MUSIC - SELECTED REFERENCES by M. Burdex
MUSIC - SELECTED REFERENCES by M. Burdex
This bibliography is intended to be a listing of Reference sources--primarily Reference
Room items--leading to more/other sources on the particular subject needed. It is not an exhaustive list, rather a listing of some of the current edition/s of standard/major reference sources. Subject headings are given to enable the researcher to find additional/other sources.
A. PRINTED SOURCES
(Terminology; brief articles; plot summaries; biographical
sketches, etc.) subject Headings: Music - Dictionaries; Opera -
Dictionaries; Music - Bio-Bibliography; Music - Dictionaries - German,
Italian, etc.; Jazz-Dictionaries; Popular Music-Dictionaries.
Ammer, Christine. Harper Dictionary of Music.2nd ed. New York:Harper &
Row, c1987. [REF ML100.A48 1987 Refrm].
Blom, Eric.New Everyman Dictionary of Music 6th ed., New York:Weidenfield
& Nicolson, 1988. (Rev.ed of: Everyman’s Dictionary of Music,5th
ed. 1974) [REF ML100.B47 1988 Refrm].
Dictionary of Music.New York,N.Y.:Facts On File,1983. [REF ML100.D56
1983 Refrm].
International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians.11th ed.New York:Dodd,
Mead, 1985. [REF ML100.I57 1985 Refrm].
Kennedy, Michael. Oxford Dictionary of Music.Oxford;New York:Oxford
University Press, 1994. (Rev and enl ed of: The Concise Dictionary of
Music. 3rd ed, 1980) [REF ML100.K35 1994 Refrm].
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG);Allgemeine Enzyklopadie der
Musik.Kassel,Barenreiter-Verlag, 1949-1986.17v. [REF ML100.M92
Stacks].
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.London:Macmillan Publishers;
Washington,D.C.:Grove’s Dictionaries of Music, 1980.20v. (Titles of
earlier editions:Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians) [
REF ML100.N48 1980 Refrm].
New Harvard Dictionary of Music.Cambridge,Mass:Belknap Press of Harvard
Univ. Press, 1986. (Rev ed. of:Willie Apel.Harvard Dictionary of
Music. 2nd ed., 1969. [REF ML100.N485 1986 Refrm].
Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music. 1st American ed. New York:W.W.
Norton,c1988 & 1994. [REF ML100.N67 1988 & REF ML100.N88 1994 Refrm].
Slonimsky, Nicolas.Lectionary of Music.New York:McGraw-Hill, c1989.
[REF ML100.S637 1989 Refrm].
Vinton, John.Dictionary of Contemporary Music.New York:E.P. Dutton [1974].
[REF ML100.V55 Refrm].
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(Histories of music; listings or descriptions of musical events
in sequential order) Subject Headings:Music - History and criticism;
Music - Chronology. [Most of the sources for this section will not be
Reference Room items. Please consult the online catalog (GEAC) using the
subject headings cited above for these sources. Standard bibliographies
of music literature such as Duckles, Vincent H. Music Reference and
Research Materials (listed below in the section, Bibliographies of Music
Literature) also includes sections citing these sources.
Burbank, Richard. Twentieth Century Music. New York,N.Y.:Facts On
File, c1984. [REF ML197.B85 1984 Refrm].
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(Listings of sources--books, periodicalc,etc.--ABOUT music).
Subject Headings:Music - Bibliography.
Duckles, Vincent H. Music Reference and Research Materials: an Annotated
bibliography.4th ed rev.,New York:Schirmer Books; Toronto:Maxwell
Macmillan Canada;New York:Macmillan International,c1994. [REF ML113.D83
1994 Refrm].
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(Listings of sources OF music/musical scores rather than books
about music). Subject Headings: Piano - Bibliography, Chamber Music -
Bibliography, Popular Music - Bibliography; Jazz - Bibliography; Music -
History and criticism. This section will probably be most useful for
performers when compiling repertoires for a particular instrument/styles
of music, or ensemble; in addition to students of early music (“music
composed from earliest times up to and including music of Renaissance
period” [Oxford Dictionary of Music] ).
Duckles, Vincent H. Music Reference and Research Materials.... Please see
entry under Bibliographies of Music Literature section.
Hinson, Maurice. Guide to the Pianists’ Repertoire.2nd rev and enl.ed.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1987. [REF ML128.P3H5
1987 Refrm].
Limbacher, James L. Keeping Score:Film and Television Music, 1980-1988:
with additional coverage of 1921-1979. Metuchen,N.J.:Scarecrow Press,
1991. (“Provides additionl coverage for two previous works by James L.
Limbacher--Film Music:From Violins to Video(Scarecrow Press,1974)
and Keeping Score:Film Music, 1972-1979 (Scarecrow Press, 1981)”...
t.p. verso. [REF ML128.M7L5 1991 Refrm]. Music-In-Print Series.
