Music in the Catalog

It’s Sir George Grove’s 188th birthday! This English music historian lends his name to one of the premier reference sources in music: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Even better, we have online access to Grove Music Online, a compilation of several music dictionaries. Not only can you read about music from your …

The Olympics

For the next few days world attention will be turned to the business of the Olympic games. They are not only a series of sporting events, they are also political and historical in nature. To supplement your television viewing I recommend the following: Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics by Jeremy …