LibGuides: MUSA 326 & 327: Music History and Literature I & II: Other Reference Books

Dictionaries and encyclopedias

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. 8th ed. by Nicolas Slonimsky
Call Number: Ref ML 105 B16 1992
Publication Date: 1992
Harvard Dictionary of Music. 4th ed by Don Michael Randel (Editor)
Call Number: Ref ML 100 A64 2003
Publication Date: 2003
International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. 9th ed by Oscar Thompson
Call Number: Ref ML 100 T47 1964
Publication Date: 1964
The Oxford Companion to Music by Alison Latham (Editor)
Call Number: Ref ML 100 S37 2002
Publication Date: 2002
Available both in paper and Online as an E-book.

Calendar of Music and Musicians by Adele P. Manson
Call Number: Ref ML 161 M16
Publication Date: 1980
Day-by-day chronology of events, performances in the music world.
New Oxford History of Music 10 volumes
Call Number: Ref ML 160 N44
Publication Date: 1954 - 1990
Covers history of music from ancient times to the modern age (1960) in 10 volumes.
Music Through Sources and Documents by R. Rowen
Call Number: ML 160 R88
Publication Date: 1979
A sampling of writings about music throughout time.
Source Readings in Music History by Strunk, W. Oliver (editor)
Call Number: ML 160 S89 1965
Publication Date: 1965
v.1 Antiquity and the Middle Ages
v.2 Renaissance
v.3 Baroque Era
v.4 Classic Era
v.5 Romantic Era