Music History 2023
a guide for students in music classes, created by librarian Maryke Barber
Online Encyclopedias
Credo includes dictionaries and encyclopedias on all subjects. Click here to see a list of Music titles.
Sample reference books, all time periods
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and MusiciansCall Number: HU Music Library Ref. ML100.N48 2001The #1 music encyclopedia: start here.
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (10 vols.)Call Number: Music Library Ref: ML100 .G16 1998
Baker's biographical dictionary of musiciansCall Number: Music Library Ref: ML105 .B16 1992
Historical Dictionary of English Music, 1325-1958Call Number: Music Library Ref: ML101.E5 M34 2011
Historical dictionary of sacred music by Call Number: Music Lib Ref: ML102.C5 S93 2006
Browsing the Reference Books
Reference books are located on the first shelves to your right, when you enter the Music Library. We have more than 300 music reference books!
In W. R. Library reference books are on the first floor. Call numbers:
- ML = Music (Music Library)
- D = History (W. R. Library)
Western Music History, 1750 - present
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (10 vols.)Call Number: Music Library Ref: ML102.P66 G84 2006
Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World (10 vols.)Call Number: Music Library Ref: ML102.P66 C66 2003
Encyclopedia of African American Music (3 vols.)Call Number: Music Library Ref: ML101.U6 E53 2011
Encyclopedia of American Gospel MusicCall Number: Music Library Ref: ML102.G6 E63 2005
Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and RollCall Number: Music Library Ref: ML102.R6 R64 2001
The Encyclopedia of Country MusicCall Number: Music Library Ref: ML102.C7 E54 2012
Music in the USA: a documentary companionCall Number: Music Library Ref: ML200 .M89 2008
The Grove Music Guide to American Film MusicCall Number: Music Library Ref: ML102.M68 G76 2019
Latin America
Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: an Encyclopedic HistoryCall Number: Music Reference ML199 .M858 2004Publication Date: 2004
The Garland Handbook of Latin American MusicCall Number: Music Reference ML199 .G36 2000 or as E-Book (click on link)Publication Date: 2000-08-08
Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular MusicCall Number: Music Reference ML101.L38 E53 2013Publication Date: 2013
Latin Music : musicians, genres, and themesCall Number: Music Reference ML101.L38 L37 2014Publication Date: 2014
Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the WorldCall Number: Music Reference ML102.P66 C66 2003
The Garland encyclopedia of world music Vol. 2: South America, Mexico, Central America, and the CaribbeanCall Number: Music Reference ML100 .G16 1998ISBN: 0824049470Publication Date: 1998
Western Music History, Antiquity - 1750
Medieval Iberia : an encyclopediaCall Number: W.R. Library Ref DP99 .M33 2003
Medieval Germany : an encyclopediaCall Number: W.R. Library Ref DD157.M43 2001
Medieval England : an encyclopediaCall Number: W.R. Library Ref DA129 .M43 1998
Europe 1450 to 1789 : encyclopedia of the early modern world (6 vols)Call Number: W.R. Library Ref D209 .E97 2004 (6 vols)
Oxford Dictionary of the RenaissanceCall Number: W.R. Library Ref. CB361 .C27 2003- Thesaurus cultus et rituum antiquorum (ThesCRA)Call Number: BL727 .T44 2004Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman religion, rites and ceremonies. Vol. 2, section 4.c. is a series of articles about music in Ancient Greece and Rome, in a mix of English, French, German and Italian.
Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic traditionCall Number: W.R. Library Ref DF757 .E53 2000 (2 vols.)ISBN: 1579581412
