Music: General Subject Guide

Dictionaries of Terms and Topics

8 resources available
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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 Music

Also 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.

Harvard Dictionary of Music

A standard music reference, this source defines musical terms and includes brief articles on topics. Also available in print in the library.

Music Dictionary Online

Definitions 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.

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.

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 

Full text online from over 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 Musicians

A pronouncing dictionary of more than 30,000 composers, performers, and titles. Pages are in PDF format.

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