New Grove Of Music And Musicians Dictionary

The Grove-Dictionary of Music and Musicians has been recognized as first-rate musical encyclopaedia of the world. Seven editions of the dictionary has already published so far. The sixth edition enclosed only four entries of Chinese musicians included in the entry CHINA. The seventh edition published in 2001, however, enclosed eighty-four entries of Chinese musicians. This phenomenon aroused great attention of Chinese musical scholars. The dissertation took the Chinese musician entries of the seventh edition as a study object, started with an introduction treating the features of first five editions of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, discussed the characteristics and changes of the sixth and seventh editions which were renamed The New Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and put stress on the Chinese musician entries of the seventh edition. The author has translated, analyzed and commented all the Chinese musician entries, that would help us to learn the Chinese musician's researches of the international musical circle and help to contribute to the academic interchanges between China and other countries. Besides, as a supplement, the author wrote four entries of Chinese musicians and translated them into English, just for reference to the editorial board of The New Dictionary of Music and Musicians.