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ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES
Grove Series
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed. by John Tyrrell, in 29 volumes. REF ML100.N49 2001 (available online at www.oxfordmusiconline.com)
New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, ed. by Stanley Sadie, in 3 volumes. REF ML102.I5S3 1984
New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd. ed. by Barry Kernfeld, in 3 volumes.
REF ML102.J3N4 2002 (available online at www.oxfordmusiconline.com)New Grove Dictionary of American Music, ed. by Stanley Sadie and H. Wiley Hitchcock, in 4 volumes. REF 781.773 N48 1986
New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. by Stanley Sadie, in 4 volumes.
REF ML 102.O6N5 1992 (available online at www.oxfordmusiconline.com)
Biographical
Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Centennial ed. by Nicolas Slonimsky, in 6 volumes. REF ML105.B35 2001
Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians, by Nicolas Slonimsky, edited by Laura Kuhn. REF ML105.S612 1997
The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, edited by Don Michael Randel.
REF ML105.H38 1996ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Biographical Dictionary, 4th ed. REF ML106.U3A5 1980
International Who’s Who in Classical Music 2002, 18th ed. REF ML105.I58C5 2002
The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music: Composers and Their Music, by William H. Rehrig, ed. by Paul E. Bierley, in 3 volumes. REF ML102.B35R4 1991
International Encyclopedia of Women Composers, 2nd ed. by Aaron I. Cohen, in 2 volumes. REF ML390.C678
International Dictionary of Black Composers, ed. by Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., in 2 volumes. REF ML105.I58 1999
Terminology
Oxford Dictionary of Music, by Michael Kennedy. REF ML100.K4 1985
Harvard Dictionary of Music, 4th ed. by Don Michael Randel. REF ML100.N485 2003
Baker’s Dictionary of Music, by Nicolas Slonimsky, ed. by Richard Kassel. REF ML100.S56 1997
TEXTBOOKS AND ANTHOLOGIES
Enjoyment of Music, 9th ed. by Joseph Machlis and Kristine Forney. MT90.M33E5 2003
- (accompanying compact discs: The Norton Recordings, in 2 volumes. CDISC MT90.M33E5 2003)
- (accompanying scores: The Norton Scores: A Study Anthology, 9th ed., edited by Kristine Forney, in 2 volumes. MT90.M33E5 2003)
A History of Western Music, 5th ed. by Donald Jay Grout and Claude V. Palisca. ML160.G872 1996
Music for Our Time, by Robert Winter. MT6.W5M8 1992.
- (accompanying cassette tapes. CASS MT6.W5M8 1992)
New Historical Anthology of Music by Women, edited by James R. Briscoe. SCORE M2.B75 2004
- (accompanying compact discs: CDISC M2.B75 2004)
MUSIC HISTORY SERIES
New Oxford History of Music Series, 10 vols. ML160.N44
Ancient and Oriental Music, ed. by Egon Wellesz.
The Early Middle Ages to 1300, ed. by Richard Crocker and David Hiley.
Ars Nova and the Renaissance, ed. by Dom Anselm Hughes and Gerald Abraham.
The Age of Humanism, 1540-1630, ed. by Gerald Abraham. (available through interlibrary loan)
Opera and Church Music, 1630-1750, ed. by Anthony Lewis and Nigel Fortune.
Concert Music (1630-1750), ed. by Gerald Abraham. (available through interlibrary loan)
The Age of Enlightenment (1745-1800), ed. by Egon Wellesz and Frederick Sternfeld.
The Age of Beethoven, 1790-1830, ed. by Gerald Abraham.
Romanticism (1830-1890), ed. by Gerald Abraham. (available through interlibrary loan)
The Modern Age (1890-1960), ed. by Martin Cooper.
Prentice-Hall History of Music Series
Music in Medieval Europe, by Jeremy Yudkin. ML171.Y83M8 1989
Music in the Renaissance, by Howard Mayer Brown. ML172.B76M8 1976
Baroque Music, by Claude V. Palisca. ML193.P35 1981
Music in the Classic Period, by Reinhard G. Pauly. ML195.P38M8 1973
Nineteenth-century Romanticism in Music, by Rey M. Longyear.
ML196.L66N5 1973Twentieth-century Music: An Introduction, by Eric Salzman. ML197.S25T9 2002
Music in the United States: A Historical Introduction, by H. Wiley Hitchcock. ML200.H58M8 1969
Norton History of Music Series, 6 Vols.
The Rise of Music in the Ancient World, East and West, by Curt Sachs.
ML162.S23R5 1943Music in the Middle Ages: with an Introduction on the Music of Ancient Times, by Gustave Reese. ML172.R44M8 1940
Music in the Renaissance, by Gustave Reese. ML172.R44 1959
Music in the Baroque Era, from Monteverdi to Bach, by Manfred F. Bukofzer. ML193.B85M8 1947
Music in the Romantic Era, by Alfred Einstein. ML196.D56M8 1947
Music in the 20th Century, from Debussy through Stravinsky, by William W. Austin. ML197.A87 1966
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PROGRAM MUSIC VS. ABSOLUTE MUSIC
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