The reference collection contains many works that will provide quick information on Music and Musicans. The list below is intended only as suggestion for the types of materials that you will find:

Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
(Ref 780.3 R158a) Cambridge, MA: Belknap, 1999.

New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
(Ref 780.3 G919) 29 vols. New York: Grove, 2001.

Classical Music

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Classical Musicians. (Ref 780.922 SL54) New York: Schirmer, 1997.

Baker's Dictionary of Opera. (Ref 782.103 K955) New York: Schirmer, 2000.

Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia. (Ref 782.103 H180) New York: Simon and Schuster,1987.

Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas. (Ref 782.13 F877) 2 vols. New York: Metropolitan Opera Guild, 1997.

New Grove Dictionary of Opera. (Ref 782.103 Sa15) 4 vols. New York: Grove, 1992.

Jazz

Essential Jazz Records. (Ref 785.42 H247) Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1984.

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz. (Ref 785.42 C266) New York: Harmony, 1978.

New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. (Ref 785.42 K459) 2 vols. London: Grove, 1988.

Oxford Companion to Jazz. (Ref 785.42 K633) Oxford, Oxford, 2000.

Opera

Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia. (Ref 782.103 H180) New York: Simon and Schuster,1987.

Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas. (Ref 782.13 F877) 2 vols. New York: Metropolitan Opera Guild, 1997.

New Grove Dictionary of Opera. (Ref 782.103 Sa15) 4 vols. New York: Grove, 1992.

World

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. (Ref 780.9 N387) 9 vols. New York: Garland, 1997-.

Musical Scores

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