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GENERAL SOURCES Simmons
NEC
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5.5 Fuld, James J. The Book of World-Famous Music, Classical, Popular and Folk, 5th ed., rev. & enl. 2000. N: Ref. ML 113.F8 2000
4.355 Krummel, Donald W., et al. Resources of American Music History. 1981. N: Ref. ML 120.U5R47
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Top
1.282 Cary, Tristram. Dictionary of Musical Technology. 1992. N: Ref. ML102.E4C3
1.293 Fink, Robert and Robert Ricci. The Language of Twentieth Century Music. 1975. N: Ref. ML 100.F55
1.58 Vinton, John. Dictionary of Contemporary Music. 1974. S,N: Ref. ML 100.V55
OPERA/MUSIC THEATER Top
1.439 Ganzl, Kurt. Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. 2nd ed. 2001. N: Ref. ML102.M88 G3 2001
5.203 Kobbe, Gustav. Kobbe's Complete Opera Book. 1997. N: Ref. MT95.K52 1997
1.455 Loewenberg, Alfred. Annals of Opera, 1597-1940. 2d ed. 1955 (repr. 1972). S: Ref. ML102.O6L6 1955
N: Ref. ML102.O6L6
5.488 Mattfeld, Julius. A Handbook of American Operatic Premieres 1731-1962. 1963. S: ML 128.O4M3
N: Ref. ML128.O4M3
1.448 The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia: a Comprehensive Guide to the World of Opera. 1987. N: Ref. ML102.O6M47
1.469 The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. 1992. N: Ref. ML102.O6 N4 1992
www.grovemusic.com
1.459 Northouse, Cameron. Twentieth Century Opera in England and the United States. 1976. N: Ref. ML128.O4N7
Parsons, Charles H. The Mellen Opera Reference Index. 1986-1989. 9 vols. v.7&8 only N: Ref. ML 102.O6 P25
5.491 Pitou, Spire. The Paris Opera: an Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers. 1983. N: Ref.ML1727.8.P2 P5
1.485 Rosenthal, Harold and John Warrack. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera. 2d ed. 1979. S,N: Ref.ML102.O6R67 1979
1.476 Stieger, Franz. Opernlexikon. 1975--83. Ref. ML 102.O6S8
JAZZ/POPULAR/FOLK Top
  Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Music. 2004. N: Ref. Ref.ML 102.P66 B35
5.372 Brunnings, Florence E. Folk Song Index; a Comprehensive Guide to the Florence E. Brunnings Collection. 1981. N: Ref. ML 128.F75B88
1.359 Chilton, John. Who's Who of Jazz. 4th printing, rev. 1985. S: Ref. ML106.U3C5 1972
N: Ref. ML106.U3C5 1985
1.360 Claghorn, Charles Eugene. Biographical Dictionary of Jazz. 1982. N: Ref. ML105.C59B5
1.385 Craig, Warren. Sweet and Lowdown; America's Popular Song Writers. 1978. N: Ref. ML106.U3C75
1.362 Feather, Leonard. The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Rev. ed. 1960. N: Ref. ML105.F35E4
1.363 _____. The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Sixties. 1966. N: Ref. ML 105.F35E5
1.364 _____. The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies. 1976. N: Ref. ML 105.F35E52
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 3rd ed. 1998 (rev. ed. of Guinness Encyclopedia…) Not at NEC
1.397 Larkin, Colin. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 2nd ed. 1995. N: Ref. ML102. P66 G8
  Encyclopedia of the Blues. 2006. N: Ref.ML102.B6 E7
1.365 Harris, Sheldon. Blues Who's Who. 1979. Ref.ML 102.B6H3
4.266 Hoffmann, Frank. The Literature of Rock, 1954-1978. 1981. N: Ref. ML 128.R6H65
4.266 _____. The Literature of Rock II, 1979-1983. Ref.ML128.R6H66
4.266 _____. The Literature of Rock III, 1984-1990, with Additional Material for the Period 1954-1983. 1995. Ref.ML128.R6H67
1.395 Kinkle, Roger D. The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900-1950. 1974. N: Ref. ML102.P66K55
1.353 Lawless, Roy M. Folksingers and Folksongs in America. Rev. ed. 1965. S: Ref.ML3550.L4
N: Ref. ML102.F66L4
1.368 The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd ed. 2002. N: Ref.ML102.J3N48 2002
www.grovemusic.com
  The Rock Who's Who. 2nd ed. 1996. N: Ref.ML102.R6 H4 1996
1.404 Romanowsky, Patricia, Holly George-Warren and Jon Pareles. The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. 1983. N: Ref. ML 102.R6R7
