Congratulations to Professor Deane Root who has just been appointed Editor in Chief of Oxford University Press’ Grove Music. Root's appointment was announced today in the Pitt Chronicle. Sharon Blake reports that

Congratulations to Professor Deane Root who has just been appointed Editor in Chief of Oxford University Press’ Grove Music. Root's appointment was announced today in the Pitt Chronicle. Sharon Blake reports that

"The content of Grove Music Online includes the full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd Edition (2001). The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments and The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, both of which have their own separate editors and are being published as printed reference works, will become part of Grove Music Online under Root’s editorship. Overall, Grove Music Online includes more than 50,000 articles and 28,000 biographies contributed by more than 6,000 scholars from around the world."

Deane Root's appointment as Editor in Chief of Grove Music represents a tremendous milestone in a career with no shortage of impressive achievements.