Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart
（重定向自MGG）
![Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, first edition](/Images/godic/202501/27/Aus_der_Sammlung_HM.-_M.G.G4253.jpg")
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG; translates as Music in History and the Present) is the largest and most comprehensive German music encyclopedia, and among Western music reference sources, only the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is comparable to it in size and scope. It is published by Bärenreiter and Metzler.