1.404 The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. 1995. Ref. ML102.R6 R7 1995.
1.409 Stambler, Irwin. Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock & Soul. 1989. N: Ref.ML102.P66S8 1989
  ________. Folk & blues: The Encyclopedia . 2001. N: Ref. ML102.F66 S7
SACRED Top
  Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music. 2001. N: Ref.ML102.G6 E5
1.598 Davidson, James Robert. A Dictionary of Protestant Church Music. 1975. N: Ref. ML 102.C5D3
1.613 Key Words in Church Music. Ed. by Carl Schalk. 1978. N: Ref. ML 102.C5K5
INSTRUMENTS Top
D 1.492 Baines, Anthony. European and American Musical Instruments. 1966. N: Ref. 460.B3 (reserve)
D 1.493 _____. The Oxford companion to musical instruments. 1992. N: Ref. ML102.I5 B3
5.520 Boalch, Donald H. Makers of the Harpsichord and Clavichord. 3rd ed. 1995. N: Ref. ML652.B6M3 1995
1.517 Bowers, Q. David. Encyclopedia of Automatic Musical Instruments. 1972. S: Ref.ML1050.B6
N: Ref. ML1050.B6
1.522 Clinkscale, Martha N. Makers of the piano, 1700-1820. 1993. N. Ref.ML652.C57 M3
8.2 Coover, James. Musical Instrument Collections; Catalogs and Cognate Literature. 1981. N: Ref.ML155.C7
11.47 Nagle, Sigrid. A Directory of Historical-Instrument Makers in North America. 1992. Ref. ML12. D55
1.568 Drescher, Thomas. Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Ergänzungsband. 1990. N: Ref. ML802.L83 Bd.3
  Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments. 1994- N: Ref. ML102.K5 E53
  Geiringer, Karl. Instruments in the History of Western Music. 3d ed. 1978. S: ML460.G4 1978
N: ML460.G4 1978
  International Directory of Musical Instrument Collections http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/cimcim/id/index.html/id  
1.532 Irwin, Stevens. Dictionary of Pipe Organ Stops. 2d ed. 1983. N: ML552.I7 D5 1965
1.565 Jalovec, Karel. Encyclopedia of Violin-Makers. 1965. N: Ref. ML404.J3 E5
8.21 Koster, John. Keyboard Musical Instruments in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1994. Ref. ML462.B6 M221
1.507 Marcuse, Sibyl. Musical Instruments. corr. ed. 1975. S: ML102.I5M37 N: Ref.ML102.I5M37 1975
8.4 Music Library Association. A Survey of Musical Instrument Collections in the United States and Canada. Music Library Association. 1974. N: Ref. ML19.M87
1.488 The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instrument. Music Library Association. 1984. 3 vols. N: Ref. ML102.I5 N5
  Piano World. http://pianoworld.com
1.538 Pierce Piano Atlas. 8th ed. 1982. N: Ref.ML652.P5 1982
1.542 Shead, Herbert A. The Anatomy of the Piano. 1978. N: Ref.ML102.P5 S5
1.582 Vannes, Rene. Dictionnaire universel des luthiers. 1979. N: Ref. ML105.V2
1.592 Waterhouse, William. The New Langwill Index: A Dictionary of Musical Wind-instrument Makers and Inventors. 1993. N: Ref. ML404.L31 1993
MUSIC PERFORMANCE
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  Hall, Charles J. A Chronicle of American Music, 1700-1995. 1996. Ref.ML200.H23C5
2.70 ________. An Eighteenth-Century Musical Chronicle: Events, 1750-1799. 1990. Ref.ML195.H3 E5
2.71 ________. A Nineteenth-Century Musical Chronicle: Events, 1800-1899. 1989. Ref. ML196.H34 N5
2.72 Hall, Charles J. A Twentieth-Century Musical Chronicle: Events, 1900-1988. 1989. Ref. ML197.H24 T9
3.74 Jackson, Roland. Performance Practice, Medieval to Contemporary: a Bibliographic Guide. 1988. Ref. ML128.P235 J3
4.353 Johnson, H. Earle. First Performances in America to 1900. 1979. Ref. ML 120.U5 J59
1.660 Read, Gardner. Thesaurus of Orchestral Devices. 1953. Ref. MT 70.R37

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