LibGuides: Getting Started Guide: Music Research: Print Reference

Search CNU Online Catalog

Harvard Dictionary of Music
Call Number: ML100 .A641 2003
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Call Number: ML100 .N48 2001

29 volumes, also available online.
New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
Call Number: ML102.J3 N48 1988
New Grove Dictionary of American Music.
Call Number: ML101.U6 N48 1986

4 volumes
New Grove Dictionary of Opera
Call Number: ML102.O6 N5 1992

4 volumes, also available online.
Music research : a handbook by Laurie J. Sampsel.
Call Number: ML113 .S28 2009
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Call Number: ML102.P66 G84 2006

10 volumes
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Call Number: ML105 .B16 2001
Music reference and research materials : an annotated bibliography, 5th ed. by Duckles, Vincent
Call Number: ML113 .D83 1997
Oxford History of Western Music
Call Number: ML160 .T18 2005

6 volumes
Music Since 1900 by Nicolas Slonimsky
Call Number: ML197 .S634 1994
The Great Composers: Their Lives and Times
Call Number: ML390 .G82 1987

11 Volumes

Here's a brief guide to some of the important Library of Congress call number areas in Music Literature (ML Class):

ML50: Opera Librretti

ML100: Music Dictionaries and Encyclopedias (general)

ML102: Music Dictionaries and Encyclopedias (arranged by topic)

ML110-111.5: Music Librarianship

ML128: Music Bibliography (arranged by topic)

ML134: Composer Bibliographies

ML159-161: Music History (general)

ML410: Composer Biography

ML416-ML429: Performer/musician Biography

ML3506: History of Jazz

ML3795: Music as a Profession/Vocational Guidance

ML3797-3799.5: Music Research

MT: Music Instruction and Study