Music
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General Background Information
Dictionaries -- Encyclopedias -- Research Guides and Bibliographies-- Histories and Chronologies
DICTIONARIES
Harvard Dictionary of Music. Music Reference ML 100 .H37 2003. 4th ed. One volume dictionary of musical terms. Useful for finding concise definitions. Does not include information on composers.
Music Dictionary Online. Explains words and terms found in musical scores, books about music, web sites on music, notes on CDs or in concert programmes. Includes a composers dictionary.
The Oxford Companion to Music. Music Reference. ML 100 O94 2002. Useful for finding definitions of musical terms as well as concise biographical information on composers. Includes some in-depth articles.
Oxford Dictionary of Music. Music Ref. ML100 .K35 1994. A quick reference source for music. Contains entries for musical terms and instruments, brief biographies of composers, performers, and entries on individual compositions.
Terminorum musicae index septem linguis redactus = Polyglottes Wörterbuch der musikalischen Terminologie = Polyglot dictionary of musical terms. Music Ref. ML108 .T476. Terms in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, and Russian.
A Dictionary of Musical Themes. Music Ref. ML128.I65 B3 1975. A thematic catalog. Contains 10,000 themes from the classical repertoire. Arranged by composer. Includes a title index.
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians II Online The most authoritative, English-language encyclopedia of music published to date. Comprehensive coverage of Western art music, as well as some coverage of jazz and popular music. Includes biographies and definitions of terms. Paper version is located at Music Reference ML 100 .N48 2001.
Encyclopædia Britannica (Available only to UA Students, Faculty, & Staff). Concise as well as scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects.
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart : allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Music Reference ML100 .M92 1994. Comprehensive and scholarly German language encyclopedia. New edition. Older edition at Music Reference ML 100.M92. Numerous volumes.
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Music Reference ML 102 .P66 G84 1998 3rd ed. 8 vols. Covers a wide variety of popular genres, with emphasis on individuals and performing groups.
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Music Reference ML 100 .G16 1998 10 vols. A comprehensive English language source for information about world music and the field of ethnomusicology. Organized by georgraphical region. Each volume is indexed. Vol. 10 is a comprehensive index.
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Music Ref. ML102.J3 N48 2001 3 vols. Provides comprehensive treatment of terminology and theory, articles on instruments, individual performers and styles of jazz, among other topics.
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Music Ref. ML102.O6 N5 1992b 4 vols. Includes entries on individuals, operas, opera houses, national opera traditions and opera-related terms.
RESEARCH GUIDES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Baroque music : a research and information guide. Music Ref. ML116 .B37 1993
Church and worship music: an annotated bibliography and information guide. Music Ref. ML 128 C54 S53 2005.
Music analyses : an annotated guide to the literature. Music Ref. ML128.A7 D5 1991. Includes English language analytical sources dealing with music of all periods
Music criticism : an annotated guide to the literature. Music Ref. ML113 .D5
Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography Music Reference ML 113 .D83 1997. This comprehensive research guide provides descriptions of dictionaries, thematic catalogs, discographies and other print or electronic resources. A very useful tool for finding more specific reference works in all genres of music, with a heavy emphasis on Western art music.
The New Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning. Music Ref. MT1 S44 2002
Reader's Guide to Music: History, Theory, Criticism. Music Ref. ML 113 R34 1999. Consists of a series of essays that describe and evaluate the critical monographic literature in English on a wide variety of topics in music.
Research Guide to Musicology. Music Ref. ML 3797 P78 1985.
Research In Music Education. Music Ref. MT 1 26 1987. Introduces graduate students to basic concepts of research with the intent of developing skills for critical analysis.
Sourcebook for Research in Music Music Reference ML113 .C681993. Selective guide to music reference and research materials.
HISTORIES AND CHRONOLOGIES
Calendar of Music and Musicians Music Ref. ML 161.M16. Day by day listing of events in classical music.
A Chronicle of American Music. Music Ref. ML 200 .H15 1996
Chronology of Western Classical Music. Music Ref. ML 161 .H227 2 vols.
A History of Western Music. Music Ref. ML 160 G872 2001. The standard music history text, edited by Donald Jay Grout and Claude V. Palisca, now in it's 6th edition.
Oxford HIstory of Western Music Music Reference ML160 .T18 2005 6 volumes. Scholarly, in-depth and comprehensive mulit-volume set.
Renaissance & Baroque Music Chronology
Timelines of Composers This list presents some 1100 composers arranged into a timeline based purely on their date of birth. For convenience sake, the list has been divided into nine sections with general, and somewhat arbitrary, descriptive headings.
World Chronology of Music History Music Ref. ML 161 .E4 6 vols.
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