Basic Reference Sources in Music

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Encyclopedias & General Dictionaries

• New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
  Ref ML 100 .N48

• Oxford Companion to Music
  Ref ML 100 .S37 1975

Dictionaries of terms and subjects

• New Harvard Dictionary of Music
  Ref ML 100 .R3 1986

Biographical dictionaries

• Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
  Ref ML 105 .B16 1992

• International Encyclopedia of Women Composers
  Ref ML 105 .C7 1987

Dictionaries of special topics

• American Music
  New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
  Ref ML 100 .N48
• Band Music
  Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music
  Ref ML 102 .B35 R4 1991
• Chamber Music
  Dictionary of Contemporary Music
  Ref ML 100 .V55
• Instruments
  Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary
  Ref ML 102 .O6 N5 1992
• Opera and musical theater
  New Grove Dictionary of Opera
  Ref ML 102 .O6 N5 1992
  Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre
  Ref ML 102 .M88 G3 1994

Translations of titles

• Popular Titles and Subtitles of Musical Compositions
  Ref ML 113 .B39 1975

Directories

• Music Industry Directory
  Ref ML 13 .M5 1983

• Musical America International Direcory of the Performing Arts
  Ref ML 12 .M88 1998

• Directory of Music Research Libraries
  Ref ML 12 .B45

Indexes and Abstracts

• Comprehensive
  RILM Abstracts
  Ref ML 1 .I83
• Journal articles
  Music Index
  Ref ML 118 .M84
• Biography
  Index to Biographies of Contemporary Composers
  Ref ML105 .B9

Melodies and themes

• Dictionary of Vocal Themes
  Ref ML 128 .V7 B3

Printed music in collections

• Historical Sets, Collected Editions and Monuments of
  Music: A Guide to Their Contents
  Ref Ml 113 .H52 1980

• Songs in Collections: An Index
  Ref ML 128 .S3 D37

• Song Index
  Ref ML 128 .S3 S31 1966

• Popular Song Index
  Ref ML 128 .S3 H4

• Index to Early Music in Selected Anthologies
  Ref ML 113 .H558

Reviews, criticism, analyses

• Music Analysis: An Annotated Guide to the Literature
  Ref ML 128 .A7 D5 1991

• Analyses of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Music
  Ref ML 113 .W45 1987

Guides and handbooks to music and music literature

• Sourcebook for Research in Music
  Ref ML 113 .C68 1993

• Music: A Guide to the Reference Literature
  Ref ML 113 .B85 1987

• Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography
  Ref ML 113 .D83 1997

• Music Education: A Guide to Information Sources
  Ref ML 19 .H37

• Information on Music: A Handbook of Reference Sources in European Languages
  Ref ML 113 .M33

• Musicalia: Sources of Information in Music
  Ref ML 113 .D383 M9 1966

Guide to research and writing about music

• Introduction to Music Research
  Ref ML 3797 .W37

• Library Research Guide to Music: Illustrated Search Strategy and Sources
  Ref ML 111 .D78 1982

• Words & Music: Form and Procedure in theses, Dissertations, Research
  Papers, Book Reports, Programs, Theses in Composition
  Ref ML 3797 .H49 1982

• Guide to Research in Music Education
  Ref MT 1 .P5 1992