#613. Brockman, William S. Music: A Guide to the Reference Literature. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1987. FALREF ML 113 B85

#613n. Crabtree, Phillip D. and Donald H. Foster. Sourcebook for Research in Music. Bloomington, Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1993. FAL REF ML 113 C68 1993

#614. Duckles, Vincent and Ida Reed, eds. Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography. 5th ed. New York: Schirmer, 1997. FAL READY REF ML 113 D83

#620. Dictionary Catalog of the Music Collection, New York Public Library. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1964. 33 vols. FAL REF INDEX TABLES ML 136 N5 N573

#628. Repertoire International des Sources Musicales/International Inventory of Musical Sources. [RISM]

Series A, Works Appearing Under the Name of an Individual Composer. 1971-.
A/I, Single Print Sources before 1800. 9 volumes, 2 supplements.
A/II: locates and catalogs musical manuscripts, single and collective, from 1600-1800 in European libraries. On Cd-Rom.

Series B, Systematic Series: Multiple-Composer Collections, Music Manuscripts, and Writings about Music. Munich: 1960-. Series B/I/1 through B/IX/2. Various volumes.
E.g., RISM Seris B IV 1: Manuscripts of Polyphonic Music, 11th-Early 14th Century
E.g., RISM B VI, Bibliography of writings on music printed before 1800 with location symbols to holdings in European and American libraries.
E.g.: RISM Series B VIII: catalog of German hymns

Series C, Directory of Music Research Libraries. 5 volumes.

#629. Bibliographic Guide to Music. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1976.
FAL REF INDEX TABLES ML 136 N5 N5732

#631. The Music Index.1949-. FAL REF ML 118 M84 [UTLOL]

#632. Music Library Association. Notes. FAL PERIODICALS ML 27 U5 M695

#633. Repertoire international de litterature musicale / International Repertory of Music Literature / Internationales Repertorium der Musikliteratur. RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. FAL REF ML 1 I83 [UTLOL]

#636. Music Library Association. A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings. 3rd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1997.
FAL REF ML 113 B3 1997

#637. Fuld, James M. The Book of World-Famous Music, Classical, Popular, and Folk. New York: Dover, 2000. 5th ed. FAL REF ML 113 F8

#638. Baillie, Laureen and Robert Malchin, eds. The Catalogue of Printed Music in the British Library to 1980. FAL REF ML 136 L8 B62

#640. Hill, George R. and Norris L. Stephens. Collected Editions Historical Series & Sets & Monuments of Music: A Bibliography. FAL REF INDEX TABLES Ml 113 H55

#640n. Heyer, Anna H. Historical Sets, Collected Editions, and Monuments of Music. FAL REF/INDEX TABLE/ PCL STX ML 113 H52

#644. Music-in-Print Series.
Vol. 1. Sacred Choral Music. 2 vols. FAL REF ML 128 V7 E78 1985
1988 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 V7 E78
1992 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 V7 E78
1996 Supplment. FAL REF ML 128 V7 E78
Master Index, 1992. FAL REF ML 128 V7 E78
Master Index, 1996. FAL REF ML 128 V7 E783
Arranger Index, 1987. FAL REF ML 128 V7 E7837

Vol. 2. Secular Choral Music. 2nd ed., 1987. 3 vols. FAL REF ML 128 V7 D3
1991 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 V7 D3
1993 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 V7 D3
1996 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 V7 D3
Master Index, 1993. FAL REF ML 128 V7 D33
Master Index, 1996. FAL REF ML 128 V7 D33

Vol. 3. Organ Music 2nd ed. 1984. FAL REF ML 128 O6 F7
. 1990 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 O6 F7
1997 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 O6 F7

Vol. 4. Classical Vocal Music. FAL REF ML 128 V7 N335
1985 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 V7 N335
1995 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 V7 N3335
Master Index, 1995. FAL REF ML 128 V7 N335

Vol. 5. Orchestral Music. FAL REF ML 128 O5 F33
1983 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 O5 F33
1994 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 O5 F33
1999 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 O5 F33
Educational Section, 1978. FAL REF ML 128 S25 F37
Master Index, 1994. FAL REF ML 128 O5 F3336
Master Index, 1999. FAL REF ML 128 O5 F3336

Vol. 6. String Music 2nd ed., 1973. FAL REF ML 128 S7 F4
1984 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 S7 F4
1988 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 S7 F4

