Music encyclopedias and dictionaries are located in the reference section. See the music map.
Encyclopedia |
Description |
Location |
| The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians | The most substantial and comprehensive music encyclopedia in English. It covers composers, genres, and trends in music. The online version is updated regularly, but the print contains more illustrations. |
Available online Ref ML 100 N48 2001. |
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The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music |
This 10-volume work covers musiic from around the world. Each volume covers a different geographic region, and discusses history, current practice, and scholarship. Includes CDs with examples of music. |
Ref ML 100 G16 1998 |
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The Oxford Dictionary of Music |
Definitions and discussions of individual works, performers, orchestras, musical forms, instruments, and composers. |
Ref ML 100 K35 1994 |
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This encyclopedia covers composers, works, music of different countries, music theory, genres, and more. |
Available online Ref ML 100 N5 1983 |
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The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians |
Ref ML 100 T47 1985 |
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| The New Grove Dictionary of American Music | This standard work on American music covers serious music, popular music, jazz, folklore, regional music, American composers and performers, and American cities. |
Ref ML 101 U6 N48 1986 |
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The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. |
Describes all kinds of musical instruments from around the world, both ancient and modern. Includes information on the inner workings, instrument families and obscure instruments. |
Ref ML 102 I5 N48 1985 |
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Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians |
Accurate, critical and witty biographies of musicians, from classical to modern. Volume 6 has indexes of composers by nationality, genre, and time period. |
Ref ML 105 B16 1992 |
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Oxford History of Western Music |
Covers the breadth of western music, including changes in performance, composition, tonalities and ideologies. Includes analysis of musical scores. |
Ref ML 160 .T18 2005 |
| Search nearly 5,000 hymnals to find specific hymns. Can search by hymn title, composer, first line, or hymnal title. |
Available online |
