Welcome to the research guide for Music
If you'd like assistance with research in music, or help finding books, CDs, scores, DVDs, articles, and online resources, please contact me-- I love questions!
This guide is a work in progress, and I welcome your suggestions to improve it.
Carol
The most authoritative and extensive encyclopedia for music is Grove Music Online, now available through Oxford Music Online. Gateway to Grove Music Online and other Oxford music reference works, with more than 20,000 subject entries and 30,000 biographies, covering all genres of music.
Scholarly peer-reviewed articles and books on music and musicians. Covers all genres of music from all over the world.
Audio streaming service for Western art music from the middle ages to the present.
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A comprehensive encyclopedia devoted to music of all the world's peoples. Available via the Boston Public Library; first-time users must register online with the BPL for an eCard, which is good for two years.