Author:George Grove

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Sir George Grove
(1820–1900)

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Engineer and later English author specialized in music, authority on Beethoven, Schubert and Mendelssohn. Secretary of the Sociey of Arts; first Secretary of the Crystal Palace Company; editor of Macmillan's Magazine from 1868 to 1883; first Director of the Royal College of Music (1882-1894)

This author wrote articles for A Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Articles written by this author are designated in the DMM by the initials "G."

Works

Syrian Legends:
- "The Ants' Rock, and the Fisherman Who Thought He Was Wiser Than God" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
- "The Grapes of Darâya" in Once a Week, Series 1, 6 (1862)
Life of Mozart (1882) (external scan)
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (1882) (transcription project)
Geography (1889) (external scan)
Beethoven and His Nine Symphonies (1903) (external scan)

As editor

Macmillan's Magazine (from 1868 to 1883)
A Dictionary of Music and Musicians in 4 vols. (1878 to 1900)

Works about Grove

"Death of Sir George Grove," in The Times (1900)
"Funeral of Sir George Grove," in The Times (1900)
"Grove, George," in Dictionary of National Biography Supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1901) in 3 vols.
"Grove, George," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
"Grove, Sir George," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1924 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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