The Digital Grove’s Dictionary 1911 Edition (DVD-ROM)

A fascinating and historical collection, the 1911 edition of The Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians provides a closer perspective to the great composers of the 19th century. For example, the article on Debussy is a half column (he has “perpetrated things likely to offend musicians’ prejudices unnecessarily.”), Bruckner rates a column (“an inordinate leaning towards the manner of Wagner”), while Louis Spohr (“famous composer”) gets over seven pages plus a full-page portrait! Includes a helpful index for quick access to major articles. Once you start reading this, you won’t be able to put it aside! 4400+ pages. DVD-ROM

Please note, customers using Macintosh computers running macOS Catalina (version 10.5) have reported hardware compatibility issues with this product. If you encounter these issues, we recommend copying the entire contents of the disk to a contained folder on a thumb drive or other storage device for use on your Mac.