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Music Subject Guide

Reference Databases

Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Articles on composers, performers, conductors, instruments and notation, forms and genres, and individual works.

Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary
This is an extensive alphabetical list of musical terms, complete with audio and video clips for most terms.

Sample Reference Titles

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin
ISBN: 0195313739
Publication Date: 2009
The Harvard Dictionary of Music by Don Michael Randel (Editor)
Call Number: ML 100 .A64 2003
ISBN: 9780674011632
Publication Date: 2003
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music by Ruth M. Stone (Editor)
Call Number: REF ML100 .G16
ISBN: 0824060350
Publication Date: 1997