“In future editions many of those who may die in the meantime will, of course, be added. All the same, it is hoped that this announcement will not start an immediate wave of suicide among singers and players.”

—  Eric Blom

Explaining that he has excluded living performers. Preface, p. vi.
Everyman's Dictionary of Music (London: J. M Dent & Sons; 3rd ed. 1958)

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