Corresponds to 29-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed. (published 2000). Includes over 29,000 articles with more than 20,000 biographies of composers, performers and writers on music. Included are links to images, written music samples, digital sound, and related Web sites. Part of Oxford Music Online which also includes the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, the Oxford Companion to Music, and the Oxford Dictionary of Music.

New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is the most comprehensive scholarly encyclopedia of music in the English language. Coverage of music of all times and places.