Music Reference Sources - Music Research - finding the score

The resources in this section are meant to assist you in locating information about musical scores.

There are separate lists of resources by composer (biographical) as well as by genre.

For resources on information about music, see the Music Subject Guide, linked below.

Music subject guide
Check out this guide to locating books, periodicals, databases and primary source material about music.

General Reference works

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Stanley Sadie (Editor); John Tyrrell (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. 780.3 N532n & online
ISBN: 9781561592395
Publication Date: 2003-02-11
The standard music reference. Extensive bibliographies and biographical information. Location: Trexler Library call no: Ref. 780.3 N532n

Grove Music Online This link opens in a new window
The authoritative resource for music research with over 52,000 articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history, theory and cultures of music around the globe. One search includes Grove dictionaries of jazz, opera, American music, women composers, and musical instruments.
Music Reference Collection This link opens in a new window
Music Reference Collection contains a variety of essential full-text reference books, artwork, biographies, songsheets, dictionaries, and encyclopedias. Includes the full content of African American Music Reference Library, Classical Music Reference Library, and The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music.

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