MUSIC A Bibliography of Sources at SE Library

This bibliography lists some of the significant resources that the Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library has on the subject of music. There are thousands of books, reference books, DVD's and Music CD's, on music. In addition, there are reel to reel tapes, and LP records on music in the Archives of the library. There are also many records, and CD's in the music library, located in the fine arts building.

We use the Dewey Decimal System to Arrange our books in the library. The Dewey system arranges every subject under a number system, where each number in a 1,000 number classification scheme corresponds to a specific subject. Here are the ten main classes of the Dewey Decimal System:

PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOG
 

Look in the online catalog for books on all subjects. You may search by author, title, or subject. For the topic of music history, the following subject headings might prove useful:

The SE Library catalog, called I-Link

MUSIC - (date) - HISTORY {for example, MUSIC - 14TH CENTURY - HISTORY] MUSIC - (country) - HISTORY [for example, MUSIC - ITALY - HISTORY] MUSIC AND SOCIETY MUSIC - HISTIOGRAPHY MUSIC - HISTORY AND CRITICISM MUSIC THEORY - (date) MUSIC THEORY - HISTORY MUSIC - UNITED STATES - (date) - HISTORY AND CRITICISM MUSIC - UNITED STATES - HISTORY AND CRITICISM MUSICALS - HISTORY AND CRITICISM MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - HISTORY MUSICOLOGY Also search for a type of music with a subdivision of "History and Criticism"; for example, CHORAL MUSIC - HISTORY AND CRITICISM.

Consult these sources for background information, biographical information, definitions, trends, movements, etc. The main area for music in the reference collection is R 780 to R 788. The reference collection is located on the first floor of the library. In the reference collection you will find encyclopedias, dictionaries, histories of music. The following sources are the major music sources:

GENERAL MUSIC DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS
  These volumes cover the broad scope of music terminology, composers, history of music.

R 780.3 B17d	A Dictionary of Musical Terms. By Dr. Theodre Baker. New York: G. Schirmer, inc. 1895.
	Presents short definitions of 9000 English, French, German, Italian, Latin and Greek words and phrases used in music.
R 780.3 N42r	The New Harvard Dictionary of Music. Edited by Don Michael Randel. Cambridge, Mass: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1986
	Convenient reference work of terms, names, and trends in music for laymen, students, performers, composers, scholars, and teachers.
R 780.3 N44	The New Oxford Companion to Music. 2 vols., Edited by Denis Arnold. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983.
	Articles on composers, geography, and history, as well as individual works, instruments, music theory, etc.; includes bibliographies.
R 780.3 Ox2L	The Oxford Companion to Music. Edited by Alison Latham, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
	This work is a successor to the The New Oxford Companion to Music, that is listed above. A lot of material from the older set is retained in this new volume. Since this new work is only one volume, it does not contain as much non-western music. Also, there is an emphasis on placing music among the other subjects such as politics, religion, sociology, psychology, semiotics, computers, technology. More emphasis on the role of women in music is given. Also music composers are put in their historical context, and major new surveys of historical periods are included.
R 780.9 G18s	The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Edited by Ruth M. Stone. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1998-2002
	This new set takes a geographic approach to studying music all over the world. The set contains contributions from specialists in many fields: anthropologists, linguists, dance ethnologists, cultural historians, folklorists, literary scholars, musicologists, composers, performers. Each volume follows the same pattern: part 1: an introduction to the region, its culture, and its music as well as a survey of previous music scholarship and research. Part 2: major issues and processes that link the music of the region. Part 3: detailed accounts of individual music cultures. The following volumes comprise the set:

Volume 1:	Africa
Volume 2:	South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
Volume 3:	The United States and Canada
Volume 4:	Southeast Asia
Volume 5:	South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent
Volume 6:	The Middle East
Volume 7:	East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea
Volume 8:	Europe
Volume 9:	Australia and the Pacific Islands
Volume 10:	The Worlds Music: General Perspectives and Reference Tools
CD-ROMS:	Each volume of this set now has a CD in which audio examples are presented of music from the different countries of the world

