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)
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| Women's Studies Encyclopedia (3 vols; see "Music") |
REF HQ1115 .W645 1999
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| Great Lives from History/American Women Series (5 vols.) |
REF HQ1412 .G74 1995
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Women and Music in America Since 1900: an Encyclopedia
(2 vols.) |
REF ML82 .W625 2002
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| Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (10 volumes, 10 CDs) |
REF ML100 .G16 1998
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| New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (29 volumes) |
REF ML100 .N48 2001
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| New Oxford Companion to Music (2 volumes) |
REF ML100.O835 1983
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New Grove Dictionary Of American Music
(4 vols.; see "Women") |
REF ML101 .U6 N48 1986
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| Bakers Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (6 volumes) |
REF ML105 .B16 2001
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| Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music |
REF ML105 .H38 1996
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| Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers |
REF ML105 .N67 1994
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| Women in American Music |
REF ML128 .W7 B6
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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
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- feminism and music
- women singers
- gender identity in music
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- popular music
- classical music
- music biography
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- [name of musician]
- [name of composer]
- [name of singer]
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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.