Word: nonmusician
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Saxon world. The initial edition was titled A Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Eminent Writers, English and Foreign. The word "foreign" was a bit patronizing; of the 118 contributors listed in that four-volume edition, 102 were British. This reflected the insular judgment of the founding editor, a nonmusician named George Grove, one of those versatile achievers of whom the Victorian Age was justly proud. Sir George, a civil engineer, built lighthouses in Jamaica and Bermuda and worked on the British railway system. He was a self-taught Bible and music scholar who in 1852 became secretary...
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