Research Guides: MUS 502: Research in Music Education: Special Encyclopedias

Special Encyclopedias

Oxford Music Online
Grove Music Online. Definitive guide to music, including genres, composers, musicians, technique, history, and more

Online access to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2002), The Grove Dictionary of American Music (2013), The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (2014), The Oxford Dictionary of Music (2006), The Oxford Companion to Music (2011), and the Encyclopedia of Popular Music (2009). Includes updates to articles that are not available in the printed versions.

Music in American Life by Jacqueline Edmondson
Publication Date: 2013

"A fascinating exploration of the relationship between American culture and music as defined by musicians, scholars, and critics from around the world." (publisher's summary)
American Musical Traditions by Jeff Todd Titon, Bob Carlin
Call Number: Reference ML3551 .A53 2002

Publication Date: 2002

Explores the origins of American folk and traditional music, including what music developed in what regions and its connections to music in the musicians' homelands.
Piano Music by Women Composers, V1: Composers Before 1900 by Pamela Youngdahl Dees
Publication Date: 2002

"Offers the researcher an annotated catalogue of the available solo piano music in print composed by women born before the 20th century." (publisher's summary)
Piano Music by Women Composers, V2: Women Born After 1900 by Pamela Youngdahl Dees
Publication Date: 2004

"Offers the researcher an annotated catalogue of the available solo piano music in print composed by women born in the 20th century." (publisher's summary)
Encyclopedia of Musical Theater by Kurt Gänzl
Call Number: Reference ML102.M88 G3 2001

Publication Date: 2001

"An overview of musical theatre offers information on Britain's provincial theatres, American stages outside New York, new shows, revivals, and biographical sketches of singers and actors around the world." (publisher's summary)
A Chronology of American Musical Theater by Richard C. Norton
Call Number: Reference ML1711.8 .N67 2002

Publication Date: 2002

"[O]ffers in-depth coverage of Broadway musicals from 1850-2001. The book's entries span more than 5,000 shows, including not only "book musicals" but also revivals, revues, burlesques, operettas, farce comedies, comic operas, ice skating shows, rock operas, and other musical spectacles that appeared on Broadway stages." (from publisher's summary)
American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion 1877-1995 by Kenneth Bloom
Call Number: Reference ML128.M78 B6 1996

Publication Date: 2001

Overview of musicals in the United States, with information for each musical (when available) on opening date, theater, length of run, musical genre, composer, librettist, lyricist, producer, director, songs in the show, and original cast.
The Encyclopedia of Country Music by Paul Kingsbury
Publication Date: 1998

"Compiled by the Country Music Foundation and accompanied by a foreword by singer Emmylou Harris, an up-to-date, entertaining, and authoritative encyclopedia of American country music contains almost 1,300 articles and hundreds of color photographs. 25,000 first printing." (publisher's summary)
The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll by Patricia Romanowksi; Holly George-Warren; John Pareles
Call Number: Reference ML102.R6 R64 2001

Publication Date: 2001

"ompiles discographies, personnel changes, biographical information, and reviews of rock, hip-hop, electronica, and pop musicians including Radiohead, Britney Spears, Sleater-Kinney, Outkast, and King Crimson." (publisher's summary)
Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent by Barbara Kerr
Call Number: Reference LC3993.2 .E63 2009

Publication Date: 2009

The three-volume Encyclopedia of Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent presents state-of-the-art research and ready-to-use facts from the fields of education, psychology, sociology, and the arts.
Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music by William Phillips; Brian Cogan
Publication Date: 2009

"Providing an extensive overview of the music, fashion, films, and philosophies behind the movement, this inclusive encyclopedia chronicles the history and development of heavy metal, including sub-movements such as death metal, speed metal, grindcore, and hair metal." (publisher's summary)