MUSIC RESEARCH AND WRITING

Library Research Guide

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries (overviews, bibliographies, and background information)

Online:
Grove Music Online includes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, 2001 (plus online updates); New Grove Dictionary of Opera (published in print in 1992 and online in 1999); and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, second edition (2001)

In the Dulaney-Browne Library Reference Collection:

927.8 B168b9
Baker’s biographical dictionary of musicians. New York : Schirmer Books, c2001.

780.9 G169
The Garland encyclopedia of world music. New York : Garland Pub., 1998-2002.
780.3 N42r4

780.3 N42r4
The Harvard dictionary of music. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003.

780.3 T474i11 1985
The International cyclopedia of music and musicians. New York : Dodd, Mead, 1985.

780.3 K384o2
Kennedy, Michael. The Oxford dictionary of music. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

781.773 N42
The New Grove dictionary of American music. New York, N.Y. : Grove’s Dictionaries of Music, 1986.

780.9 V795d
Vinton, John. Dictionary of contemporary music. New York, E. P. Dutton [1974].

Books, Scores, and Recordings

The Dulaney-Browne Library catalog includes books (in DBL), scores (in Leichter Listening Library), and recordings (CDs in Leicther, LPs in DBL)

WorldCat includes books, scores, and recordings in libraries around the world. Request items through Interlibrary Loan, or request an OK-Share card to visit local academic music libraries and borrow items directly.

Naxos includes CDs available for live streaming via the Internet.

Articles

Music Index (index to articles on music and music performance with some links to full-text)

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (index to articles on music research with some links to full-text)

JSTOR (older full text journal articles on Music and other subjects)

Dissertations

Dissertation Express allows you to search for and purchase dissertations. Search by author, title, or abstract number.


WorldCat includes thousands of dissertations. Add dissertation to your search terms to limit to dissertations and request items through interlibrary loan.

Research and Writing Guides

Crabtree, Phillip. Sourcebook for research in music. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2005.

Irvine, Demar. Irvine’s writing about music. Portland, Or. : Amadeus Press, 1999.
Location: 4th floor Circulating Materials
Call Number: 808.02 Ir8w3

Wingell, Richard. Writing about music : an introductory guide. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 1997.
Location: 5th floor Circulating Materials
Call Number: 780.722 W726w2