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The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music by Ruth M. Stone (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. ML100 .G16 1998

ISBN: 0824060350

Publication Date: 1997

A resource for learning more about music in world culture.
Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century by Alfred William Cramer
Call Number: Ref. ML105 .M883 2009

ISBN: 9781587655128

Publication Date: 2009

Contains biographical and critical essays on over 600 musicians in just about every genre imaginable, from Accordion Players to Musical Theater Composers to World Music, and everything in between.
The Oxford Dictionary of Music by Michael Kennedy; Joyce Bourne (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. ML100 .K35 2006

ISBN: 0198614594

Publication Date: 2006-08-04

The Oxford Dictionary of Music is the indispensable guide for all music lovers and performers, both amateur and professional.
Random House Encyclopedic Dictionary of Classical Music by David Cummings (Editor); Helicon Publishing Ltd. Staff
Call Number: Ref. ML100 .R29 1997

ISBN: 0679458514

Publication Date: 1997

Along with offering fascinating facts on the lives of the musicians, the Random House Encyclopedic Dictionary of Classical Music presents concise plots for 3,000 operas, comprehensive listings of stage and opera works, and explanations of musical terms, theories, and forms that reflect current thinking.

The Garland Handbook of Latin American Music by Dale Olsen (Editor); Daniel Sheehy (Editor)
ISBN: 0415961017

Publication Date: 2007
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music by Michael Kennedy (Editor); Joyce Bourne (Editor)
ISBN: 9780199203833

Publication Date: 2007
The Oxford Companion to Music by Alison Latham (Editor)
ISBN: 9780199579037

Publication Date: 2011
Who Married Figaro? A Book of Opera Characters by Joyce Bourne
ISBN: 9780199548194

Publication Date: 2009
Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music by Phil Hardy
ISBN: 057119608X

Publication Date: 2001
Musical Terms, Symbols and Theory by Michael C. Thomsett
ISBN: 9780786467570

Publication Date: 2012

How Musical Is Man? by John Blacking
ISBN: 0295953381

Publication Date: 1973
Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening by Christopher Small
ISBN: 9780819572240

Publication Date: 2011
Song Means: Analyzing and Interpreting Recorded Popular Song by Allan F. Moore
Call Number: MT146 .M66 2012

ISBN: 9781409428640

Publication Date: 2012

Subject Headings

These subject headings may be used to locate books in the catalog and EBSCO eBooks collection:

Music
Music appreciation
Musical instruments
Musicians
Composers
Women Composers

Audio CDs are located in the Learning Center, ER330. To help find a specific work, you may use the catalog to search by title of a specific work or do an Advanced search to reach a list of the CDs. Search for "sound recording", limit the material type to "sound record."

Call Numbers

Use these call numbers to browse the circulating and reference collections:

M (1627-1844) Popular music
ML (385-403) Musicians
ML (459-1093) Musical instruments
ML (3919-3920) Music therapy
MT Music-Instruction and Study

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