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• Comprehensive and authoritative
• Over 50,000 articles on all aspects of music
• Broad coverage of musical styles and traditions
  worldwide from Aboriginal music to the
  Zarathustran music of ancient Persia
• More than 20,000 biographies
• Updated regularly with new and revised articles

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• Invaluable
• Over 500 Sibelius-enabled audio examples covering
  styles and people
• Over 3,000 links to related web sites
• 3-D interactive images of musical instruments
• Detailed works lists for a vast range of
  composers
• Extensive lists of additional research resources

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Some articles are from the Oxford Dictionary of
Jazz and the Oxford Dictionary of Opera
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Sibelius
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primary reference work for musicians. As a music
college, this is an invaluable resource for us.
Claire Kidwell, Head Librarian, Trinity College
of Music