GROVE MUSIC DICTIONARIES

The Grove music dictionaries are the finest in the world. The first edition was published in 1878 in four volumes, and was edited by Sir George Grove. The second through fifth editions were published from 1904 to 1954. In the 1970's work on a sixth edition was started and it was decided to title the work The New Grove This 1st edition of the New Grove was published in 1980, and the 2nd in 2001,(making the 2001 edition the 7th edition) and edited by Stanley Sadie. Since 1980, other Grove dictionaries have been published on American music, jazz, and the opera, which are listed below. "The Grove Dictionaries have never been, and should never be, cumulative. Each edition is designed to meet the needs of its own generation. Some material relevant to scholars in the past may not be so today, and so will not be included in the current edition.
 
 

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS ON MUSICAL FORM (GENRES)

R 781.773 N42	The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. Edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986
	Articles on the different types of American music, including: jazz, rock, musical theater, popular song, camp meeting and gospel hymnody, country and dance music, music of many of the religious denominations active in the United States, and music of American Indian tribes.
	Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution. Indian Music
	This is a series of books on music of several Native American Tribes, that was republished by Da Cappo Press, from the originals that were published in the 1910's and 1920's by the Bureau of American Ethnology.

R 781.64 G94	The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Edited by Colin Larkin. London: Guinness Publishing, 1998.
	This book, now in its third edition, says that "The ultimate intention of this work is once and for all to place popular music shoulder to shoulder with classical and operatic music." It has expanded from the 1992 edition from four volumes to six. It still contains articles on popular music from 1900 to 1998. Has articles on jazz, rock, rap, soul, blues, big band, country music. It also has articles on musical plays on Broadway and other places, music recording companies, music associations, plus biographies on musical groups and individuals. The 1992 edition focused primarily on British and American popular music, but this edition attempts to include popular music from some other countries, like reggae, and African pop.
R 927.91643 Sa5b	The Big Book of Blues By Robert Santelli. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
R 781.643 En1	Encyclopedia of the Blues By Edward Komara. New York: Routledge, 2006.
	Contains over 600 biographies on blues musicians, including those in classic blues, country and urban blues, rhythm & blues, and blues rock. There is also coverage of important blues bands.
R 781.642 M13d	Definitive Country: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Country Music and Its Performers By Barry McCloud. New York: A Perigee Book: Berkeley Publishing Group, 1995.
	This encyclopedia was published in 1995. Contains biographies of artists in country and western music, articles on country music publishers, organizations. In the back it contains the Academy of Country Music Award winners, American Music Award winners, British Country Music Association Awards, Canadian Country Music Association Awards, Country Music Association of Australia awards, National Cowboy Hall of Fame Hall of great Western performers, the Dove Awards given by the Gospel Music Association, Gospel Music Hall of Fame, Grammy Awards, International Bluegrass Music Awards, Nashville Songwriters Association International awards, Music City News Awards, RPM Big Country Awards, and awards listed by artist. Also given are the gold and platinum awards given each week by the Recording Industry Association of America since 1958, gold and platinum awards given each month by the Canadian Recording Industry Association since 1975. It also gives the names of country music agents, managers of artists, record companies, music publishers, and fan clubs.
R 781.77303 St2e2	Encyclopedia of Folk, Country and Western Music 2nd edition. By Irwin Stambler and Grelun Landon. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983.
	Contains biographies of artists in country and western music, folk rock, folk blues, country rock, and bluegrass. In the back it contains winners of the Academy of Country and Western Music Awards, winners of the Grammy Awards, winners of the Country Music Association annual awards, entries into the Country Music Hall of Fame, and Recording Industry Association of America Gold and Platinum Recording Awards. Still useful though not current (published 1983).
R 781.642 AL5b 2nd ed.	All Music Guide to Country 2nd edition. ed. by Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, and Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Ann Arbor, Mich: All Music Guide, 2003.
	This is the most up to date book on country music in the SE Library. It contains biographies of artists in country and western music. It contains descriptions of different styles of Country music, such as bluegrass, country-pop, honky tonk and country boogie. folk rock, folk blues, country rock, and a list of essential albums and essential artists and also a series of essays on country music.

