Music and Musical Theatre Research Guide
Background Information
Scores, Librettos and Books
Journal and Magazine Articles
Reviews
Background Information
Reference books provide information about composers, performers, history, genres and works of music.
Music
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians [X] ML105 .B16 2001
Encyclopedia of Popular Music [X] ML102.P66 G84 1998
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music [X] ML100 .G16 1998
The Green Book of Songs by Subject: The Thematic Guide to Popular Music [X] ML156.4.P6 G73 2002
The New Grove Dictionary of American Music [X] ML101.U6 N48 1986
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz [X] ML102.J3 N48 2002
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians [X] ML100 .N48
The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments [X] ML102.I5 N48 1985
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera [X] ML102.O6 N5 1992
Oxford Companion to Music [X] ML100 .S37 2002
Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll [X] ML102.R6 R64 2001Musical Theatre
American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle [X] ML1711 .B67 2000
American Song: The Complete Companion to Tin Pan Alley Song [X] ML128.P63 B55 2001
American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion [X] ML128.M78 B6 1996
The Broadway Song Companion: An Annotated Guide to Musical Theatre Literature by Voice Type and Song Style [X] ML128.M78 D48 1998
Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans [X] ML102.M88 P37 1993
Encyclopedia of Stage and Film Musicals [X] ML102.M88 E53 2000The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre [X] ML102.M88 G3 2001
Film it with Music: An Encyclopedic Guide to the American Movie Musical [X] PN1995.9.M86 H57 2001
Hollywood Song: The Complete Film and Musical Companion [X] ML128.M7 B6 1995
Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection
Searchable collection of over one hundred Oxford Reference books, including The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, The Oxford Companion to Music, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, Who's Who in Opera and The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre.
Scores, Librettos and Books
Books
The Library Catalog includes records for books, journals, and media materials. Try searching some of the following terms as subject headings to locate books on your topic:
Selected Call Numbers
M5-M1490 Instrumental scores
M1495-M5000 Vocal scoresML48-54.8 Librettos (Texts for music)
ML159-3799 History and criticism
ML3800-3923 Philosophy and physics of musicMT40-67 Composition
MT170-810 Instrumental technique
MT820-915 Singing and vocal technique
MT955-956 Production of operas. Music in theaters
Journal and Magazine Articles
JSTOR
Complete full-text back issues of hundreds of core journals in the Arts and Sciences. Music journals include American Music, Asian Music, Black Music Research Journal, Cambridge Opera Journal, Early Music, Ethnomusicology, Journal of Music Theory, Journal of Musicology, Perspectives of New Music, and Popular Music.Project MUSE, Arts and Humanities Collection
Full text of over 100 journals in classics, culture, education, film, performing arts, history, literature, religion, and theater. Music journals include Computer Music Journal, Early Music, Leonardo Music Journal, Philosophy of Music Education Review, and Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture.International Index to the Performing Arts
All aspects of the performing arts from over 130 international periodicals. Includes some full text. Limited to one user at a time.Academic OneFile
Multidisciplinary database that provides indexing and full text for many scholarly journals and popular magazines in the field of music.
Academic Search Premier
Another multidisciplinary database that includes a wide variety of subjects.
Reviews
LexisNexis Academic
Articles and reviews from newspapers and trade publications. To search for reviews, select News, then Book, Movie, Music, Play and Video Reviews from the pull-down menu (Select Sources).New York Times
Full text via LexisNexis. 1980 to present.New York Times Historical Archive
Full text image of the New York Times from 1851 to 2003.Boston Globe
1980 to present.Boston Herald
7/26/1991 to present.International Index to the Performing Arts
Indexes all aspects of the performing arts from over 130 international periodicals. Includes some full text. To find reviews, add the word "review" to a search or specify the type of review in the Document Type "Select from a list" search option. Limited to one user at a time.
