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Subject Research Guides

Music:
Women in Music

This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of topics related to women in music.

Background Information Sources

Available in the Library's reference area:

Current Biography Yearbook (multiple volumes) REF CT100 .C8 (Annual)
Women's Studies Encyclopedia (3 vols; see "Music") REF HQ1115 .W645 1999
Great Lives from History/American Women Series (5 vols.) REF HQ1412 .G74 1995
Women and Music in America Since 1900: an Encyclopedia (2 vols.) REF ML82 .W625 2002
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
New Grove Dictionary Of American Music (4 vols.; see "Women") REF ML101 .U6 N48 1986
Bakers Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (6 volumes) REF ML105 .B16 2001
Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music REF ML105 .H38 1996
Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers REF ML105 .N67 1994
Women in American Music REF ML128 .W7 B6

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.

  • women in music
  • women musicians
  • women composers
  • feminism and music
  • women singers
  • gender identity in music
  • popular music
  • classical music
  • music biography
  • [name of musician]
  • [name of composer]
  • [name of singer]

Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles

Internet Resources

Several Internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available on Web Resources page; follow link for Music.

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