Biographical information:
[Mus Ref Book ML105 .B16 2001 v.1-3]
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians. New York : Schirmer Books, c2001 6 volumes.
Biographical information on performers, musicologists, theorists, composers, music librarians; historical and contemporary.
The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music (CREDO)
"… biographical information about composers, performers, music theorists, and instrument makers…”
[Mus Ref Book ML105 .N67 1995]
The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. Edited by Julie Anne Sadie & Rhian Samuel. New York ; London : W.W. Norton, [1995], 1994.
Helpful for finding composers not listed in the general music dictionaries and encyclopedias, or for finding additional information on female composers.
Brief articles on musical persons and subjects. "Completely revised and updated in 2002."
Subjects (Brief articles):
The Harvard dictionary of music (CREDO) Edited by Don Michael Randel. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003 Electronic reproduction. London : 2004.
[Mus Ref Book ML100.A64 2003]
The New Harvard Dictionary of Music. Edited by Don Michael Randel. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1986.
Brief definitions of music subjects.
Brief articles on musical persons and subjects. "Completely revised and updated in 2002."
Musical Instruments:
[Mus Ref Book ML102.I5 N48 1984 v.1-3]
The New Grove Dictionary of musical instruments. Edited by Stanley Sadie. New York : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1984.
Excellent source for articles on musical instruments. Good bibliographies.
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians. 6 volumes. In print.
Biographical information on performers, musicologists, theorists, composers, music librarians; historical and contemporary.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Online)
Edited by Colin Larkin, "this encyclopedia's 30,000 entries cover all genres and periods of popular music from 1900 to the present day, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music."
Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers 1 volume. In print.
Included in: Grove Music Online
Biographical information on women composers.
Oxford Companion to Music (Online)
Brief articles on musical persons and subjects.