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Articles from the field of Music
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An enhanced electronic version of the print Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians providing the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on all aspects of music. Includes regular online updates of the complete text of the print edition with links to thousands of images, digital sound files and other related web sites.
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peer-reviewed journals will have a referee jersey ("refereed" is another term for "peer-reviewed") - example below