Carner, Gary, ed.
Jazz Performers : An Annotated Bibliography of Biographical Materials.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Music Ref. ML128.B3 C37 1990
Feather, Leonard.
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford; New York: Oxford University
Press, 1999.
Music Ref. ML102.J3 F4 1999
Gold, Robert S.
Jazz Talk. Indianapolis: Bobb-Merrill Co., 1975.
Music Ref. ML102.J3 G62
Herzhaft, Gerard.
Encyclopedia of the Blues. Fayetteville, AR: University of
Arkansas Press, 1997.
Music Ref. ML102.B6
H413 1997
Kernfeld, Barry, ed.
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd ed. London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd.; New York: Grove's Dictionaries, Inc.,
2002.
Music Ref. ML102.J3 N48 2001
Also available ONLINE
as part of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Lord, Tom.
The Jazz Discography. 25 vols. West Vancouver, B.C., Canada: Lord Music
Reference, c1992-
Music Ref. ML156.4.J3 L67 1992
Meadows, Eddie S.
Jazz Research and Performance Materials: A Select Annotated Bibliography.
2nd ed. New York: Garland, 1995.
Music Ref. ML128.J3 M33 1995
Stambler, Irwin and Lyndon Stambler.
Folk and Blues: The Encyclopedia. 1st ed. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2001.
Music Ref. ML102.F66 S73 2001
NOTE: This section also includes sources for general information that may also be useful in
other areas (i.e., jazz or popular music). The entries here are very basic sources only, and do not
represent all relevant sources for any particular research project.
Garland Publishers produces a series of books called the
Composers Resource Manuals,
offering up-to-date information on research on major composers. Each volume offers annotated
lists of writings in all major languages about one or two composers, as well as lists of works
by the composers, biographical sketches, guides to library resources, organizations, and
specialists. In order to find out if we have a volume of the
Composer Resource Manual
series covering a particular composer, you can search the following title in the Library Catalog:
Garland Composer Resource Manuals
This will bring up an index listing all the volumes in this series.
Thematic indexes, also called thematic catalogs, are indexes to a group of musical compositions.
They often include the opening notes (called incipit) for each composition. These
types of indexes are primarily used for listing works of individual composers and are valuable
research sources. Most composer thematic indexes give descriptions of a composer's entire
output, including title,
opus or other identification number,
full description and location of
autographs or sketches, bibliographical description of first editions, and other important
information for each piece. Opus or other identifcation numbers from these indexes are often
used in
uniform titles.
The Music Reference collection contains thematic indexes for many of the most important
composers. These thematic indexes can be found in the Music Reference section with the base
call number of
ML134.
Arnold, Denis, ed.
The New Oxford Companion to Music. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University
Press, 1983.
Music Ref. ML100 .N5 1983
Baker, Theodore.
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Centennial ed., Nicolas Slonimsky, editor emeritus. New York: Schirmer Books, 2001.
Music Ref. ML105 .B16 2001
Slonimsky, Nicholas.
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Classical
Musicians. New York: Schirmer Books, 1997.
Music
Ref. ML105 .S612 1997
Duckles, Vincent H. and Michael Keller.
Music Reference and Research Materials : An Annotated
Bibliography. 5th ed. New York: Schirmer ; London: Collier Macmillan, 1997.
Music Ref. ML113 .D83 1997
Heyer, Anna Harriet.
Historical Sets, Collected Editions, and Monuments of Music : A Guide to
Their Contents. 3rd ed. 2 vols. Chicago: American Library Association, 1980.
Music Ref. ML113 .H52 1980
International Repertory of the Music Literature (Organization).
RILM Abstracts. New York:
RILM, 1967-
Available ONLINE
International Who's Who in Music and Musician's Directory. Cambridge: Melrose Press, 1992.
Music Ref. ML105 .I5
Musical America : International Directory of the Performing Arts. New York: Musical America
Publications, 1974--
Music Ref. ML12 .M88 (Latest ed. in Music Ref.)
Randel, Don Michael, ed.
The New Harvard Dictionary of Music.Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard
University Press, 1986.
Music Ref. ML100 .N485 1986
Sadie, Stanley and H. Wiley Hitchcock, eds.
The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. 4 vols.
New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986.
Music Ref. ML101.U6 N48 1986
Sadie, Stanley, ed.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2nd ed. 29 vols.
London: Macmillan Publishers; New York, NY: Grove's Dictionaries, Inc., c2001.
Music Ref. ML100 .N48 2001
Also available ONLINE.
Sadie, Stanley, ed.
The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. 3 vols. London ; New York:
New Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1984.
Music Ref. ML102.I5 N48 1984
Sadie, Stanley, ed.
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. 3 vols. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of
Music, 1992.
Music Ref. ML102.O6 N5 1992
Also available ONLINE
as part of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Bloom, Ken.
American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion. 2nd ed. New York: Facts on
File, 1996.
Music Ref. ML128.M78 B6 1996
Bloom, Ken.
Hollywood Song: The Complete Film & Musical Companion. New York: Facts on
File, 1995.
Music Ref. ML128.M7 B6 1995
Gänzl, Kurt.
The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. 2nd ed. 3 vols. New York: Schirmer Books,
2001.
Music Ref. ML102.M88 G3 2001
See also
Music: Selected Internet Resources (Music Theatre and Film)
Gamond, Peter.
The Oxford Companion to Popular Music. Oxford ; New
York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
Music Ref. ML102.P66 G35 1991
Hardy, Phil and David Laing.
The Faber Companion to 20th-century Popular
Music. London ; Boston: Faber and Faber, 1990.
Music Ref. ML102.P66 H37x 1990
Larkin, Colin, ed.
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 3rd ed.
London; New York: Muze; New York: Distribution in the USA by Grove's Dictionaries, 1998.
Music Ref. ML102.P66 G84 1998
Lissauer, Robert.
Lissauer's Encyclopedia of Popular Music in America.
1st ed. New York: Paragon House, 1991.
Music Ref. ML128.P63 L57 1996
Stambler, Irwin and Lyndon Stambler.
Folk and Blues: The Encyclopedia. 1st ed. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2001.
Music Ref. ML102.F66 S73 2001
Center for Popular Music
(
http://popmusic.mtsu.edu/)
Middle Tennessee State University
Box 41
Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132
(615) 898-2449
Country Music Foundation Library and Media Center
4 Music Square East
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
(615) 256-1639
