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Music 3942y: French Lyric Diction

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Biographies

Below are some of the top scholarly sources for biographical information about singers and other personalities in the vocal world.

Book-length biographies may be found in the following call number ranges:

ML400: Vocalists – collective biography
ML410: Composers – individual biography
ML420: Vocalists – individual biography

Note: call numbers dealing with individuals are organized alphabetically, by the individual's surname.

Grove Music Online
Includes: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition, The Norton Grove Dictionary of Women Composers (1994), The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd edition (2013), and The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, 2nd edition (2014).

Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
An excellent starting point for finding information on Canadian musicians: composers, lyricists, performers, conductors, etc.
Useful for finding information about Canadian composers (works lists), and venues. Available online as part of the Canadian Encyclopedia, through Historica Canada.
Musicians Necrology (Gaylord Music Library, Washington University)
Since death notices often contain conflicting dates, ages, and name forms, all are reported. Alternate name spellings are listed in square brackets. Citations follow the data they have provided.