Encyclopedias
- Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new windowIncludes Grove Music Online, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, the Oxford Companion to Music, and the Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music This link opens in a new window
- The Harvard Dictionary of Music,4th ed., 2003Call Number: ML 100 .H37 2003 (Reference Collection)
The classic source for definitions of music terms. "Entries range from one or two words to multiple pages in length, defining or explicating terms for musical styles, instruments, performance marks, concepts, and works."
- Performing Arts Encyclopedia: Explore Music, Theater, and Dance at the Library of Congress This link opens in a new window
- Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music5th ed. (2007). A comprehensive, well-organized volume covering composers, compositions, periods and styles, terminology, instruments, vocalists, cultural context, and more.
- A Dictionary of Opera CharactersIncludes more than 2,500 entries on operatic characters, with information on the creator of the role and notable performances. Also gives synopses for more than 200 operas and operettas.
- The Grove book of opera singersBiographies of multiple opera singers, with reference to major roles they have sung.
- Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart2nd edition. 1994-2007. A new edition of the standard German music encyclopedia issued in two parts, one subject-oriented, the other biographical. ML100.M987 1994 (Reference Collection)
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4th edition, 2006. Biographies of composers, lyricists, and performers, as well as background information about performing groups and hit songs. ML102.P66 G84 2006 (Reference Collection)
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music OnlineContinuously updated and more complex than the last print edition, which was the 4th edition cited above.