MUSIC DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS ON VOICE
 

R 782.103 N42	The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Edited by Stanley Sadie. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1992.
	N42 Articles on composers and performers, other music-related personages of the opera, discussion of important operas, opera terminology.
R 782.109 G91s4	A Short History of Opera 4th ed.
	This is a one volume work new has been around for a long time, since 1947, when the first edition was published. The fourth edition came out in 2003 and defines opera as "a drama in music" and gives as a reason to study opera as: "the opera is the vi sable and audible projection of the power, wealth, and taste of the society that supports it. Thus, study of its history is of value for the light it sheds on the history of culture in general." It starts with the ancient Greeks, and goes to the end of the twentieth century. The last chapters contain discussions of opera in different geographical areas. There is an extensive bibliography at the end.
R 782.103 oX2	The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera
	This work has the history of the opera from the seventeenth century to the present day (1994). It contains a list of further readings and a chronology at the end.
R 782.3203 P86d	Dictionary of Western Church Music. By David Poultney. American Library Association, 1991.
	This book contains information on the "musical heritage of the following Christian traditions: Roman Catholic, Anglican and Episcopalian, Lutheran, Methodist, and Baptist." It contains definitions of terms used in church music, and biographical information on composers who wrote church music, plus brief definitions of historical events that shaped the churches and church music. An Appendix at the end gives the names of principal church music publishers and church music organizations.
R 782.254 EN1	The Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music. Edited by W. K. McNeil. New York: Routledge, 2005.
	This book defines what gospel music is and charts the or gins of this music form. It contains biographical articles on both performers and composers, and other people influential in the development of gospel music. It also includes important events in the history of gospel, important radio stations that played gospel music, and important recording companies in the history of gospel music.
R 782.1403 K38m	Musicals By Michael Patrick Kennedy and John Muir. Glasgow, Scotland: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1998.
	Contains 180 well-known stage musicals. It gives the author of the lyrics and music, the date of first performance, principal characters, original cast, the plot of the story, a list of music and songs, and recommended recordings.
R 782.1409 K38m	The American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia By Thomas S. Hischak. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1999.
	Contains brief information on 1,760 song that appeared from 500 film musicals, from, the Jazz Singer in 1927 to the 1990's. It is alphabetically arranged by song title, with a movie index in the back.
R 783.65 N42	The New Oxford Book of Carols. Edited by Hugh Keyte and Andrew Parrott. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
	Gives musical score plus words to 200 carols from the middle ages to the present, from many different European countries such as Germany, England, Ireland, Poland and France.

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS ON INSTRUMENTS AND MUSICAL GROUPS
 

