The Grove Dictionary of American Music: 8-Volume Set

A Look Inside: The Grove Dictionary of American Music [Click Images to Enlarge]

Piegan Indian, Mountain Chief, having his voice recorded by ethnologist Frances Densmore (c1916). Photo from Library of Congress.

Fiddlin' Bill Hensley, mountain fiddler, Asheville, North Carolina. Photo from Library of Congress.

Band playing on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, New Orleans, Louisiana. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith's America, via Library of Congress.

 Northwest view of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Timothy Hursley.

The Funny, Wonderful Elephant Brass Band, presented by Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows (c1899). Photo from Library of Congress.

The Museum of Making Music, Carlsbad, California. Courtesy The Museum of Making Music.