George Grove, music and Victorian culture / edited by Michael Musgrave.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Musgrave, Michael, 1942-

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grove, George, 1820-1900--Criticism and interpretation.

Grove, George.

Grove, George, 1820-1900.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xiv, 346 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

Though George Grove, 1820-1900, was never a professional musician, his is one of the most familiar names in music: as founder of the great "Dictionary of Music and Musicians that bears his name and first director of the Royal College of Music. This book surveys his varied activities as engineer, biblical scholar, administrator, educationalist, and writer on music, and assesses the qualities that led him to play a major role in the cultural life of London in the period 1850-1900.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-333) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0333948041

OCLC:

50253176

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