George Grove

Sir George Grove (13 August 1820 – 28 May 1900) was an English writer on music, immortalised in the title of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He was born in Clapham, and studied to be a civil engineer, working for two years in a factory near Glasgow. He was related to Edith M. Bratt, the wife of fantasy author JRR Tolkien (source JRR Tolkien:A Biography Carpenter, Humphrey 1977 George Allan and Unwin ISBN 0-618-05702-1) In 1841 and 1845... more

Sir George Grove (13 August 1820 – 28 May 1900) was an English writer on music, immortalised in the title of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He was born in Clapham, and studied to be a civil engineer, working for two years in a factory near Glasgow. He was related to Edith M. Bratt, the wife of fantasy author JRR Tolkien (source JRR Tolkien:A Biography Carpenter, Humphrey 1977 George Allan and Unwin ISBN 0-618-05702-1) In 1841 and 1845 he was employed in the West Indies, erecting lighthouses in Jamaica and Bermuda. In 1849 he became secretary to the Society of Arts, and in 1852 to the Crystal Palace. In this capacity his natural love of music and enthusiasm for the art found a splendid opening, and he threw all the weight of his influence into the task of promoting the best music of all kinds in connection with the weekly and daily concerts at Sydenham, which had a long and honourable career under the direction of conductor August Manns. Without Sir George Grove, Manns... less