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General Encyclopaedias & Dictionaries

Harvard Dictionary of Music, 4th ed. Edited by Don Randel. Cambridge: Belknap, 2003.

• Music Ref. ML100 .A64 2003
• Standard dictionary providing basic definitions for musical terms. Includes some bibliographic references.

Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: allgemeine Enzyklopaedie der Musik Edited by Friedrich Blume. Kassel: Barenreiter, 1994.

• Music Ref. ML100 .M92 1994
• German-language encyclopedia offering detailed biographies and information on musical topics.

New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed. 29 vols. Stanley Sadie, ed. London: Macmillan, 2001.

• Music Ref. ML100 N44 2001 ; also available online through Oxford Dictionary of Music Online
• Defines major terms and provides detailed biographical information about musicians as well as works, discographies, and bibliographic references.

Musical Terminology Dictionaries

Dolmetsch Online Music Dictionary, maintained by Dolmetsch Musical Instruments, is an online source definitions of musical terms and foreign terms commonly found in scores and text written about music.

Musical Terminology: A Practical Compendium in Four Languages, compiled by David L. Boccagna. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon Press, 1999.

• Music Ref. ML108 .B55 1999

The Oxford Dictionary of Musical Terms, Edited by Alison Latham. Oxford,: Oxford University Press, 2004.

• Music Ref. ML108 .D576 2004

Musical Terms, Symbols, and Theory: An Illustrated Dictionary, compiled by Michael C. Thomsett. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1989.

• Music Ref. ML108 .T46 1989

The A to Z of Foreign Musical Terms, from Adagio to Zierlich: A Dictionary for Performers and Students, edited by Christine Ammer. Boston: E.C. Schirmer, 1989.

• Music Ref. ML108 .A52 1989