Eric Blom

Eric Blom
Blom photographed by Howard Coster in 1942
Born(1888-08-20)20 August 1888
Bern, Switzerland
Died11 April 1959(1959-04-11) (aged 70)
NationalitySwiss and British

Eric Walter Blom CBE (20 August 1888 – 11 April 1959) was a Swiss-born British-naturalised[1] 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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