Searches Grove Music Online which includes the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition, the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the Norton Grove Dictionary of Women Composers, the Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd edition, and the Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Provides access to search The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Tips and Tricks
Search for Composers by Last Name, First Name (Price, Florence)
Limiters are on the Left Hand Side of the page. They are fairly unique to this Database and quite powerful. Pay particular attention to limiters by:
Years
Stylistic periods
Works list
Bibliography
Modify your Search using the Add Search Terms Feature.
For Instance, you can search within the Instrument Group "Aerophones" for Ellington by adding that Search term in the Term box under the header Modify Search.
Works List:
Breaks down works by Genre and Date.
Contains Instrumentation
If a collected works exists, contains page numbers for where to locate an individual work in the Collected Works.