Eric Blom
Eric Walter Blom was a Swiss-born British-naturalised music lexicographer, music critic and writer. He is best known as the editor of the 5th edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1954).
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- Bern
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- 🏆 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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1888
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