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Reference Resources
All are located in the Main Library and
in the Music Library.
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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Volumes
1-20
ML100.N48
Online Version |
This encyclopedia should be the starting point for all music
research. Lengthy entries provide a rich scholarly overview of composers,
musical styles, important musical centers, instruments, and other topics.
Articles are signed and include a bibliography for further research. |
The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. Volumes
1-4
ML 101.U6 N48 1986 |
American composers and musical topics are given extensive
treatment from the perspective of U.S. culture and society. Content
of many articles differs from that found in The New Grove Dictionary
of Music and Musicians. Articles are signed and include a bibliography
for further research. |
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Volumes 1-2
ML 102.J3 N48 |
Scholarly articles provide extensive coverage of a variety
of jazz styles, composers, performers, and other topics. Articles
are signed and include a bibliography for further research. |
The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll
ML 102.R64 1995 |
Articles tend to be brief yet contain humanizing biographical
information not found in The Guiness Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
Includes individual musicians and groups. Limited to rock and
its derivatives. |
The Guiness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volumes 1-6
ML 102.P66 G84 1992 (1998 edition available at the Music Library.) |
Scholarly in tone, articles include biographical information
and lists of albums, suggestions for further reading, films, etc.
Includes individuals and groups from all varieties of popular music. |
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
ML105.B16 |
Basic biographical entries include birth and death dates,
career highlights, and works composed. |
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Oxford Reference Online
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Select "Performing Arts" subject for reference books
on general music and opera. |
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sources available at the Music Library |
Others include dictionaries of musical terms, encyclopedias
of instruments and women composers, song indexes, guides to musical research,
and guides to writing about music. |