R 784 R26h	The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music By William H. Rehrig. Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991.
	Documents all editions of all music ever published for concert and military bands. Provides biographies of composers of music that was used by bands. Most of the composers in this work are not included in other music dictionaries.
R 784.5 L45g2	The Great Song Thesaurus 2nd edition. by Roger Lax and Frederick Smith. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
	This book contains almost 40,000 songs and "themes selected from the areas of folk songs and ballads, contemporary pop songs, nursery rhymes, sea chanteys, music-hall ballads, works from the musical theatre, film, radio, and television, political campaign songs, church carillons, school, college and university songs, bugle calls, and advertising and commercial jingles. Also included were certain classical, ballet and symphonic themes that are today world standards."
R 785.42 N42	The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz 2nd edition. Edited by Barry Kernfeld. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 2002.
	Articles on individual groups and styles of jazz, terminology, theory, musical instruments used in jazz, jazz festivals, films and institutions, plus biographies on jazz musicians and performers.
R 785.7003	Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. 2 vols. Edited by Walter Willson Cobbett. London: Oxford University Press, 1963.
C63c2	Contains articles on chamber music terms and biographies of composers
R 785.00922	The Literature of Chamber Music. 3 vols. By Arthur Cohn. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Hinshaw Music, 1997.
C63c2	This work acknowledges that chamber music has changed much in the latter part of the twentieth century. It gives as its definition of chamber music as: music to be preformed by one player to a part and for groups of two to nine players. It lists and describes chamber music written by many composers from many different periods of music: baroque, classic, romantic, nationalistic, impressionistic, expressionistic, serialism, and post-war neoclassicism.
R 786.81903 En1	Encyclopedia of Percussion Edited by John H. Beck. New York: Garland Publishing, 1995.
	This volume is divided into several sections. The first section is an alphabetical listing of percussion terms and instruments from around the world. The second section provides illustrations of percussion instruments. The third section provides larger articles on percussion topics, such as: the basel drum, the history of the drum set, electronic percussion, the kettledrum, percussion and dance, the snare drum.
R 786.8 H71p	Practical Percussion: A Guide to the Instruments and their Sources by James Holland. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2003.
	This volume is divided into several sections. The first section is an alphabetical listing of 250 percussion instruments, and the next sections talk about the orchestral percussion section, the percussionist as soloist and in ensembles, writing for and publishing music for percussion instruments, and percussion in education. The last sections contain a list of percussion manufacturers and supplies, and a list of percussion works.
R 786.203 En1p	Encyclopedia of the Piano Edited by Robert Palmieri. New York: Garland Publishing, 1996.
	Contains descriptions of the parts of the piano, piano musical terms, biographies of people important to the keyboard and the piano, histories of important piano manufacturers, different types of pianos, and histories of the piano industries in major countries of the world.

HISTORIES OF MUSIC

While many of the other volumes discussed in this bibliography contain historical information, the works listed in this category are exclusively about the history of music.
 

MUSIC LITERATURE OUTLINES

Presents history of music in a handy outline form. At the end of each chapter is an extensive bibliography. All are published by Frangipani Press and were published in 1980 or 1981.
 

R 780.9 G47Ym3	Series I: Music in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
R 780.9 G47Ymu3	Series II: Music in the Baroque.
R 780.973 G47Ye2	Series III: Early American Music.
R 927.813 G45Ya2	Series IV: 20th-Century American Composers.
R 785.7 G47Yc2	Series V: Chamber Music from Haydn to Bartok.

Revised Edition. Leo Treitler, Editor. New York: W. W. Norton, 1998.

R 780.9 So8s	Strunk's Source Readings in Music History
	This book presents primary sources on music history from the classical Greeks to the twenties century. There are writings of people who lived in the past about music, such as: Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Hildegard of Bingen, Francis I, King of France, Martin Luther, Leopold Mozart, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Richard Wagner, and more.
R 780.9 N42o	The New Oxford History of Music
	Presents music as an art developing in constant association with every form of human culture and activity, not as an isolated phenomenon. Consequently, biographies of individuals are incidental; consult other sources for detailed biographies. Includes documentation of sources and bibliographies. The following volumes are in the set:

Vol. 1 - Ancient and Oriental Music

Vol. 2 - Early Medieval Music Up to 1300

Vol. 3 - Ars Nova and Renaissance, 1300-1540

Vol. 3.i - Music as Concept and Practice in the late Middle Ages

Vol. 4 - The Age of Humanism, 1540-1630

Vol. 5 - Opera and Church Music, 1630-1750

Vol. 6 - Concert Music, 1630-1750

Vol. 7 - The Age of Enlightenment, 1745-1790

Vol. 8 - The Age of Beethoven, 1790-1830

Vol. 9 - Romanticism, 1830-1890

BIOGRAPHIES OF MUSICIANS

While other books covered in this bibliography contain biographical information, these books are exclusively biographies.
 
