The New Oxford Companion To Music
In 1983 a wholly revised two volume work, titled The New Oxford Companion to Music, was introduced. This was edited by Denis Arnold who made extensive use of other specialist contributors, some 90 in all. The work was significantly broader in coverage than Scholes' original (there was for instance a perceptive article on Bob Dylan), and is the most extensively illustrated of the three versions.
Arnold expressed his intention of adhering to Scholes’ principles and indeed included much of Scholes’ material in the new work. Nevertheless, he cut out much of the personal opinion and quirkiness which was characteristic of the original, but which increasingly appeared politically incorrect and Eurocentric. For instance, he substantially increased the coverage of female composers and performers, who were almost totally absent from Scholes' work.
There were no further revisions of this version, probably due to Arnold's own early death in 1986, and the relative unpopularity in some circles of the bulk and expense of a two volume work.
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