Philadelphia: Musicdata.1974- 6v and annual supplements 1979- ) [
REF ML128.V7C56 1974- Stacks]. Shapiro, Nat. Popular Music;an
Annotated Index of American Popular Songs. 1st ed. New York:Adrian
Press, 1964- 9vols. [REF ML120.U5S5 Refrm].
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(Listings of recorded music). Subject Headings: Music -
Discography.
Bibliography of Discographies. New York:Bowker, 1977- 3 vols (v.4 & 5
are planned v.1=Classical music, 1925-1975; v.2=Jazz, 1935-1980;
v.3=Pop music;v.4 will be Ethnic & Folk music; v.5 will be"...
discographies of music, label lists, speech recordings, and natural
sounds". Duckles. Music Reference and Research Materials.... Entries
for the discographies listed are from books/monographs as well as
appearing as articles or appended to articles. [REF ML156.2.B49 Refrm].
The Federal Cylinder Project:a guide to Field Cylinder Collections in
Federal Agencies. Washington,D.C.: American Folklife Center, Library
of Congress, 1984- [REF ML156.2.R783 1983 Refrm].
Ruppli, Michel. The Chess Labels:a Discography.Westport, Conn:Greenwood
Press, 1983. The Chess Producing Corporation produced sound recordings
in blues, jazz & popular music. [REF ML156.2R783 1983 Refrm].
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(Yearbooks are annual volumes of professional/learned
societies, or musicbr publishing houses; or those publications devoted
to a specific composer’s work. They may also include events/information
of the year. Directories contain dated/current relevant information about
individuals, professional/learned societies, organizations, etc.).
Subject Headings: Music - Periodicals.
Gusikoff, Lynne. Guide to Musical America. New York,N.Y.:Facts On File,
c1984. [REF ML200.G95 1984 Refrm].
Musical America. International Directory of the Performing Arts.
Great Barrington, Mass: ABC Leisure Magazines. Continues Musical
America. Directory of the Performing Arts. (Ceased in 1973).
[REF ML12.M88 1975- Refrm=current. Stacks=older editions].
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(Collected works are complete collected works of a specific
composer in one or more editions. Monuments are scores, primarily in
facsimile, of early music. Historical sets"... any music publication
that is devoted to a past repertory." (Charles Sidney Robinson in The New
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians) study original versions--based on
primary sources--as well as versions derived from secondary sources,
possibly including changes/additions to the original, which the modern
performer might deem more palatable in contemporary times.) Subject
Headings: These items are best accessed by using author listings rather
than subject headings, i.e. Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 - Works;
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 - Works. This section works best
when researching classical music composers of earlier centuries.
Collected Works, Monuments, and Historical Sets are indexed in: Heyer,
Anna Harriet. Historical Sets, Collected Editions, and Monuments
of Music: a guide to their contents. [REF ML113.H52 1980 Refrm].
Since these items--for the most part--are scores, and all scores--with a
few exceptions--are on Reserve at the Fine Arts Desk (ARTS), they
will be located at the Lindley Avenue Library Annex (LALA) dome (1499).
In general, access to other music scores and sound recordings
(phonorecords, audio cassettes, CD’s)--these items will also be located
at the LALA (1499) dome--at CSUN is through the GEAC Advance online
catalog by the commands aw=(author word; use this command when searching
for composer, performer, etc.), work/s. The searching can be done by using the
main screen on GEAC Advance online catalog by the commands aw=(author word;
use this command when searching for composer, performer, etc.), =(title word),
and sw=(subject word) of the work/s. It is also possible to limit or modify your
search by publication date, Language, or Material type (Musical scores=SCO,
Musical recordings=SND)etc. If you are searching for "The Art of Fuge/Die Kunst
der Fuge" by Johann Sebastian Bach, please do the following:
- EXAMPLE:
- At the GEAC Advance Welcom screen select (Make your selection by using
the Arrow keys, or the Spacebar). Press the Enter key. Type:aw=bach aw=johann
tw=art tw=fuge. Press the Enter key. The result will be ten titles. (With some
composers/performers, etc. it will probably be possible to use only "1" aw=notation.
Additionally, it will probably be possible to use only "1" tw=notation.
Particularly if the title has a unique/distinct title. In the case of the example cited above,
with just the listing of aw=bach tw=art, you'd get many entries for the somewhat large
and prolific musical Bach family). If you wish to further modify your search to include
Material type, such as scores (SCO) OR sound recordings--tapes, CD's,
etc.--(SND) this is also possible. To modify the ten titles further, by listing only scores,
select Modify Search then select Change Limits. The screen that appears
will be the Online Catalogue-Modify Search. At this screen, select
with Material Type; press Enter, and then type ??, and press Enter.
