Music: By Subject Subject Guide

Composers

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Books about Composers

Biographies, ML 410, alphabetical by composer; research guides and thematic catalogs, Ref ML 134.

Research and Information Guides; Bio-Bibliographies

ML 134 in Music & Dance Library Reference
A good place to begin research. These have biographical information and list books, articles, and other sources about composers and their works.

Thematic Catalogs

ML 134 in Music and Dance Library Reference
These sources list a composer's works, usually with the opening phrase of music (incipit), information on manuscript sources, published editions, and sometimes bibliography.

Contemporary Composers

Ref ML 390 .C66x
Good articles about a selected number of composers. Includes work lists and bibliographies.

Renaissance and Baroque Music Chronology: Composers

Timelines of composers and music history, twelfth through eighteenth centuries. Links to other sites.

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