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Guide to Music Reference Sources


Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
(ML 100-109)

General Dictionaries and Encyclopedias (ML 100)
Specialized Dictionaries and Encyclopedias (ML 102)
Opera Dictionaries and Encyclopedias (ML 102)
Biographical Dictionaries (ML 105-107)
Historical Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
(ML 100-105—Special Collections)
Musical Terminology Dictionaries (ML 108)

Periodical Indexes
(ML 1, 118, 128)

Online
Print

Indexes to Music Research and Literature
(ML 112-120, 128)

Histories & Bibliographies of Music Printing
and Publishing (ML 112)
Guides to Collected Sets (ML 113)
Union Catalogs and National Bibliographies (ML 113-120)
Song Indexes (ML 128)

Repertory Guides
(ML 128,1100)

Brass Literature
Chamber Music Literature
Choral Literature
Keyboard Literature
Orchestral Literature
Percussion Literature
String Literature
Vocal Literature
Wind Literature
Miscellaneous Literature

Music Industry and Career
(ML 12-33, 3790)

Music Industry Directories (ML 12-33)
Career Guides (ML 3790)

Reviewers

Key to abbreviations

Annotated Bibliographies by Topic
(ML 113, 120-128 and VARIOUS)

General Research
African-American Music and Musicians
American Music and Musicians
Chamber Music
Choral Music
Film Music
Folk Music and Musicians
Jazz Music and Musicians
Keyboard Music
Music Education
Music Therapy
Musical Theater
Musical Theory and Analysis
Opera
Orchestral Music
Percussion Music
Popular Music and Musicians
Russian Music and Musicians
String Music
Women Musicians
Woodwind Music
Miscellaneous

Guides to Composers and Their Works
(ML 134, 136, 145)

Thematic Catalogs (ML 134, 136, 145)
Bio-bibliographies (ML 134)
J. S. Bach
Beethoven
Berlioz
Handel
Haydn
Mozart

Miscellaneous Reference Tools
(ML 136-197, MT 95)

Catalogs of Music Libraries, Societies
and Exhibitions (ML 136-155)
Discographies (ML 156-158)
Histories (ML 160-197)
Plot Synopses (MT 95)