 

780 and 927	The Composer Biography Series. New York: W. W. Norton, 1980's. ( In the regular circulating collection on the second floor and third floor)
	The twelve volumes in this set contain biographical information about a single composer or a group of composers. The information contained in these volumes came from the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1980, so that is why each title begins with "The New Grove". To obtain a list of all twelve of these volumes, select series to search by and then type in Composer Biography Series.
R 780.3	Ewen's Musical Masterworks: The Encyclopedia of Musical Masterpieces. By David Ewen. New York: Arco Publishing, 1954.
	Ew3m2 Contains short biographical sketches of composers, and a survey of their place in the history of music, plus a discussion of each composer's principal works.
R 780.922 B98d	A Dictionary of American Composers. By Neil Butterworth. New York: Garland Publishing, 1984.
	Presents biographies of American composers of serious or classical music.
R 927.8 B178	Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Centennial ed. Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky New York: Schirmer Books, 2001.
	This new centennial edition marks 100 years since Theodore Baker (who also published a Dictionary of Musical Terms in 1895, which is the first publication mentioned in this bibliography) published the first slim edition in 1900. This new ninth expands to six volumes and presents biographies of composers, major and minor, conductors, musicians and musicologists, from both the past and present. This new edition represents a major shift in the content of Bakers. The earlier editions focused mainly on classical music, and this new edition includes many more biographies on musicians of popular rock and jazz music.
R 780.922 C88m2	The Milton Cross New Encyclopedia of the Great Composers and Their Music by Milton Cross. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969.
	Gives long biographies of composers from Bach to the 1960's.
R 780.92089 9607303 In8f	The International Dictionary of Black Composers Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. Ed. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999.
	Contains biographical information about 185 composers of African heritage who live/lived in locations all around the world, including North and South America, Europe, Africa. Information is given about the composer's personal life, list of compositions, a list of publications about the composer, and a list of publications by the composer.
R 781.66 M97g2	MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Edited by Gary Graff and Daniel Durchholz. New York: Visible Ink Press, 1999.
	This gives biographical information on rock music groups and individuals. It also lists and rates albums written by these groups/individuals and gives the musical influences on them.
R 780.922 B98D	Dictionary of American Classical Composers 2nd edition by Niel Butterworth. New York: Routledge, 2005.
	This gives biographical information on 650 composers active from the 18th century to today. Covering all classical styles, it offers the most comprehensive overview of key composers in the United States available.
R 780.922 W84s	Women Composers: Music Through the Ages Edited by Martha Furman Schleiffer and Sylvia Glickman. New York: G.K. Hall, 1996.
	This is a "new, valuable resource for the modern scholar, performer, teacher, student, and the general public." It contains biographies on all women included plus musical scores from their works. It covers from the ninth through the twentieth centuries.
R 780.82 W84b	Women and Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia Edited by Kristine H. Burns. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 2002.
	This book covers women who were born in the United States during the twentieth century or who lived in the U.S. and had a significant career here. It covers women in rock, pop, classical, jazz, country, church music and women who were performers, composers and researchers in music.
R 786.10922 L98d	Dictionary of Pianists By Wilson Lyle. New York: Schirmer Books, 1984.
	Contains short biographies on important pianists, both past and present.
R 927.816 R59	Rock Movers and Shakers. Edited by Dafydd Rees & Luke Crampton. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 1991.
	This books gives a chronological history of rock groups/individuals up to 1991.

 
 

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Bibliographies are very helpful in obtaining a list of other sources on a topic. If you are doing a research paper on some aspect of music, or just wanted to find out more information about a musical topic, the following sources may prove useful:

R 016.78 B29m2	A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Books.
	See "Music Literature: History."
R 016.78 D85m3	Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography.
	See "Histories and Chronologies."
R 016.78042 B63a	American Popular Music: A Reference Guide.
R 016.7843 Se1a	The Art Song: A Research and Information Guide
R 016.7857 B26c	Chamber Music: A Research and Information Guide.
R 781.973 So5b	A Bibliography of Early Secular American Music [18th century].