Vol. 7. Classical Guitar Music. FAL REF ML 128 G8 J36
1998 Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 G8 J36

Vol. 8. Woodwind Music. FAL REF ML 128 W5 P48

Master Composer Index. FAL REF ML 118 N33 M975

Master Title Index. FAL REF ML 128 M72 M87

Music in Print Annual Supplement. FAL REF ML 128 M72 M8

#658. Barlow, Harold, and Morgenstern, Sam. A Dictionary of Musical Themes. New York: Crown, 1948. FAL REF/UGL REF ML 128 I65 B3

#659. A Dictionary of Opera and Song Themes, Including Cantatas,
Oratorios, Lieder, and Art Songs. FAL REF ML 128 V7 B3

#661. Brook, Barry S. Thematic Catalogues in Music: An Annotated Bibliography. FAL REF ML 113 B86

#663. Marco, Guy A. Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States. New York: Garland, 1993. FAL REF ML 102 S67 E5

#664. Stone, Ruth. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York: Routledge, 2002. FAL REF ML 100 G16

#666. Thompson, Oscar, ed. The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. 11th ed. New York: Dodd, Mead, & co, 1985. FAL REF ML 100 I57

#670. Hitchcock, H. Wiley and Stanley Sadie. Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of American Music. London: Macmillan, 1986. FAL REF INDEX TABLES/PCL REF ML 101 U6 N48

#671. Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. . PCL REF ML 100 G8863

#672. Randel, Don Michael. The New Harvard Dictionary of Music. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1986. PCL REF/UGL/FAL REF

#673. Latham, Alison, ed. The Oxford Companion to Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. FAL REF/PCL REF ML 100 N5

#673n. Kennedy, Michael. The Oxford Dictionary of Music. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1994. 2nd ed. FAL REF ML 100 K35 1994

#674. Kaufmann, Walter. Selected Musical Terms of Non-Western Cultures: A Notebook-Glossary. Warren, MI: Harmonie Park Pres, 1990. FAL REF ML 108 K37

#677. College Music Society. Directory of Music Faculties in Colleges and Universities, U.S. and Canada. Missoula, MT: College Music Society, 1967-. FAL REF ML 13 D57

#678. RISM. Series C. Directory of Music Research Libraries. Germany: Barenreiter-Verlag, 1979. FAL REF ML 12 B45

#679. Clynes, Tom. Music Festivals from Bach to Blues: A Traveler's Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1996. FAL REF ML 35 C6

#680. Musical America: International Directory of the Performing Arts. FAL READY REF ML12 M88 Check also the version on UTLOL

#681. The Schirmer Guide to Schools of Music and Conservatories Throughout the World. FAL REF ML 12 U8

#682. Slonimsky, Nicolas, ed. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. New York: Schirmer, 2001. FAL REF/PCL REF ML 105 B16

#684. Randel, Don M. The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996. FAL REF/PCL REF ML 105 H38

#690. Slonimsky, Nicholas. Music Since 1900. New York: Schirmer, 1994. 5th ed. FAL REF/PCL REF ML 197 S634

#691. Abraham, Gerald. New Oxford History of Music. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Pres, 1990. 10 vols. FAL REF ML 160 N44

#697. Opus: America's Guide to Classical Music. FAL REF INDEX TABLES ML 156 O6

#699. Loewenberg, Alfred. Annals of Opera, 1597-1940. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield, 1978. FAL REF ML 102 O6 L8

#701. Enciclopedia della musica. Milan: Rizzoli, 1972. FAL REF ML 100 E45

#706. Sadie, Stanley, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan, 1992. FAL REF ML 102 O6 N5

#710. Warrack, John and Ewan West. The Oxford Dictionary of Opera. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1992. FAL REF/PCL REF ML 102 O6 W37

#732. Lax, Roger and Frederick Smith. The Great Song Thesaurus. New York: Oxford University press, 1989. FAL REF/PCL REF ML 128 S3 L4

#734. Shapiro, Nat and Bruce Pollock, eds. Popular Music, 1920-1979:
A Revised Cumulation. FAL REF/PCL REF ML 120 U5 S5
Note: Don't forget to check the companion/supplement volumes.

#735. Havlice, Patricia P. Popular Song Index. FAL REF/PCL REF ML 128 S3 H4 Also 1st suppl., 1978. 2nd suppl., 1984. 3rd suppl., 1989.

