Bibliographic Resources about Composers

Bibliographies about composers are located on the shelf under the call number ML410. Within this call number books are arranged alphabetically by composers' last names (e.g. ML410.B contains books about Beethoven, Berlioz, and Bloch; ML410.M contains biographies about Mahler, Mendelssohn, and Mozart; ML410.S contains biographies about Schubert, Schumann, and Shostakovich).

Additional information about composers may be found in the Online Resources portion of this website.

General Bibliographies

Anderson, Ruth. Contemporary American Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1982.

• ML390 .A54 1982

Cohen, Aaron I. International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. New York: Books & Music USA, 1987.

• ML105 .C7 1987 reference

Ewen, David. American Composers: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982.

• ML390 .E815 1982 reference

Floyd, Samuel A. Jr. International Dictionary of Black Composers. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999.

• ML105 .I53 1999 reference

Green, Richard D. Index to Composer Bibliographies. Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1985.

• ML113 .G793 1985 reference

Music in Print. Philadelphia: Musicdata, 1989.

• ML118 .M83 reference

Sadie, Julie Anne and Rhian Samuel, editors. The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. New York: W.W. Norton, 1994.

• ML105 .N3 1994 reference