Getting Started Guide: Music Research: Online Reference

"With over 10,000 entries, the Oxford Dictionary of Music (previously the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music) offers broad coverage of a wide range of musical categories spanning many eras, including composers, librettists, singers, orchestras, important ballets and operas, and musical instruments and their history."

Provides quotes by and about musicians.
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The profound influence of the Hollywood musical across geographical and cultural boundaries has long been neglected. This original collection of essays seeks to initiate a new critical debate by approaching classic Hollywood films from perspectives such as 'musicology'. Broadening the scope of previous studies, this volume also examines the manner in which European cinema appropriated the musical to create new meanings. It provides an innovative reading of the influence of the musical on youth culture, and its endorsement in modern dance movies and the music video.
Description from Google Books

includes articles that range from clear, concise definitions of musical ideas and terms to extended surveys of musical forms and styles, with specialist coverage of virtually every musical subject
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information on musicals, performers, composers, lyricists, producers, choreographers, and much more.

A comprehensive A-Z glossary of the main terms and concepts used in the study of popular music.
Description from Books in Print

Prepared for the staff at WOI Radio, Iowa State University, the dictionary has been made freely available. The dictionary contains 30, 000 entries and is available in .pdf format.