#736. Sears, Minnie E. Song Index. FAL REF/ PCL REF ML 128 S3 S31
Also, Song Index Supplement, 1934

#738. Goodfellow, William G. Where's That Tune? An Index to Songs in Fakebooks. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1990. FAL REF ML 128 P63 G66

#739. Herzhaft, Gerard. Encyclopedia of the Blues. Fayetteville, AK: University of Arkansas Press, 1992. FAL REF ML 102 B6 H39

#740. Shestack, Melvin. Country Music The Encyclopedia. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1974. FAL REF ML 102 C7 S7

#741. Paymer, Marvin, ed. Facts Behind the Songs: A Handbook of American Popular Music from the Nineties to the '90s. New York: Garland, 1993. FAL REF ML 102 P66 F2

#742. Larkin, Colin, ed. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. New York: Muze, 1988. 3rd ed. 8 vols. FAL REF ML 102 P66 G84 1998

#744. Kernfeld, Barry, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
PCL REF/ FAL REF ML 102 J3 N48

#746. Gammond, Peter. The Oxford Companion to Popular Music. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1991. PCL REF ML 102 P66 G35 1991

#758. Rehrig, William H. The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music: Composers and Their Music. Westerville, OH: Integrity Press, 1991. 3 vols. FAL REF ML 128 B23 R44

#774. Bordman, Gerald. American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle.
FAL REF/PCL REF ML 1711 B67

#775. The Broadway Song Companion: An Annotated Guide to Musical Theatre Literature by Voice Type and Song Style. FAL REF ML 128 M78 D48

#776. Green, Stanley. Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre.
FAL REF/ PCL REF ML 102 M88 G7

#777. Ganzl, Kurt. The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre.
FAL REF ML 102 M88 G3 1994B

#781. Hischak, Thomas S. Stage It with Music: An Encyclopedia Guide to the American Musical Theatre. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993. FAL REF ML 102 M88 H6

#784. Dobson, Richard. A Dictionary of Electronic and Computer Music Technology: Instruments, Terms, Techniques. Oxford, UK: OUP, 1992. FAL REF ML 102 E4 D62

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OTHER SOURCES:

1. Dearling, Robert, ed. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments. New York: Schirmer, 1996. FAL REF ML 102 I5 I5

2. Hischak, Thomas S. The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1995. FAL REF/PCL REF ML 102 M88 H59 1995

3. Guinn, John and Les Stone. The St. James Opera Encyclopedia: A Guide to People and Works. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1997. PCL REF ML 102 O6 1997

4. Bartle, Graham A. International Directory of Music and Music Education Institutions. Nedlands: Callaway International Resource Centre for Music Education, University of Western Australia, 1996. FAL READY REF ML 12 B37 1996

5. Texas Music Industry Directory. 8th ed. Austin, TX: Texas Music Office, Office of the Governor, 1998. PCL REF ML 14 T3 T492 8th 1998

6. Foreman, Lewis. Information Sources in Music. Munich: K. G. Saur, 2003. FAL REF ML 12 I546

7. Garbutt, Matthew, ed. RED Classical Catalogue. London: RED Publishing, 2003. FAL Index Tables ML 156.2 G672.

8. Phonolog Reporter. San Diego, CA: Trade Services Pubs. Located near the public access computing stations in FAL

9. Wasserstein, Stephen. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990. New York: Schirmer, 2004. FAL REF ML 102 P66 B35

10. Shepherd, John, et al. Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. London: Continuum, 2003. 2 vols. FAL REF ML 102 P66 C66

11. Barkley, Roy. The Handbook of Texas Music. Austin, TX: Texas State Historical Association, 2003. FAL REF ML 106 U4 T35

12. Burns, Kristine, ed. Women and Music in America Since 1990: An Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002. 2 vols. FAL REF ML 82 W626

13. Carlin, Richard. Country Music: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: Routledge, 2003. FAL REF ML 102 C7 C28

14. Larkin, Colin. The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. London: Virgin Books, 1992. 4th ed. FAL REF ML 102 P66 V57

15. International Who's Who: Popular Music. London: Europa, 2003. 5th ed. FAL REF ML 106 G7 W43

16. International Who's Who: Classical Music. London: Europa, 2003. 19th ed. FAL REF ML 106 G7 W42

17. Norton, Richard C. A Chronology of American Musical Theater. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2002. 3 vols. FAL REF ML 1711.8 N3 N67