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- Title
BARBARIANS AT THE GATES: GROVE AND WORLD PERCUSSION.
- Authors
SESTRICK, TIMOTHY
- Abstract
Grove Music Online, originating from 1879-90 as A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, is the product of a nineteenth-century information revolution and self-help movement centered around the popularization of knowledge. The first edition was also rooted in prevailing attitudes regarding the polarization of "civilized" and "barbarous" cultures, resulting in founding editor Sir George Grove's restriction against music from non-European countries. The original dictionary's coverage of percussion, while not extensive, did include acknowledgement of numerous world influences, including the Middle East, and the minimization of European contributions. Tracing the scope and authorship of that coverage indicates the permeability of the barriers between European and world percussion, even at the height of the Age of Imperialism, and the internationality of the percussive arts.
- Subjects
DICTIONARY of Music &; Musicians, A (Book); GROVE, George, Sir, 1820-1900; PERCUSSION instruments; MUSIC -- Dictionaries; GROVE'S Dictionary of Music &; Musicians (Book); MUSIC websites; POPULARIZATION of music
- Publication
Notes, 2017, Vol 74, Issue 1, p24
- ISSN
0027-4380
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/not.2017.0072