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Grove Music Online
Contains signed articles on people, places, genres, instruments, etc. Most composer articles have works lists, which serve as indexes to that composer's Collected Works; extensive bibliographies (organized from oldest to newest).

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Stanley Sadie (Editor); John Tyrrell (Editor)
Call Number: ML100.G8 2001

ISBN: 1561592390

Publication Date: 2003-02-11

The New Grove II is the major English-language scholarly resource for information about music, theory, instruments, musical genres, librettists, composers and performers.
Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart by Friedrich Blume, ed.
Call Number: ML100.M88 1994

Publication Date: 1994-2007

The German-language equivalent of the New Grove Dictionary; even if you do not read German, composers' dates, and bibliographies are very easy to navigate and interpret.

Last Updated: Apr 30, 2025 11:39 AM
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Subjects: History, Music

Tags: History, Music, Musicology