A description of the Materials type code will be displayed.
Line #6 is SCO(musical scores). Select that line number, and press Enter.
Press Enter again (approximately twice) until the ...Modify Search screen
reappears. Press Enter again to Proceed with Search. Five title should appear.
Enter the line you would like to see first, then select Full Display to locate
the item in the Library.
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(Listings of journals, magazines, yearbooks, etc.). Subject
Headings: Music - Periodicals. Using this subject heading in the online
catalog, GEAC, will NOT list articles in periodicals. Rather, it will
give a general listing of titles of music periodicals. A listing of music
periodicals alphabetically by title, when the title is known, and is
subscribed to by CSUN, may also be found by using the one volume CSUN
List of Serials, Periodicals and Newspapers.
a. Indexes/Abstracts: Music
(Listings of articles by subject in journals, magazines, etc.)
Subject Headings: Music - Periodicals - Indexes; Music- Abstracts -
Periodicals.
The Music Index
. Detroit:Information Coordinators [etc].
[REF ML118.M84 1949- Refrm].
International Repertory of Music Literature (Organization). RILM Abstracts.
[New York, RILM]. [REF ML1.I83 V.1-21 1967-87 Not currently received.
Refrm].
b. Indexes/Abstracts: Closely Related
(Music is one of the arts/branches of learning with a cultural
character, therefore an integral part of the humanities). Subject
Headings: Humanities - Periodicals - Indexes.
Humanities Index. [New York] H.W. Wilson Co. [REF AI3.I6 1974/75- Refrm]. Earlier titles
were: Social Sciences and Humanities index. 1965/66-1974/75;
International Index to Periodicals. 1916-1964/65; Readers Guide
Supplement.1907-1915.
Nineteenth Century Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-1899,
with supplementary indexing, 1900-1922. New York,The H.W. Wilson
Company, 1944. [REF AI 3.RV2 Stacks].
Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature. New York [etc]H.W. Wilson Co
[REF AI 3.R43 1900- currently received. 1987 Refrm].
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(Locating reference sources/other materials on the subject of music
using online databases is possible. The following are a few suggestions
that should aid one in theirresearch).
WorldCat Database. This is a FirstSearch (OCLC) database that lists
books and materials-- e.g. scores, manuscripts, personal papers,
etc.--held by libraries throughout the world. [Accessed at CSUN
through the LAN computer indexes located in the Reference Room.
FirstSearch is found under "General" on these computer indexes.
CSUN students, and faculty may also access the FirstSearch database
from their homes/off-library sites by using their email accounts, and
using ERA. FirstSearch is a numbered choice on ERA.
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a. Indexes/Abstracts:Music
The Music index(Chadwyck-Healey Inc. is the publisher for the online
product) was not compatible with our system, and is thus not
available--at this time--at CSUN.
RILM Abstracts. This online periodical indexing/abstracting service is
now available as a FirstSearch database.
b. Indexes/Abstracts:Closely Related
Humanities Index. [Accessed on the LAN computer indexes located in the
Refrm under Arts & Humanities. Coverage is from 1983-].
Humanities In. [This is a FirstSearch database that indexes articles
(from 1983-) in the humanities. Accessed under FirstSearch2.
INFOTRAC-Expanded Academic Index/ASAP [LAN computer indexes in the Refrm,
accessed under General].
ReadersGuide. [FirstSearch2 database covering the years 1983-].
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(There are many LISTSERVS or Discussion Groups related to music available
on the Internet/World Wide Web. Addresses or URL’s of some of these
frequently change, or they may disappear in a short period of time.
It’s always wise to regularly check/participate in those groups
pertinent to your interests/needs).
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(Bibliographical listings of "who, what, when, where, how much", etc.
is available for those seeking funding of projects, etc. in the arts
or humanities).
Annual Register of Grant Support; a Directory of Funding Sources. New
Providence, N.J.:R.R. Bowker [c1992]. [REF AS 911.A2.A67 1986/1987-
currently received. Latest in Refrm]. There is a chapter:Program
Planning and Proposal Writing to which anyone applying for funding
anywhere--private foundations or government grants from federal, state,
county or city sources--should pay particular attention. In order to
compile a usable list, select under the heading Humanities "Arts"
(multiple disciplines); then the sub heading/s:Performing Arts or Music.
Directory of Grants In The Humanities.Phoenix,AZ:Oryx Press [c1986,1992].
REF AZ 188. U5D57 2 editions Refrm]. The subject index in the
book is very useful.
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Compiled by Monica J. Burdex, Performing Arts Librarian,
monica.burdex@csun.edu
Maintained by Hai-Ling Tang Last Updated : 10/1/96
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