Grove, (Sir) George
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Grove, (Sir) George (
b Clapham, 1820;
d Sydenham, 1900). Eng. writer on music and teacher. Trained as civil engineer, constructing several railway stations and also taking part in building of Crystal Palace, of which he was secretary 1852–73. From 1856 became increasingly involved in mus., writing programme notes for Crystal Palace concerts for 40 years. Went with Sullivan to Vienna in 1867 on successful quest for missing items of Schubert's
Rosamunde mus. and at the same time propounding the now disproved theory of a ‘lost’
Gastein sym. by Schubert. In 1873 began work on compilation of vast
Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, pubd. in 4 vols. at intervals from 1879 to 1889. First dir. of RCM 1882–94. Also wrote
Beethoven and his Nine Symphonies (1884). Among his other activities were building lighthouses in W Indies, founding Palestine Exploration fund, ed. biblical dictionary, primer of geography, and
Macmillan's Magazine (1868–83). Knighted 1883.
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George Grove Centenary Concert
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 1/1/2000; ; 595 words
; George Grove Centenary Concert The Centenary of the death of Sir George Grove on 28 May was marked by a concert...was on the Beatles, and the second on Sir Noel Coward. On idly glancing through...
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Arts Minister places temporary export bar on a marble statue of Sir George Cooke by Sir Henry Cheere.
M2 Presswire; 4/17/2003; 700+ words
; ...viewer. Visitors to the grove looked up at the scholarly figure of Sir George, read the inscriptions...family and generosity. George Cooke junior was also...The subtext was that Sir George and his ambitious son...
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Maestro returns with classical No.1 acclaim; Sir Simon has double date in Liverpool home.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 9/28/2007; 700+ words
; ...international celebrity - Sir Simon Rattle. Widely proclaimed...Sir Thomas Beecham and Sir Adrian Boult. And next...to assist the venerable Sir Charles Groves at the Liverpool Phil...surrounding the city, at St George's Hall, opening on New...
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Need the last word on music? Try Grove's.(Features)(Arts & Leisure)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 6/16/2000; 700+ words
; ...years since its last revision, Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians...British engineer and Bible scholar Sir George Grove. Sir George was such an obsessed researcher...research, one presumes. Sir George would be pleased with the parts...
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The Grove Diaries. The Rise and Fall of an English Family, 1809-1925.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 3/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...continuous diaries of the Grove family for over a century...Foreword describing the Groves's provenance and their...place names. The two Grove daughters begin the series...II are the diaries of Sir Thomas Grove, their...all. She had married Sir Thomas's eldest son...aristocracy: and ...
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Music written on a grand scale The New Grove Dictionary is a great achievement, says Michael Kennedy - but there is also a lot of nonsense in it
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/11/2001; ; 700+ words
; The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians...STATISTICS first. The New Grove contains 28 volumes, the...from 70 in the first New Grove of 1980), 29,499 articles...occupy 5ft of shelf space (Sir George Grove's first edition of...
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fat les v sir hubert; As a novelty pop act records a techno version of the classic Jerusalem anthem, the Mail makes a wry comparison with the original composer.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 5/12/2000; 700+ words
; ...Blake's Jerusalem, set to music by Sir Hubert Parry, has since brought...formaldehyde sculptures. How did Sir Hubert Parry come to put Jerusalem...underwriter. Then he became assistant to Sir George Grove, author of Grove's Dictionary...
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Music: The music lover's bible (also available weighing and measuring nothing) It has 29 volumes, weighs 68kgs and costs pounds 2,950 - or you can get it on the net. Christopher Wood on the `New Grove Dictionary of Music'
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/7/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...latest edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and...over the prodigy that is Grove - as he did over the last...whose job it is to sustain Grove's position as the definitive...distinguished." None more than Sir George Grove himself, a kindly...
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T.J. MEDREK; Music to fans' ears: New Grove.(Scene)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 1/12/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...and serious music lovers has been Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians...1954, the dictionary started by Sir George Grove went through five editions, the...until 1980, when the 20-volume New Grove was released. Now a second edition...
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Grove goes pop
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 1/29/2001; 491 words
; WHO knows what Sir George Grove would have made of Johnny Rotten, Madness, Blur, The Grateful...Oasis and Blur, and softer, more respectable artistes like Sir Cliff Richard and Sir Elton John. And the subject is covered with an informed degree...
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Sir George Grove
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir George Grove 1820-1900, English musicographer, whose Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1879-89) has become a standard reference work...
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Grove, Sir George
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Grove, Sir George (1820–1900). Civil engineer...building lighthouses in the West Indies, Grove became secretary to the Society of Arts...edition, published in 20 volumes as The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980...
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Grove, (Sir) George
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Grove, (Sir) George ( b Clapham, 1820; d Sydenham, 1900). Eng. writer on music and...Gastein sym. by Schubert. In 1873 began work on compilation of vast Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians , pubd. in 4 vols. at intervals...
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Parry, Sir Hubert
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Parry, Sir Hubert (1848–1918). Together with Charles Stanford, whose...which was first performed at a patriotic concert in 1916. He succeeded Sir George Grove as director of the Royal College of Music in 1895.
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Macfarren, (Sir) George (Alexander)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Macfarren, (Sir) George (Alexander) ( b London, 1813; d London, 1887). Eng. composer...much church mus. Also wrote textbooks on harmony and articles for Grove's Dictionary , etc. Ed. works by Purcell and Handel, and colls...
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