MICHAEL MUSGRAVE is Emeritus Professor of Music at Goldsmiths' College, University of London, and lives in New York City. First trained as a pianist and organist at the Royal College of Music, of which he is Visiting Research Fellow, the focus of his scholarly work is German and English music of the 19th Century, on which he has written, lectured and broadcast widely.

• Preface and acknowledgements PART 1: GROVE'S WORLD Introduction: The Many Interests of a Great Victorian; M.Musgrave Grove the Man: Background, Temperament and Ambition; C.Clarke & M.Musgrave Describing and Evaluating: Grove on Technology, Geography, Exploration and Literature; M.Musgrave PART 2: THE SCHOLAR AND WRITER 'The Other Dictionary': Grove's Work in Editing Dr Smith's Dictionary of the Bible ; P.M.Young The Making of a Scholar: Grove's Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Schubert; M.Musgrave Not just 'G': Towards a History of the Programme Note; C.Bashford PART 3: AT MACMILLAN Grove as Editor of Macmillan's Magazine 1868-1883; R.T.Van Arsdel Roots of a Tradition: The First Dictionary of Music and Musicians ; L.Langley PART 4: THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC Grove's Role in the Founding of the RCM; D.Wright Grove as First Director of the RCM; J.Ritterman The Documentary Legacy: Grove's Library and Papers at the RCM; P.Horton Chronology Appendicies Bibliography Index