Music: General Subject Guide

Dictionaries of Terms and Topics

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Oxford Music Online  Covers music and musicians of all types and time periods; includes
bibliographies, composers' worklists, links to related sites, audio and music examples. Provides access to Grove Music Online (incorporating the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz), as well as The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music.
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Concise Oxford Dictionary of MusicAlso available in print in the library.
The site also includes the Oxford Companion to Music (an encyclopedia), Oxford Concise Dictionary of Opera, and Who's Who in Opera. More info

Harvard Dictionary of MusicA standard music reference, this source defines musical terms and includes brief articles on topics.
Also available in print in the library. More info

Music Dictionary OnlineDefinitions of musical terms, including non-English terms with their English equivalents. Includes a chart of musical symbols and links to other Web sites with definitions. More info

Dictionary of Foreign Musical Terms
Ref ML 108 .W78 1972
Brief definitions of technical terms, score markings, etc. Similar dictionaries are shelved at the same call number. More info

Dictionary of Musical Themes
Ref ML 102 .T5 B3x
Main themes from hundreds of instrumental works. Includes a notation index that can be used to identify a theme. For vocal music, see Dictionary of Vocal Themes at Ref ML 102 .T5 B32x.

Credo Reference (Formerly Xreferplus) 
Full text online from almost 400 encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference books. Search a topic, build a concept map or browse information sources organized by subject. Find text, images, sound files, sortable data tables and more.

Pronouncing Dictionary of Music and MusiciansA pronouncing dictionary of more than 30,000 composers, performers, and titles. Pages are in PDF format. More info

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