more accessible than ever before. During early-June, the world’s premier opera dictionary online will be moved to www.grovemusic.com, the site of Grove’s integrated music resource on the web. grovemusic.com will include the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition and The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. With the inspiration of new discoveries and the emergence of modern research, the scope and depth of this dictionary has broadened beyond all previous boundaries. Features include: 29 hardback volumes, and the first index volume since Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1890) 25 million words with over 29,000 articles over 9000 newly commissioned articles over 6000 contributors from all parts of the world meticulous cross-referencing coverage of new schools of thought within musicology, such as feminism, nazism and gay and lesbian music increased coverage of world, jazz, popular and 20th-century music