MUSIC EDUCATION

R 370.78 En1a6	Encyclopedia of Educational Research.
R 370.3 In8h2	The International Encyclopedia of Educationh. 2nd edition

 

OTHER MUSIC SOURCES

R 780.2373 B29m6	Music Business Handbook and Career Guide. By David Bakerville. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications, 1995. 6th ed. This book talks about the music business system, and songwriting, publishing and copyright, music licensing, unions and guilds, agents, managers, and attorneys, artist management, concert promotion, musical theater, music merchandising, the recording industry, record markets, artists' recording contracts, record production, record promotion, distribution, and retailing, studios and engineers, music in television, radio, advertising, and films, and finally career planning in the music industry.
R 780.2373 F45c	Career Opportunities in the Music IndustryBy Shelly Field. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1986. This book discusses the different career opportunities in the music industry, such as: recording business, radio, music retailing, business end of the industry, publicity, education, areans, clubs, and so on.
R 780 W11d	Dictionary of Music Production and Engineering Terminology
780.23 B64m	The Musician's Handbook (In the regular circulating collection on the third floor)

PERIODICAL INDEXES
 

Consult the following computer and paper indexes for periodical articles over the various subjects connected with music history; all are located in the Index Area:

MUSIC ARTICLE GUIDE

The nation's only guide to selected articles in American Music periodicals, with special emphasis on the needs of school and college music educators. Arranged by subject, it does contain articles on important composers in music history. However, this index is difficult to use. The library has this index from 1976 to 1995.
 

HUMANITIES INDEX

An index to articles appearing in several hundred journals in the humanities, including music history. Coverage is from 1974 to 1993 and they are located on the index tables. Many of the titles from Humanities Index are available online through FirstSearch in a database called WilsonSelectPlus.

EBSCOHost

EBSCOHost is a series of fifteen databases that contain indexing of periodical literature. The one most useful for Music History is Academic Search Elite. Academic Search Elite is a database of articles appearing in 3,466 academic magazines and journals, many of which are full text.

FirstSearch

FirstSearch is a series of thirteen databases that contain indexing of periodical literature. The one most useful for Music History is Article First. Article First is a database of articles appearing in over 20,000 academic magazines and journals.

Musical Terms Searched in Databases

JOURNALS

Below are some representative journal titles associated with the subject of music.

Chamber Music Holdings: 1988-2003 The official magazine of Chamber Music America, this magazine details current events, and biography of important people in the Chamber Music world.
Choral Journal Holdings: 1976-present This is the official magazine of the American Choral Directors Association. It contains of choral news and events, biographies of choral directors, past and present, and book reviews.
Clavier Holdings: 1977-present
Instrumentalist Holdings: 1969-present
Journal of Music Theory Holdings: 1976-present
Journal of Research in Music Education Holdings: 1958-present
Journal of Singing Holdings: 1995-present
Journal of the American Musicological Society Holdings: 1976-2003 This quarterly jouranl contains articles on music throughout history. It covers all forms of music and time periods.
Keyboard Classics Holdings: 1986-1993
Keyboard Companion Holdings: 1992-present
Music and Letters Holdings: 1977-2003 Published by Oxford University, this quarterly publishes articles on "all fields of musical inquiry, from the earliest times to the present day."
Musical America Holdings: 2003-present (Shelved in Music Library)
Musical Quarterly Holdings: 1934-present This journal is published by Oxford University Press in North Carolina. It publishes articles on music history and culture.

INTERNET RESOURCES

There are many useful resources on the Internet that may be useful to the study of music and music history. This is the address: http://www.se.edu/lib/submus.htm