MUSIC RESEARCH GUIDE: BOOKS

• Sources of Background Information -
  an excellent place to begin your research
• Finding Books in the Upjohn Library - using Ariadne
• Using Bibliographies - books, articles, and text books

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SOURCES OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Guides and Bibliographies

• The art song: a research and information guide
  Ref. ML128.S3 S33 1987
• Baroque music: a research and information guide
  Ref. ML116 .B37 1993
• Black Music in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Reference and Research Materials
  Ref. ML128 .B45 F6 1983
• Bibliographical handbook of American music
  Ref. ML120.U5 K78 1987
• A bibliography of computer music: a reference for composers
  Ref. ML128.E4 T55
• Chamber music: an international guide to works and their instrumentation
  Ref. ML128.C4 R3 1993
• Choral music by African American composers: a selected, annotated bibliography
  Ref. ML128.C48 W5 1996
• Fire Music: A Bibliography of the New Jazz, 1959 - 1990
  Ref. ML128 .J3 G7 1991
• General Bibliography for Music Research
  Ref. ML113 .M59 1996
• Historical sets, collected editions, and monuments of music; a guide to their contents
  Ref. ML113 .H52 1969
• Literature of American Music in Books and Folk Music Collections: A Fully Annotated Bibliography
  Ref. ML120 .U5 H7 and Ref. ML120 .U5 H7 Suppl. 1
• Literature of American Music III, 1983 - 1992
  Ref. ML120 .U5 M135 1996

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 6 vols.
  Ref. ML105 .B16 2001
• Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth Century Classical Musicians
  Ref. ML105 .S612 1997
• Biographical Dictionary of African-American and African Musicians
  Ref. ML105 .S67 1982
• Contemporary Composers
  Ref. ML105 .C75 1992
• Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, 2 vols.
  Ref. ML102 .P66 C66 2003
• The Definitive Kobbé’s Opera Book
  Ref. MT 95 .K52 1987
• Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 8 vols.
  Ref. ML102.P66 G84 1998
• Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, 10 vols.
  Ref. ML100 .G16 1998
• The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music
  Ref. ML105 .H38 1996
• International Encyclopedia of Women Composers, 2 vols.
  Ref. ML105 .C7 1987
• New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 4 vols.
  Ref. ML101.U6 N48 1986
• New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 3 vols.
  Ref. ML102.J3 N48 2001
• The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 29 vols.
  Ref. ML100 .N48 2000
• The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, 3 vols.
  Ref. ML102 .I5 N48 1984
• New Grove Dictionary of Opera, 4 vols.
  Ref. ML102.O6 N5 1992
• The New Harvard Dictionary of Music
  Ref. ML100 .N485 1986
• Virgin Directory of World Music
  Ref. ML 3470 .S95 1992

Song and Theme Indexes

• Find that tune : an index to rock, folk-rock, disco & soul in collections
  Ref. ML128.R6 F56 1988
• Dictionary of Musical Themes
  Ref. ML128.I65 B3
• Dictionary of Vocal Themes
  Ref. ML128.V7 B3
• Popular music : an annotated index of American popular songs, 1964-
  Ref. ML120.U5 S5
• Song finder : a title index to 32,000 popular songs in collections, 1854-1992
  Ref. ML128.S3 F47 1995

Discographies

• Schwann Artist Issue, 1992-
  Ref. ML156.2 .S383
• Schwann Opus [Library has current year only]
  Ref. ML156.2 .O68
• Spectrum [Library has current year only]
  Ref. ML156.2 .S69
• The Penguin guide to jazz on CD, LP, and cassette
  Ref. ML156.4.J3 C67
• The Penguin guide to opera on compact disc
  Ref. ML156.2 .G7

Research Guides

• Library Research Guide to Music: Illustrated Search Strategies and Sources
  Ref. ML111 .D78 1982
• Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography
  Ref. ML113 .D83 1997
• Source Book for Research in Music
  Ref. ML113 .C68 1993
• Research Guide to Musicology
  Ref. ML3797 .P78 1985

Ethnomusicology and World Music

• Black Music in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Reference and Research Materials
  Ref. ML128 .B45 F6 1983
• Choral music by African American composers: a selected, annotated bibliography
  Ref. ML128.C48 W5 1996
• Fire Music: A Bibliography of the New Jazz, 1959 - 1990
  Ref. ML128 .J3 G7 1991
• Literature of American Music in Books and Folk Music Collections: A Fully Annotated Bibliography
  Ref. ML120 .U5 H7 and Ref. ML120 .U5 H7 Suppl. 1
• Biographical Dictionary of African-American and African Musicians
  Ref. ML105 .S67 1982
• Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, 2 vols.
  Ref. ML102 .P66 C66 2003
• Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, 10 vols.
  Ref. ML100 .G16 1998
• International Encyclopedia of Women Composers, 2 vols.
  Ref. ML105 .C7 1987
• New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 4 vols.
  Ref. ML101.U6 N48 1986
• New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 3 vols.
  Ref. ML102.J3 N48 2001
• Virgin Directory of World Music
  Ref. ML 3470 .S95 1992
• The Penguin guide to jazz on CD, LP, and cassette
  Ref. ML156.4.J3 C67

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