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Selected subject headings for books on music topics:

DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS
REF - located in the reference area on the first floor.

  • The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
    REF ML100 .N48 2001

  • Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music
    REF ML102.P66 P5 1998

  • Larousse Encyclopedia of Music
    REF ML160 .L37 1971

  • The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre
    REF ML102.M88 G3 1994

  • American Composers: A Biographical Dictionary
    REF ML390 .E815 1982

  • A Dictionary of Musical Themes
    REF ML128.I65 B3

  • Women and Music in America Since 1900
    REF ML82 .W625 2002

  • World Music
    REF ML102.W67 W67 1999

  • The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music
    Online

  • The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music
    Online

  • The Harvard Dictionary of Music
    Online

  • The Penguin Dictionary of Music
    Online

HANDBOOKS and COMPANIONS
REF - located in the reference area on the first floor.

  • Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning
    REF MT1 .H138 1992

  • A Handbook of American Music and Musicians
    REF ML106.U3 J7 1971

  • The New Oxford Companion to Music
    REF ML100 .N5 1983

  • The Oxford Companion to Jazz
    REF ML3507 .O94 2000

JOURNALS/PERIODICALS
Selected music journals by topic:

WHITAKER MUSIC COLLECTION

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