George Grove
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George Grove was a 19th-century English engineer, music scholar, and editor best known for founding and editing the influential Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Grove canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
editor
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encyclopedist ⓘ human ⓘ musicologist ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1820-08-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Clapham, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | promotion of orchestral music in Victorian England ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1900-05-28 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Sydenham, London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | private schools in England ⓘ |
| employer |
Crystal Palace Company
NERFINISHED
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Royal College of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Victorian era ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil engineering
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music criticism ⓘ musicology ⓘ |
| fullName | Sir George Grove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
music criticism
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music reference ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | lexicographer ⓘ |
| hasPart | Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, first edition volumes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Sir ⓘ |
| influenced | development of modern music reference works ⓘ |
| knownFor |
editing the first edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
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founding Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | George Grove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableStudent | students of the Royal College of Music ⓘ |
| notableWork | Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil engineer
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editor ⓘ music scholar ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Crystal Palace concerts
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first director of the Royal College of Music ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | London, England ⓘ |
| spouse | Harriet Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Crystal Palace, Sydenham
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| wrote |
essays on Beethoven
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essays on Schubert ⓘ program notes for Crystal Palace concerts ⓘ |
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