Research Guides
The following sources are provided to supplement the primary information source, L4U, our Online Public Access Catalogue. These titles are suggested as a starting point for your searches. If you need assistance using L4U or any of the materials listed below, please ask the library staff.
Music
Background Information
Harvard dictionary of music / Willi Apel. REF. ML100 .A66
Grove’s dictionary of music and musicians / Eric Blom. REF. ML100 .G885
Encyclopedia of the great composers and their music / Milton Cross. ML385 .C7
Encyclopedia of concert music / David Ewen. REF. ML100 .E85
Greene’s biographical encyclopedia of composers / David Greene. ML390 .G85
Encyclopedia of rock/pop stars / Ritchie March. OVERSIZE ML102 .P66 E6
Concise Oxford dictionary of music / Percy Scholes. REF. ML100 .S3
Norton/Grove encyclopedia of music / ed. by Stanley Sadie. REF. ML100 .N6
Encyclopedia of pop, rock, and soul / Irwin Stambler. REF. ML102 .P66 S8
New encyclopedia of the opera / David Ewen. REF. ML100 .O6 E9
Plots of the operas / Oscar Thompson. MT95 .P6
Concise Oxford dictionary of opera / Harold D. Rosenthal. REF. ML102 .O6 R67
Metropolitan Opera encyclopedia / ed. by David Hamilton. REF. ML102 .O6 M47
Jazz: a history / Frank Tirro. ML3561 .J3 T5
Internet Resources
Worldwide Internet Music Resources: "Maintained by Indiana University, includes links to worldwide music resources on the web in all areas of music research."
Music Resources from the Sibelius Academy in Finland: “Includes links to worldwide music resources on the web in all areas of music research”.
