Includes Grove Music Online, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, the Oxford Companion to Music, and the Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
Parent database for Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, The Oxford Companion to Music, and the Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Searching can be done on a single source within this parent database or one can search across two or more sources.
All searches are done on the full text.
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 worldwide contributors, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music. Currently includes 1,217 essays, multiple images, and hundreds of audio examples.
Call 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."
This multimedia guide vividly displays the diversity of performing arts via the extensive and rich collections of music, audio recordings, films, photographs, maps, and other materials housed at the Library of Congress. Special presentations and featured collections highlight some of the unique and unusual materials. Click here for more information about this fascinating and ever-expanding resource.
5th ed. (2007). A comprehensive, well-organized volume covering composers, compositions, periods and styles, terminology, instruments, vocalists, cultural context, and more.
Includes 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.
2nd 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)
4th 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)