Subject
Research Guides
Music:
Classical Music
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety classical music topics.
Background Information Sources
Available in the Library's reference area:
| Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (10 volumes, 10 CDs) | REF ML100 .G16 1998 |
| New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (29 volumes) | REF ML100 .N48 2001 |
| New Oxford Companion to Music (2 volumes) | REF ML100.O835 1983 |
| Baker's Dictionary of Opera | REF ML102 .O6 B26 2000 |
| Crowell's Handbook of World Opera | REF ML102 .O6 M6 1974 |
| Bakers Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (6 volumes) | REF ML105 .B16 2001 |
| Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music | REF ML105 .H38 1996 |
| Who's Who in American Music : Classical | REF ML106 .U3 W6 1985 |
| Great Composers and Their Works (2 volumes) | REF ML160 .S48 2000 |
| Chronicle of Classical Music | REF ML390 .K35 1994 |
| Contemporary Composers | REF ML390 .M677X 1992 |
| Definitive Kobbé's Opera Book | REF MT95 .K52 1987 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse the ML (Music) call number range.
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- Expanded Academic ASAP/InfoTrac: full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
- General Reference Center Gold/InfoTrac: reviews, newspaper articles, and other articles.
- Biography Resource Center/InfoTrac: extensive full-text, in-depth biographies
- LexisNexis: large database of current and archived newspaper articles.
Internet Resources
Several Internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available on Web Resources page; follow link for Music.
- ClassicalNet Master Composer Index
http://www.classical.net/
alphabetical list of links for sites focusing on specific composers - W.W. Norton Essentials of Music
http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/
includes a glossary and information on classical music eras and composers - Operissimo Concertissimo
http://www.operissimo.com/
world's most complete and constantly updated opera and concert database. - Indiana University Composers
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/composer.html
links to sites about composers assembled by Indiana University School of Music