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Explore the world of classical music with andante’s Reference section, including a complete composition database, music and recordings in print, discographies and much more.

Plus, read collected concert notes and essays about your favorite works and composers from sources such as the New York Review of Books, Steinberg's The Symphony and The Concerto, The New Kobbe's Opera Book and 101 Opera Librettos.

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• Concise Grove Dictionary of Music: thousands of definitions, biographies and other entries from the ultimate music reference
• Concert Notes: accessible analysis, historical background and entertaining discussion of hundreds of symphonies, concertos and operas
• Composition Database: comprehensive list of over 180,000 classical compositions
• Discographies: exhaustive listing of recordings, searchable by title, composer, principal performers and more
• Music in Print: searchable listing of classical sheet music in and out of print, including instrumentation and duration listings
• Recordings in Print: an automatic search of three online stores for CD titles and their current prices
• The New Kobbé's Opera Book: the eleventh edition of the world's leading opera guide, including full descriptions, plot synopses, cast lists and performance histories of nearly 500 operas
• New York Review of Books: all classical music coverage from this eminent magazine (1963 to present), by prominent musicians and writers
• Timeline: an interactive chronology covering a thousand years of music and world history

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