Author:William Smyth Rockstro

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William Smyth Rockstro (1823–1895)

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English musicologist

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This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB9 by the initials "W. S. R."

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This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. S. R."

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This author wrote articles for A Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Articles written by this author are designated in the DMM by the initials "W. S. R."

Works

• A Great History of Music from the Infancy of the Greek Drama to the Present Period

Contributions to EB9

• “Spohr, Ludwig” in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed., 1887).
• “Tallis, Thomas” in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed., 1888).

Contributions to EB1911

• "Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jakob Ludwig Felix," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
• "Plain Song," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Rousseau, Jean Jacques," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Tallis, Thomas," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Wagner, Wilhelm Richard," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Weber, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernest von," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)

Works about Rockstro

• "Rockstro, William Smith," in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885–1900) in 63 vols.