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Titles of Interest

A list of a few pertinent titles on the subject of Music in the Whittemore Library reference room.

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2nd ed. 2001
Call Number: REF ML 100 .N48 2001 v.1-v.29
ISBN: 0195170679
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. c1998-2002
Call Number: Ref ML 100 .G16 1998 v.1-v.10
New Grove Dictionary of Opera. 1992
Call Number: Ref ML 102 .O6 N5 1992 v.1-v.4
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 3rd ed. 1998
Call Number: Ref ML 102 .P66 G84 1998 v.1-v.8
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. 8th ed. 1992
Call Number: Ref ML 105 .B16 1992
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 1988
Call Number: Ref ML 102 .3 N48 1988 v.1-v.2
The Oxford Companion to Music. 2002
Call Number: REF ML100 .O94 2002
ISBN: 0198662122
Popular Musicians. 1999
Call Number: Ref ML 105 .P66 1999 v.1-v.4
Music Abbreviations. 2005
Call Number: REF ML 100 H45 2005

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Credo Reference Titles
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Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. 1996
Harvard Dictionary of Music. 2003
New Penguin Dictionary of Music. 2006
The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music. 2001
Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Guide to the World of Opera. 1987
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